The University under Pressure |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (526 p.) |
Disciplina | 378.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Elizabeth Popp Berman
Catherine Paradeise |
Collana | Research in the Sociology of Organizations |
Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Organizational Behavior
Organizational theory & behaviour |
ISBN | 1-78560-830-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; The University under Pressure; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Introduction: The University under Pressure; Thinking about the University as an Organization; Global Changes and World Society Theory; Field-Level Analysis; Institutional Logics and the Linking of Levels; Resource Dependence; Organizational Design; Sources of Pressure on the University; University Responses to Pressure; Field-Level Effects of University Responses; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I: The University Under Pressure - An Overview
The Changing Ecology of U.S. Higher Education: An Organization Field PerspectiveHigher Education as an Organization Field; College Populations; Baccalaureate Colleges; Comprehensive Colleges; Research Universities; Associate Degree Colleges; Special-Focus Institutions; For-Profit Enterprises; A Regional Example: The San Francisco Bay Area; Isomorphic Pressures; Regulatory Systems; Normative Systems; Cultural-Cognitive Controls; Competitive Pressures; Rating Systems; Rising Costs; Societal Forces Shaping the Field of Higher Education; Reinforcing and Recasting Forces Economic and Stratification ConnectionsGovernmental Connections; Disruptive Forces; New Technologies; New Types of Students and Work Requirements; New Forms; Concluding Comments; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Nested Organizational Fields: Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Introduction; On the Way to a New European University Model?; The Nested Organizational Field Structure of European Universities; Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Coercive Isomorphism; Coercive Pressure via Formal Regulation; Coercive Pressure via Resources Mimetic IsomorphismNormative Isomorphism; The Academic Profession; University Leaders; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Part II: Pressures at the Field Level; The Emergent Action Field of Metrics: From Rankings to Altmetrics; Introduction; Setting the Scene: The New Regime of Governmentality and the Development of the Action Field of Metrics in Europe and the U...; Truth, Governmentality, and Action Field of Metrics; From a Regime of Truth to a New Regime of Governmentality; The Emerging Action Field of Metrics A Comparative Approach to Policy Fields of Higher EducationThe United States: A Consumer-Driven Market; Europe and the Rest of the World: A Policy-Makers-Driven Market; From Changes in the Policy Field of Higher Education to the Emergence of a New Organizational Field of Rankings; Developing Productive Organizations; Commercial Rankings; Public Rankings; Bibliometric Data Providers; Open-Source Players; Fabricating Rankings; Assembling Competencies; Selecting Institutions and Indicators; Developing Technologies; Building a Professional Community; Leveraging Up Audiences; The Demand Side The Supply Side |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825390303321 |
Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2016 | ||
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The University under Pressure |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (526 p.) |
Disciplina | 378.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Elizabeth Popp Berman
Catherine Paradeise |
Collana | Research in the Sociology of Organizations |
Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Organizational Behavior
Organizational theory & behaviour |
ISBN | 1-78560-830-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; The University under Pressure; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Introduction: The University under Pressure; Thinking about the University as an Organization; Global Changes and World Society Theory; Field-Level Analysis; Institutional Logics and the Linking of Levels; Resource Dependence; Organizational Design; Sources of Pressure on the University; University Responses to Pressure; Field-Level Effects of University Responses; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I: The University Under Pressure - An Overview
The Changing Ecology of U.S. Higher Education: An Organization Field PerspectiveHigher Education as an Organization Field; College Populations; Baccalaureate Colleges; Comprehensive Colleges; Research Universities; Associate Degree Colleges; Special-Focus Institutions; For-Profit Enterprises; A Regional Example: The San Francisco Bay Area; Isomorphic Pressures; Regulatory Systems; Normative Systems; Cultural-Cognitive Controls; Competitive Pressures; Rating Systems; Rising Costs; Societal Forces Shaping the Field of Higher Education; Reinforcing and Recasting Forces Economic and Stratification ConnectionsGovernmental Connections; Disruptive Forces; New Technologies; New Types of Students and Work Requirements; New Forms; Concluding Comments; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Nested Organizational Fields: Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Introduction; On the Way to a New European University Model?; The Nested Organizational Field Structure of European Universities; Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Coercive Isomorphism; Coercive Pressure via Formal Regulation; Coercive Pressure via Resources Mimetic IsomorphismNormative Isomorphism; The Academic Profession; University Leaders; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Part II: Pressures at the Field Level; The Emergent Action Field of Metrics: From Rankings to Altmetrics; Introduction; Setting the Scene: The New Regime of Governmentality and the Development of the Action Field of Metrics in Europe and the U...; Truth, Governmentality, and Action Field of Metrics; From a Regime of Truth to a New Regime of Governmentality; The Emerging Action Field of Metrics A Comparative Approach to Policy Fields of Higher EducationThe United States: A Consumer-Driven Market; Europe and the Rest of the World: A Policy-Makers-Driven Market; From Changes in the Policy Field of Higher Education to the Emergence of a New Organizational Field of Rankings; Developing Productive Organizations; Commercial Rankings; Public Rankings; Bibliometric Data Providers; Open-Source Players; Fabricating Rankings; Assembling Competencies; Selecting Institutions and Indicators; Developing Technologies; Building a Professional Community; Leveraging Up Audiences; The Demand Side The Supply Side |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798266703321 |
Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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