Managing Reform in Universities: The Dynamics of Culture, Identity and Organizational Change

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. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: How Is Change in Higher Education Managed?....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Change, Leverage, Suasion and Intent: An Historical Excursion Across Three Decades of Change in Higher Education in Western Europe....Pages 19-40 Change as an Intellectual Device and as an Object of Research....Pages 41-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 University Strategizing: The Role of Evaluation as a Sensemaking Tool....Pages 63-80 Let the Devil Choose: Frustration or Anxiety in the Wake of Performance Measurement in Universities....Pages 81-97 The Changing Culture of Academic Research: From Organizations to Networks....Pages 98-113 Is There a Bridge Between Quality and Quality Assurance?....Pages 114-134 Students' Perceptions of Quality Assessment: Is There an Option Besides Treating Them as Consumers?....Pages 135-155 Exploring New Academic Identities in Turbulent Times....Pages 156-176 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 'That's Dangerous': Autonomous Development Work as a Source of Renewal in Academia....Pages 179-197 The Interplay of Organizing Models in Higher Education: What Room Is There for Collegiality in Universities Characterized by Bounded Autonomy?....Pages 198-221 The Management of Academic Culture Revisited: Integrating Universities in an Entrepreneurial Age....Pages 222-237 Conclusion....Pages 238-245 Back Matter....Pages 246-248 From the perspectives of culture, identity and organizational change, this collection explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education. This collection 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