Resilient universities : confronting changes in a challenging world / edited by Jan Erik Karlsen and Rosalind M.O. Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karlsen, Jan Erik, editor.

Pritchard, Rosalind M. O., editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Europe--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Europe--Planning.

Planning.

Administration.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bern, Switzerland : Peter Lang, 2013.

Summary:

Resilience is ostensibly acknowledged as a cross-disciplinary issue, yet resilience analysis has seldom been applied to the understanding of universities and the academic world. The contributions to this volume aim to fill this gap through the presentation of both theoretical and empirical studies. The book's title reflects the desire to extend the debate in new directions and to assemble a fresh set of models and tools for thinking about resilient universities. Bringing together a range of experts in the field, this collection marks a novel departure within the social sciences and is intended to act as a first step towards establishing a holistic approach to future university governance and adaptation. Today's European universities are confronted by profound changes. This book constitutes an accessibly written, polemical and bold exploration of how current crises facing higher education institutions could be more effectively addressed by institutional resilience and new forms of adaptive, future oriented governance. Book jacket.

Contents:

Resilience - the ability to adapt / Jan Erik Karlsen, Rosalind M.O. Pritchard

Reframing university adaptation / Jan Erik Karlsen

Higher education's future : a new global order? / Ellen Hazelkorn

Megatrends affecting resilient universities in Europe / Jouni Kekäle

Higher education in a competitive world : the new British regime / Rosalind M.O. Pritchard

Robustness in organized anarchies : efficient composting in the organizational garbage cans? / Stig A. Selmer-Anderssen

Making sense of management : a study of department heads' sensemaking processes in a changing environment / Lise Degn

Universities responding to change : implications for roles and staffing practices / Celia Whitchurch, George Gordon

Shall we dance? : dynamic collaborations, alliances and mergers in the shifting Irish higher education landscape / Maria Hinfelaar, Michael O'Connell

Academic drift and diversity : institutional dynamics in Norwegian higher education / Pal Bakken, Ingrid Storm

Higher education efficiency : questions, methods, results and implications / Matthias Klumpp

Fundraising in European higher education institutions : a strategy for university enhancement / Carmen Perez-Esparrells, Eva M. Torre

Backcasting European university governance 2042+ / Jan Erik Karlsen

Super-resilient organizations / Gudmund Hernes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

3034317166

9783034317160

OCLC:

874753928

Publisher Number:

99956638181