How Colleges Work - The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership

Informationen zum Autor ROBERT BIRNBAUM is professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches and writes about higher academic leadership and organization. He was previously vice chancellor of the City University of New York, vice chancellor of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He is also author, coauthor, and editor of numerous articles and books, including How Academic Leadership Works and How Colleges Work. Klappentext "One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of university academic organization and leadership in print. This book is significant because it is not only thoughtfully developed and based on careful reading of the extensive literature on leadership and governance, but it is also deliberately intended to enable the author to bridge the gap between theories of organization, on one hand, and practical application, on the other." --Journal of Higher Education Zusammenfassung One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of university academic organization and leadership in print. Inhaltsverzeichnis Understanding Colleges and Universities as Organizations. Models of Organizational Functioning. Integrating the Models.

Product details

• Authors: R Birnbaum, Robert Birnbaum, Birnbaum Robert
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.1991
• EAN: 9781555423544
• ISBN: 978-1-55542-354-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Jossey-Bass Higher Education S; Jossey-Bass Higher Education S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher