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Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism - The Changing Management of UK Universities (Hardcover, New)
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Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism - The Changing Management of UK Universities (Hardcover, New)
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The nature of Higher Education in the UK has changed over the last
three decades. Academics can no longer be said to carry out their
work in 'ivory towers', as increasing government intervention and a
growing 'target culture' has changed the way they work.
Increasingly universities have transformed from 'communities of
scholars' to 'workplaces'. The organization and administration of
universities has seen a corresponding prevalence of ideas and
strategies drawn from the 'New Public Management' ideology in
response, promoting a more 'business-focussed' approach in the
management of public services. This book examines the issues that
these changes have had on academics, both as the
'knowledge-workers' managed, and the 'manager-academic'. It draws
on a detailed study of academics holding management roles ranging
from Head of Department to Vice Chancellor in sixteen UK
universities, exploring their career histories and trajectories,
and providing extensive accounts of their values, practices,
relationships with others, and their training and development as
managers. Drawing on debates around 'New Public Management',
knowledge management, and knowledge workers, the wider implications
of these themes for policy innovation and strategy in HE and the
public sector more generally are considered, developing a critical
response to recent approaches to managing public services, and
practical suggestions for improvements which could be made to the
training and support of senior and middle managers in universities.
The book will be of interest to all teaching, researching, or
managing in Higher Education, Education policy-makers, and
academics and researchers concerned with Public Management,
Knowledge Management, or Higher Education.
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