Organizational transformation and scientific change : the impact of institutional restructuring on universities and intellectual innovation / / edited by Richard Whitley, Jochen Gläser ; Enno Aljets [and twenty others], contributors

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.101
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Administration; Universities and colleges - Administration; Organizational change
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): WhitleyRichard; GläserJochen; AljetsEnno
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND SCIENTIFIC CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL RESTRUCTURING ON UNIVERSITIES AND INTELLECTUAL INNOVATION; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ADVISORY BOARD; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF UNIVERSITIES AS STRATEGIC ACTORS; THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ON THE NATURE OF UNIVERSITIES AS ORGANISATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE NATURE OF FIRMS IN MARKET ECONOMIES; VARIETIES OF PRE-REFORM UNIVERSITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRMS; THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ON UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY ; THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ON UNIVERSITY ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIESCONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; EMPOWERMENT OF FRENCH UNIVERSITIES BY FUNDING AND EVALUATION AGENCIES; INTRODUCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION OF UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE; FRENCH HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMS: THE LOPRI (2006) AND THE LRU (2007); EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW ENHANCES CENTRALIZATION AND COORDINATION WITHIN UNIVERSITIES; EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW ALLOWS LESS EGALITARIAN ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND RESTRUCTURATIONS ; A RATHER LARGE APPROPRIATION OF THE NORMS AND EXPECTATIONS DEVELOPED BY THE EVALUATION AGENCY AND THE RESEARCH COUNCILCONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; FUNDING INDIVIDUALS - CHANGING ORGANISATIONS: THE IMPACT OF THE ERC ON UNIVERSITIES; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS ON IMPACT PATTERNS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION: THE IRONY OF ORGANISATIONAL ACTORHOOD AND ERC SUCCESS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; WHERE HAVE ALL THE SCIENTISTS GONE? BUILDING RESEARCH PROFILES AT DUTCH UNIVERSITIES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR RESEARCH; INTRODUCTION ; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGYTHE EVOLUTION OF DUTCH STATE EXPECTATIONS CONCERNING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROFILES; PROFILE BUILDING AT DUTCH UNIVERSITIES; THE IMPACT OF PROFILE BUILDING ON RESEARCH FIELDS; CONCLUSIONS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PROFILE BUILDING; NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; MERGER MANIA IN SCIENCE: ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING AND PATTERNS OF COOPERATION IN AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTRE; INTRODUCTION; BEYOND MYTH AND CEREMONY: HOW FORMAL STRUCTURES MAY MATTER IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS; DATA AND METHODS; BACKGROUND; UNFOLDING THE CREATION OF THE EEI ; EXTERNAL AND INTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE MERGERDISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CONTRADICTORY CONSEQUENCES OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ON INTELLECTUAL INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SCIENCES; INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AND CHANGING RESEARCH PRACTICES IN SWITZERLAND; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS; THE SWISS RESEARCH SYSTEM; CHANGING RESEARCH PRACTICES IN FOUR SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS IN SWITZERLAND; THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS ON CHANGING RESEARCH PRACTICES IN THE SWISS RESEARCH SYSTEM; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES ; COLD ATOMS - HOT RESEARCH: HIGH RISKS, HIGH REWARDS IN FIVE DIFFERENT AUTHORITY STRUCTURES
• Sommario/riassunto: The first part of this book deals with the transformation of universities as strategic organisational actors - in some cases creating them as such - while the second shows how governance and authority shifts are affecting the kinds of research goals being pursued by academics in different public science systems.
• Titolo autorizzato: Organizational transformation and scientific change
• ISBN: 1-78350-683-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464634503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in the sociology of organizations ; ; Volume 42.