Changing patterns in the middle management of higher education institutions: The case of Portugal

Much of the writing on higher education in recent years has tended to assume that the new management push in higher education is both universal and irreversible. This paper, however, presents evidence from Portugal to challenge that assumption. While elements of the new managerialism are clearly evi...

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Published in:Higher education 2006-09, Vol.52 (2), p.215-250
Main Author: Santiago, Rui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic departments
Academic education
Academic profession
Academic staff
Administrator attitudes
Administrators
Attitudes
Ausland
Australien
Case studies
College Faculty
Collegiality
Decision making
Departments
Education reform
Education, Higher
Educational Administration
Educational Demand
Expectations
Financial management
Forecasts and trends
Foreign Countries
Forschung
Globalization
Governance
Higher Education
Hochschule
Hochschullehrer
Hochschulsystem
Job satisfaction
Lehre
Management
Management education
Managerialism
Middle Management
Portugal
Public administration
Public management
Schools
Social change
Student
Studium
Surveys
Universities
Universities and colleges
University management
Verwaltung
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Summary:Much of the writing on higher education in recent years has tended to assume that the new management push in higher education is both universal and irreversible. This paper, however, presents evidence from Portugal to challenge that assumption. While elements of the new managerialism are clearly evident in the perceptions and attitudes of academics in charge of the basic academic units (departments/schools and faculties) in the country's universities and polytechnics, academic management remains faced with a complex, contradictory and conflicting set of demands and expectations which is likely to take a considerable time to resolve. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/s10734-004-2747-3