University leadership : the role of the chief executive
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University leadership : the role of the chief executive
（SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins）
Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2000
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- : pbk
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Other three authors: Jean Bocock, Peter Scott, David Smith
Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-171) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
There is a myth that university leaders have been reborn as chief executives. The authors of University Leadership argue that the reality is both more complex and more ambiguous. Although the managerial and political pressures on university leaders have increased (as have expectations of the institutional leadership they can provide) there is substantial evidence of significant continuity - not simply in who vice chancellors are and what they do - but also in how they conceive their roles; and the donnish monopoly of the top jobs in universities remains virtually unchallenged despite the development of mass higher education.
This is a balanced empirical and theoretical study of the present state of institutional leadership in higher education. It draws upon the authors' own research and other international studies, contextualizes the roles of university leaders, and is studded with fascinating data and vignettes about their backgrounds, ideas and day-to-day practices. It is essential reading for university leaders and managers, senior academics, policy-makers, and scholars of the policy and practice of higher education.
Table of Contents
Preface
The transformation of higher education
The role of the vice-chancellor
theoretical and historical perspectives
Career-paths
patterns of continuity and change
Corporate leader
vision and strategy
The pattern of days
internal roles and relationships
External accountability
governing bodies, networking and the policy community
Cultures of leadership
styles and approaches
Comparative models of leadership
America and Europe
Conclusions
Appendix
research methodology
Bibliography
Index.
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