(De)constructing organizational boundaries of university administrations: changing profiles of administrative leadership at German universities

Blümel, Albrecht

doi:10.1080/21568235.2015.1130103

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“…Rather, this paper tackles the much more modest task of analyzing one aspect of good governance relevant most specifically to the stakeholders and values dimensions. In particular, studies of leadership signal that the characteristics and in particular the diversity of leaders and their work counts as it shapes perspectives, values, identification, capability and even performance (Black, 2015;Blumel, 2016;Hoang, 2014;Huang, 2017;Jones, Lefore, Harvey and Ryland, 2012;Teen, 2019;Woschkowiak, 2018). Within higher education, key characteristics relate to leader demography and to roles.…”

Section: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives On Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Framing research into university governance and leadership: Formative insights from a case study of Australian higher education

Croucher¹,

Wen²,

Coates³

et al. 2019

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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Ensuring effective university governance and leadership is more important than ever before given contemporary transformations of higher education functions, institutions and social roles. This paper reports contributions which seek to stimulate research in this field. Drawing from the formative case study of Australian universities, it discusses prevailing insights and gaps in leadership research, and articulates theoretical dimensions of good governance, an analytical framework for studying the empirical nature and work of university senior leaders, and the characteristics of contemporary arrangements. The paper contributes methodological approaches, analytical frameworks and empirical insights which are designed to generalize and replicate in broader research.

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Section: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives On Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Framing research into university governance and leadership: Formative insights from a case study of Australian higher education

Croucher¹,

Wen²,

Coates³

et al. 2019

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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“…The responsibilities of the rector and the vice rectors are defined relative to their importance, duties, and functions [60,61]. The size of the leadership team in public universities is usually around 10-15 members, larger on average than in the private university environment [62,63]. The profiles and training of the vice rectors are usually diverse, with different types of knowledge and experience, which means that they have different points of view that must be combined with the policies established by the rector [64].…”

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confidence: 99%

Corporate Governance and Disclosure of Information on Corporate Social Responsibility: An Analysis of the Top 200 Universities in the Shanghai Ranking

et al. 2020

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its disclosure in the university environment is a topic of current relevance, as it makes the entities' commitments visible and provides indicators that enable them to improve the institution management and communication with stakeholders. The goal of this study is to determine to what extent the structure and mechanisms for governance and the demands of stakeholders influence policy for disclosing CSR information, both in general (more related to a strategic perspective) and specifically (more focused on specific social, environmental, economic, and educational issues). The results of our analysis of a sample of the top 200 universities in the Shanghai Ranking show no association of the profile and gender of the university's rector and frequency of board meetings with CSR disclosure policy, but leadership team, the size of governance board, committees in the governance board and stakeholder participation are factors determining disclosure of information on matters of CSR. The results show that proximity to the day-to-day, diversification of functions, and communication with interest groups are crucial to transparency and disclosure of CSR information.Given the growing concern for CSR, this situation requires in-depth study to enable fuller development in the university environment of a theoretical framework based fundamentally on stakeholder theory. We can understand the behaviors carried out by universities based on stakeholder theory. According to this theory, universities, as agents of society, seek to meet the demands and needs of stakeholders and acquire commitments on social and environmental issues. This theory can explain the disclosure of CSR information to fulfil the responsibility of being transparent and thus achieving the commitment of stakeholder [7]. Therefore, one essential point for effective development and integration of CSR policies and strategies in the culture of higher education institutions is identification of stakeholders' expectations and needs-that is, entering into dialogue with these actors [8,9] by establishing communication channels and improving transparency through disclosure of financial and non-financial information [10,11]. Such actions make universities accountable to society and improve the satisfaction of their different social interlocutors by showing understanding that satisfaction of these interlocutors revolves around demand for more information, a more transparent mode of functioning, and the possibility of participation [12]. We propose that this approach involves a top-down strategy in the organizational structure of the universities. This proposal requires the analysis of Corporate Governance (CG) mechanisms in managing the institution and how they find out and assumes the different interest groups-employees, investors, suppliers, customers, local communities, and society in general-that affect and are affected by its activities [13]. One of the contributions of this paper is to establish the relationship between the CG str...

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“…In the collegial model, the administration is supposed to be small and serve the faculty. But recent reforms have led to the growth and evolution of university administrations (Rhoades & Sporn 2002;Blümel 2016). Administrative staff members are more qualified than before, and their mastery of procedures, accounting rules, and software provide them with more expertise.…”

Section: Universities As a Locus Of Power Relationsmentioning

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University Governance in Meso and Macro Perspectives

Musselin

2021

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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This review explores the two sides of university governance. From a meso perspective, it deals with universities as organized structures where priorities have to be set, decisions made, budgets allocated, teaching programs developed, and research achieved. This perspective relates to the sociology of organizations, and this review first explores the four founding models that aimed to qualify university governance and how they have helped understanding the evolution of universities in recent years. But at a macro level, university governance deals with universities as a sector and focuses on how they interact with one another, their relationships to the state, and how they are affected by national as well as transnational and global transformations. University governance is studied as a state-steered national system, as a field, or as a competitive arena. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 47 is July 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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(De)constructing organizational boundaries of university administrations: changing profiles of administrative leadership at German universities

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Framing research into university governance and leadership: Formative insights from a case study of Australian higher education

Framing research into university governance and leadership: Formative insights from a case study of Australian higher education

Corporate Governance and Disclosure of Information on Corporate Social Responsibility: An Analysis of the Top 200 Universities in the Shanghai Ranking

University Governance in Meso and Macro Perspectives

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