Patterns of strategies in Swiss higher education institutions
Informazioni aggiuntive
Autori
Fumasoli T.,
Lepori B.
Tipo
Articolo pubblicato in rivista scientifica
Anno
2011
Lingua
Inglese
Sommario
This paper contributes to the debate on strategic capability of academic organizations by presenting three case studies of Swiss Higher Education Institutions. Strategies are conceived as instruments by which universities manage their organizational processes and deal with their environments in order to select a portfolio of activities and find an appropriate position in the higher education system. Our findings show that strategies are at the same time a matter of intentions and actions: first, they relate to current HEI’s position within the national Higher education system – and to relevant normative models – as well as to the degree of institutional autonomy. Second, even within participatory governance structures, organizational strategies appear to be initiated by the academic administrators, then substantially shaped and subscribed by academics at different stages. In this perspective, the dynamic relation of formal and informal processes holds diverse functions from making academics accept a strategy, to controlling and coordinating decentralized organizational structures.
Parole chiave
Higher education institution strategy, universities as specific organizations, internal governance, institutional autonomy, higher education system
Periodico
Higher education
Volume
61
Numero ( Mese )
2
Pagine (o numero dell’articolo)
157-178
Diffusione
Licenza
Licenza non definita
Visibilità
Pubblico
Status open access
Green
