Introducing Change from the Top in Universities and Colleges: Ten Personal Accounts

by Susan Weil (Editor)

Overview

Part of a series reflecting the recent changes in further and higher education, this volume relates the true stories of 10 educational managers and their experiences of recent events. The managers tell how they have maintained direction and impact, balanced pressures and set up their own systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749412364
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/01/1994
Series:	Managing Innovation and Change Series
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Management and Change in Colleges and Universities; The Need for New Understandings;. Piloting Higher Education Change: A View from the Helm; Two Tales from a Reluctant Manager; A Modest Revolution; A Productive Partnership; Managing Change or Changing Managers; The Management of Change in a Large Civic University; Growing Potential: in Students, Staff, the Institution and the Community; Change and Stability: From 'Poly' to 'Varsity'; Survival is not Compulsory; Focusing the University: The Changing Role of the Vice-chancellor; Bringing about Cultural Change in Colleges and Universities: The Power and Potential of Story; Appendix: Changes in Colleges and Universities; Glossary of College and University Terms.

Editorial Reviews

Personal accounts from men and women heading educational institutions in the UK illustrate how today's leadership needs can be reconciled with the increased demand for managerialism, how to transfer ideas from the private sector, and how to maintain direction while fostering new forms of teamwork. An appendix addresses the new era of growth and diversity in colleges and universities. Of interest to leaders and managers in education. Includes a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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