Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries /

This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and micro) dimensions, na...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pinheiro, Rómulo (Editor), Geschwind, Lars (Editor), Foss Hansen, Hanne (Editor), Pulkkinen, Kirsi (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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?