Managing Universities: Policy and Organizational Change from a Western European Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education)

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Setting the Stage—Theory and Research Questions (Ivar Bleiklie, Jürgen Enders, Benedetto Lepori)....Pages 3-29 A Sociological Experiment on Methodological Design—Strengths and Limits of a Pragmatist Approach to Research Methods in the TRUE Project (Benedetto Lepori)....Pages 31-53 Front Matter ....Pages 55-55 Working in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Organisational Autonomy and Venues of External Influence in European Universities (Harry de Boer, Jürgen Enders)....Pages 57-83 Budgeting Practices in European Universities (Marco Seeber, Benedetto Lepori)....Pages 85-105 The Transformative Power of Evaluation on University Governance (Emanuela Reale, Giulio Marini)....Pages 107-137 University Governance—Organisational Centralisation and Engagement in European Universities (Ivar Bleiklie, Svein Michelsen, Georg Krücken, Nicoline Frølich)....Pages 139-165 Understanding Strategy Practices in Universities (Nicoline Frølich, Bjørn Stensaker, Jeroen Huisman)....Pages 167-188 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 Four ‘I’s Configuring European Higher Education Governance (Amélia Veiga, António Magalhães)....Pages 191-215 Political-Administrative Structures and University Policies (Ivar Bleiklie, Svein Michelsen)....Pages 217-249 Actor Constellations and Policy Making (Ivar Bleiklie, Svein Michelsen, Mary Henkel, Emanuela Reale)....Pages 251-274 Policy Instruments in European Universities: Implementation of Higher Education Policies (Gigliola Mathisen Nyhagen, Ivar Bleiklie, Kristin Hope)....Pages 275-300 Front Matter ....Pages 301-301 Organizational Configurations of Modern Universities, Institutional Logics and Public Policies—Towards an Integrative Framework (Ivar Bleiklie, Jürgen Enders, Benedetto Lepori)....Pages 303-326 Back Matter ....Pages 327-329 This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control. It further asks whether current organisational and decision-making structures can be explained by public reform policies. The book offers a coherent, empirically grounded and theoretically driven presentation of data and core ideas behind a large scale comparative study of 26 universities across eight European countries. It focuses on the strength of university managerial structures, the role of academics, and how universities relate to and depend on their environment: to governments and other actors; to funders; to evaluators; and to external stakeholders. It further explores how higher education policies are shaped by and affect universities. Written by a cross-disciplinary team of European scholars, this book is unique both in its wide coverage and the depth of its analyses. It will be of great interest to scholars, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in the fields of organisation theory and sociology, policy studies, comparative public policy and administration, and higher education studies. It will also be of interest to higher education policy makers and administrators. Read more... Abstract: This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control. Read more...