Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education

A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvRómulo Pinheiro,Lars Geschwind,Hanne Foss Hansen,Kirsi Pulkkinen,Romulo Pinheiro

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This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. The volume provides critical insights to the larger phenomenon of change and adaptation within the public sector.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-05-06
Mått148 x 210 x 33 mm
Vikt694 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor326
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030117375

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Rómulo Pinheiro is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the Department of Political Science and Management at the University of Agder, Norway.Hanne Foss Hansen is Professor in Public Organisation and Administration at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lars Geschwind is Associate Professor in Engineering Education Policy and Management at the Department of Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.Kirsi Pulkkinen is a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland, and Advisor of co-creation at the Research Services of University of Helsinki, Finland.

Chapter 1: Does it really matter? Assessing the performance effects of changes in leadership and management structures in Nordic higher education.- Chapter 2: Performance in higher education institutions and its variations in Nordic policy.- Chapter 3: Nordic higher education in flux: system evolution and reform trajectories.- Chapter 4: National performance-based research funding systems: constructing local perceptions of research.- Chapter 5: External research funding and authority relations.- Chapter 6: The changing roles of academic leaders: decision-making, power and performance.- Chapter 7: Strategy as dialogue and engagement.- Chapter 8: Evaluation practices and impact: overload?.- Chapter 9: Governing performance in the Nordic universities: where are we heading and what have we learnt?