Restructuring Universities: Politics and Power in the Management of Change

ISBN-13: 9781138328112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Geoffrey Walford

Opis

Originally published in 1987 Restructuring Universities uses Aston University as a case study to look at the ways in which the university dealt with rapid change, looking particularly at the decision making processes within the university and the ways in which internal power and politics influenced decisions made.

Spis treści

Preface  The Context of Change  1. University Development  2. The University of Aston in Birmingham  3. Restructuring the University System  4. The Management of Change at Aston  5. The Death of a Department  6. Innovation in Adversity  7. Models of University Organization  8. Academics of Managers  9. The Need for a New Policy  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Geoffrey Walford is Professor of Education Policy and a Fellow of Green College at Oxford University. He is the author of over 100 academic articles and books, and the Editor of the Oxford Review of Education.