Name: Managing Reform in Universities By B. Stensaker
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Managing Reform in Universities: The Dynamics of Culture, Identity and Organisational Change by B. Stensaker

This collection, now in paperback, explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education today. Analyzing areas such as leadership, quality management, strategic thinking, collegiality and academic work, and from the perspective of different agents within higher education including students, academics and management, this book examines the various differences between reform attempts and the actual changes happening in universities.

About B. Stensaker

ALBERTO AMARAL Professor at the University of Porto, Portugal SONIA CARDOSO Researcher at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Portugal DAVID D. DILL Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Department of Public Policy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA NICOLINE FROLICH Research Professor at NIFU, Norway MARY HENKEL former Professor in the Department of Government, Brunel University, UK ANA I. MELO Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal AMY SCOTT METCALFE Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, USA GUY NEAVE Emeritus Professor at CIPES, Portugal KEIJO RASANEN Professor in the field of Organization and Management at the Aalto University School of Economics, Finland MARIA J. ROSA Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal KERSTIN SAHLIN Professor in the Department of Business Studies, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uppsala, Sweden TAINA SAARINEN Researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Introduction How is Change in Higher Education Managed?; B.Stensaker , M.Henkel , J.Valimaa & C.Sarrico PART I: HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF CHANGE Change, Leverage, Suasion and Intent: An Historical Excursion across Three Decades of Change in Higher Education in Western Europe; G.Neave Change as an Intellectual Device and as an Object of Research Change; T.Saarinen & J.Valimaa PART II: THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN REFORM AND CULTURE University Strategising: The Role of Evaluation as a Sensemaking Tool; N.Frlich & B.Stensaker Let the Devil Choose: Frustration or Anxiety in the Wake of Performance Measurement in Universities; C.S.Sarrico & A.I.Melo The Changing Culture of Academic Research: From Organization to Networks; A.Metcalfe Is There a Bridge between Quality and Quality Assurance?; M.Joao Rosa & A.Amaral Students' Perceptions of Quality Assessment: Is There an Option Besides Treating Them as Consumers?; S.Cardoso Exploring New Academic Identities in Turbulent Times; M.Henkel PART III: MAINTAINING IDENTITY THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 'That's Dangerous': Autonomous Development Work as a Source of Renewal in Academia; K.Rasanen The Interplay of Organizing Models in Higher Education: What Room is There for Collegiality in Universities Characterized by Bounded Autonomy; K.Sahlin The Management of Academic culture Revisitied: Integrating Universitieis in an Entrepreneurial Age; D.Dill Conclusions New Practices and Identities as Drivers of Cultural Change; J.Valimaa , B.Stensaker & C.Sarrico

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NPB9780230300378

ISBN 13

9780230300378

ISBN 10

0230300375

Title

Managing Reform in Universities: The Dynamics of Culture, Identity and Organisational Change by B. Stensaker

Author

B. Stensaker

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Issues in Higher Education

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Hardback

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year published

2012-09-27

Number of pages

248

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Managing Reform in Universities B. Stensaker

Managing Reform in Universities by B. Stensaker

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Managing Reform in Universities: The Dynamics of Culture, Identity and Organisational Change by B. Stensaker

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