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The Changing Dynamics of Higher Education Middle Management (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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The Changing Dynamics of Higher Education Middle Management (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Series: Higher Education Dynamics, 33
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Known as either 'soft' or 'hard' 'managerialism', 'new
managerialism' or 'new public management', this new narrative has,
irrespective of moniker, permeated the institutions of higher
education almost everywhere. Taking this as its context, this
volume is founded on a comprehensive international comparative
analysis of the evolving role of middle-level academic
managers-deans, heads of department and their equivalents. The
chapters address key questions that will determine the future of
academe: have the imperatives of management theory caused a
realignment of the values and expectations of middle-level academic
managers? In what way do the new expectations placed on this group
shape the academic profession as a whole? And, whose interests do
middle-level academic managers represent? Based on material
presented at one of the high-level Douro Seminars on research into
tertiary education, this volume systematically combines theoretical
views with empirical analysis. It argues that 'managerialist'
pressure has resulted in changes in the way academic performance is
measured. There has been a shift in criteria away from research
reputation, teaching and scholarship to the measurement of
performance based upon management capacities. This has given
middle-level academic managers a pivotal role halfway between the
predilections of high-level decision makers and the maintenance of
academic values and control. The enhanced expectations and more
defined functions of middle-level academic managers are in clear
contrast to earlier times, when the position was considered a
public-spirited rite of passage for career-minded academics.
Despite this, the contributors to this book believe that the
middle-level managers in the ten countries examined are neither
corporate lackeys nor champions of academe. It is becoming
increasingly clear that the ability of organisations to achieve
their aims is largely dependent on the skill and dedication of
middle managers. Past studies of organisational dynamics have been
preoccupied with the executive level of management. This text,
which will be of great interest to researchers and policy makers
alike, attempts to redress the balance.
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