The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?

Offering a unique comparative analysis of the emergence of managerialism in eleven different countries, this book examines the response and adaptation of higher education institutions to their external environments. It addresses the key question of how changes in management thinking and practice are affecting internal institutional dynamics and is relevant to scholars and students, institutional managers, government officials, university administrators and university board members.

Shifts In Governance Arrangements: An Interpretation Of The Introduction Of New Management Structures In Higher Education.- New Public Management And Finnish Public Sector Organisations: The Case Of Universities.- Departmental Leadership In Norwegian Universities-In Between Two Models Of Governance?.- Who’S Afraid Of Red, Yellow And Blue? The Colourful World Of Management Reforms.- In Search Of A New Profession: Transformation Of Academic Management In Austrian Universities.- The Rise Of Academic Managerialism In Portugal.- Managerialism In Uk Universities: Unstable Hybridity And The Complications Of Implementation.- Governance And Management Of Australian Higher Education: Enemies Within And Without.- Contested Intellectual Property: The Role Of The Institution In United States Higher Education.- Managerialism Within A Framework Of Cooperative Governance?.- Institutional Evaluation, Management Practices And Capitalist Redesign Of The University: A Case Study.- A Managerial Revolution?.