Organisational control in university management : a multiparadigm approach / Eneli Kindsiko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kindsiko, Eneli, editor.

Series:

Emerald points.

Emerald points

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Management.

Universities and colleges.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

'Organisational Control in University Management: A Multiparadigm Approach' focuses on significant reform and change in large organisations. The book takes as its primary focus the example of management reform at the University of Tartu, Estonia, foregrounding the complexity of change and reform of the management structures at a HE institution. Eneli Kindsiko presents findings that illuminate issues of organisational control in broader institutional contexts,exploring a wide-ranging set of theoretical and practical implications for many institutional sectors in the organisation studies field. The book presents a thorough overview of literature on organisational control, an in-depth methodological approach (with the study building on three core research paradigms: modernist, symbolic and postmodern), and a conceptual framework for addressing the complexities of organisational control in large institutions.

Contents:

Front Cover

Organisational Control in University Management: A Multiparadigm Approach

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

About the Author

Introduction

Notes

Chapter 1 Multiparadigm Review of Organisational Control: Drawing an Elephant

The Concept of a Paradigm in Social Sciences and the Need to Systemise Existing Treatises on Control

Exploring Paradigms on Organisational Control

Modernist Paradigm on Control

Ontology

Epistemology

Methodology

Symbolic Paradigm on Control

Postmodern Paradigm on Control

Summation

The Complexity of Organisational Control in University Management

The Modernist Paradigm on Control in Higher Education Institution Management

The Symbolic Paradigm on Control in University Management

The Postmodern Paradigm on Control in Higher Education Institution Management

Chapter 2 Change Management in Universities: Deciding over an Elephant

Postmodern Paradigm: University as a Battlefield of Discourses

Paradox of Particular and Universal: Institutionalisation in Scope

Paradox of Stability and Change: Institutionalisation in Motion

Symbolic Paradigm: Interplay between Sensegiving and Sensemaking

Coding and Analysis: Developing New Categories

Developing a Grounded Theory and Linking to Existing Stock of Literature

Modernist Paradigm: The Ambiguity of Sensemaking

Chapter 3 Metaparadigm Theory Building: Seeing an Elephant

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix 1. Simplified Structure Map of the University of Tartu

Appendix 2. Statistical Significance of the Differences in Involvement, Awareness and Objectives by Gender, Mann-Whitney Test.

Appendix 3. Statistical Significance of the Differences in Involvement, Awareness and Objectives by Employee Category, Mann...

Appendix 4. Statistical Significance of the Differences in Involvement, Awareness and Objectives Within the Principal Domai...

Appendix 5. Statistical Significance of the Differences in Involvement, Awareness and Objectives Within the Principal Domai...

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787566736

1787566730

9781787566712

1787566714