Organization and Governance in Higher Education

by Association for the Study of Higher Education, -; Brown, M. Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780536607492
• ISBN10: 0536607494
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-26
• Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions

Summary

Organization and Governance in Higher Education is one of the primary teaching and research references in the study and practice of post secondary education. Research in higher education has provided new insights and recommendations for the management of postsecondary institutions. In addition to maintaining the strength and integrity of prior readers by continuing the coverage of classical theories and traditional models, the Fifth Edition provides updated reading to broaden the scope of the reader. New selections include current perspective on campus governance and institutional change. Because of the complex nature of the postsecondary institution, this reader creates eight subject area lenses. Each lens allows the reader to engage the specific paradigms and phenomena related to that aspect of higher education. The areas are arranged in the following order: classic organization theory, traditional administrative and governance models, campus climate and culture, leadership analysis, management principles, institutional change and assessment, perspectives on race and gender, and critical approaches to organizational governance. Features include: New sections on organization change, diversity, and postmodern critique Blends traditional "core" readings with numerous contemporary readings. Readings aid in understanding the multiple nuances of how colleges are organized, governed and administered Readings aid in understanding the multiple nuances of how colleges are organized, governed and administered Serves as a single-volume resource on higher education governance for both students and practitioners

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Editorial Advisory Board	p. viii
A Note on the Fifth Edition	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Classic Organizational Theory	p. 1
Evolution of University Organization	p. 3
Leadership in an Organized Anarchy	p. 16
Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled Systems	p. 36
The Professional Bureaucracy	p. 50
Emerging Developments in Postsecondary Organization Theory and Research	p. 71
Traditional Administrative and Governance Models	p. 83
Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities	p. 85
The Nature of Administrative Behavior in Higher Education	p. 92
Administrative and Professional Authority	p. 111
Faculty Organization and Authority	p. 119
Alternative Models of Governance in Higher Education	p. 128
Campus Climate and Culture	p. 143
Organizational Culture in the Study of Higher Education	p. 145
The Organizational Saga in Higher Education	p. 153
Culture in American Colleges and Universities	p. 160
Understanding Academic Culture and Climate	p. 170
The Campus Racial Climate: Contexts of Conflict	p. 182
Leadership Analysis	p. 203
The Ambiguity of Leadership	p. 205
Higher Education and Leadership Theory	p. 214
Symbolism and Presidential Perceptions of Leadership	p. 223
The Latent Organizational Functions of the Academic Senate	p. 232
What Teams Can Do	p. 244
Management Principles	p. 259
The Management of Academic Culture	p. 261
Organizational Adaptation and Higher Education	p. 273
Building Learning Organizations	p. 287
Balancing Corporation, Collegium, and Community	p. 305
Understanding Radical Organizational Change	p. 313
Institutional Change and Assessment	p. 337
Assessment with Open Eyes	p. 339
Sensemaking During Strategic Change in Academia	p. 352
The Applicability of Corporate Strategic Principles to Diversified University Campuses	p. 379
The Social Construction of Resource Stress	p. 389
Creating a New Kind of Leadership for Campus Diversity	p. 406
Perspectives on Race and Gender	p. 415
Race in Organizations	p. 417
An Organizational Analysis of Racism in Higher Education	p. 436
Harnessing a Diversity of Views to Understand Multiculturalism	p. 470
Re-writing Gender into Organizational Theorizing	p. 490
Academic Structure, Culture and the Case of Feminist Scholarship	p. 508
Critical Approaches to Organizational Governance	p. 521
Organization Theory in the Postmodern Era	p. 523
Critical Leadership and Decision Making in a Postmodern World	p. 537
Organizational Change as Paradigm Shift	p. 550
Postmodernism and Higher Education	p. 566
The Power of Symbolic Constructs in Reading Change in Higher Education	p. 589
Additional Readings (with the assistance of Eboni M. Zamani)	p. 605
About the Editor	p. 609
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