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HEM4220 Unit 1: Higher Education Governance and Policy

Ansell, C. & Torfing, J. (2016). Introduction: theories of governance. In: C. Ansell & J. Torfing (Eds.), Handbook on Theories of Governance (pp. 1-18). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. (18 pages)

Benavides, M., Arellano, A. & Zárate Vásquez, J.S. (2019) Market- and government-based higher education reforms in Latin America: the cases of Peru and Ecuador, 2008–2016. Higher Education, Vol. 77(6), pp. 1015-1030. (15 pages) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-018-0317-3

Bovens, M., P. Hart, & B.G. Peters (eds.). Success and Failure in Public Governance - A comparative analysis, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Chapters 1 and 2 (27 p.).

Bunting, I. Cloete, N., Wah, H.L.K. & Nakayiwa-Mayega. F. (2015). Assessing the performance of African flagship universities. In: N. Cloete, et al. (Eds.), Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education (pp. 32-61). Sommerset West, South Africa: African Minds. (29 pages)

Christensen, T. (2011). University Governance Reforms: Potential Problems of More Autonomy? Higher Education, Vol. 62, Number 4, pp. 503-517. (14 pages) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10734-010-9401-z           

Dill, D.D. (2007). Will Market Competition Assure Academic Quality? An Analysis of the UK and US Experience. In: D.F. Westerheijden, B. Stensaker & M.J. Rosa (eds.), Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Trends in Regulation, Translation and Transformation. (pp. 47-73). Dordrecht: Springer. (26 pages) http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6012-0_2   

de Gayardon, A. (2019). There is No Such Thing as Free Higher Education: A Global Perspective on the (Many) Realities of Free Systems. Higher Education Policy, Vol. 32(3): 485-505. (20 pages) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41307-018-0095-7

Gornitzka, ?. & Maassen, P. (2014). Dynamics of convergence and divergence: exploring accounts of higher education policy change. In: P. Mattei (ed.), University Adaptation in Difficult Economic times (pp. 13-30). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (17 pages)

Gornitzka, ?., Kyvik, S. & Stensaker, B. (2005). Implementation Analysis in Higher Education. In: ?. Gornitzka, Kogan, M. & Amaral, A. (eds.). Reform and Change in Higher Education - Analysing Policy Implementation (pp. 35-56). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. (21 p.) http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F1-4020-3411-3_3           

Gornitzka, ?., Maassen, P., Olsen, J.P., & Stensaker, B. (2007). Europe of Knowledge: Search for a new pact. In: Maassen, P., & Olsen, J.P. (eds.). University Dynamics and European Integration (pp.181-214). Dordrecht: Springer. (33 pages)  http://www.sv.uio.no/arena/english/research/publications/arena-working-papers/2001-2010/2007/wp07_03.html

Maassen, P., Gornitzka, ? & Fumasoli, T. (2017). University reform and institutional autonomy: A framework for analysing the living autonomy. Higher Education Quarterly, Vol. 71(3), pp. 239-250. (12 pages) https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/64159

Maassen, P. & Stensaker, B. (2011). The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications. Higher Education, Vol. 61, pp. 757–769. (13 pages) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10734-010-9360-4           

Olsen, J.P. (2007). The Institutional Dynamics of the European University. In: P. Maassen and J.P. Olsen (eds.) University Dynamics and European Integration (pp. 25-54). Dordrecht: Springer. (29 pages)

Peters, G.B. (2001). The Future of Governing. (Second Revised Edition), Chapter 1 & 9. Kansas University Press. pp. 1-22 & 177-201. (45 pages)

Sharrock, G. (2018). Beautiful Lies, Damned Statistics: Reframing How Australian University Finances are Compared with the OECD. Higher Education Policy, Vol. 31(3), pp. 333-357.

Shin, J.C. (2015). Mass Higher Education and Its Challenges for Rapidly Growing East Asian Higher Education. In: J.C. Shin, Postiglione, G.A., & Huang, F. (Eds.). Mass Higher Education in East Asia, Strategy, Quality and Challenges (pp. 1-24). Heidelberg: Springer. (23 pages)

Stensaker, B. (2007). Quality as Fashion: Exploring the Translation of a Management Idea into Higher Education. In: D.F. Westerheijden, B. Stensaker & M.J. Rosa (Eds.), Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Trends in Regulation, Translation and Transformation. (pp. 99-119) Dordrecht: Springer. (20 pages) http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6012-0_4         

Stensaker, B. (2011). Accreditation of Higher Education in Europe – Moving towards the US-Model? Journal of Education Policy, Volume 26, Issue 6. 757-769. (12 pages) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02680939.2010.551785   

Tijssen, R. (2015). Research Output and International Research Cooperation in African Flagship Universities. In:  N. Cloete, et al. (Eds.). Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education (pp. 61-75). Sommerset West, South Africa: African Minds. (14 pages)

Upadhyaya P. & K. Rajasekharan Pillai (2019) Management research outcome: a comparative assessment of BRICS nations, Studies in Higher Education, Vol 44(9), pp. 1567-1578. (12 pages)

HEM 4220 - Unit 2 - Higher Education Organisation, Leadership & Management

Astley, G. & van de Ven, A. (1983). Central Perspectives and Debates in Organization Theory. Administrative Science Quarterly, 28/2, 245-273. 28 pages http://www.jstor.org/stable/2392620 

Barros de Barros, F. et al. (2015). Institutional governance, leadership and management of research for innovation and development. In: Huisman, J., de Boer, H., Dill, D. D. & Souto-Otero, M. The Palgrave international handbook of higher education policy and governance (261-280). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. 

Bonaccorsi, A. & Daraio, C. (2007). Theoretical Perspectives on University Strategy. In: Bonaccorsi, A. & Daraio, C. Universities and Strategic Knowledge Creation: Specialisation and Performance in Europe. (3-21) UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 18 pages http://books.google.no/books?id=8wlPwc5wMzoC&printsec=frontcover&hl=no&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false 

Brunsson, N., & Sahlin-Andersson, K. (2000). Constructing organizations: The example of the Public Sector Reform. Organization Studies, 21(4), 721-746. 25 pages http://oss.sagepub.com/content/21/4/721.abstract 

Clark, B.R. (2004). Delineating the character of the entrepreneurial university. Higher Education Policy, 17, 355-370.  15 pages http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300062 

Czarniawska, B., & Wolff, R. (1998). Constructing new identities in established organization fields: young universities in old Europe. International Studies of Management & Organization28(3), 32-56.   http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00208825.1998.11656739 

Diogo, S., Carvalho, T. & Amaral, A. (2015). Institutionalism and organizational change. In: Huisman, J., de Boer, H., Dill, D. D. & Souto-Otero, M. The Palgrave international handbook of higher education policy and governance.(pp. 114-131). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.   

Gordon, G & Whitchurch, C. (2007). Managing Human Resources in Higher Education The Implications of a Diversifying Workforce. Higher Education Management and Policy, 19(2),1-21. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-human-resources-in-higher-education_hemp-v19-art14-en?crawler=true 

Huisman, J., Norg?rd, J.D. , Rasmussen, J., & Stensaker, B. (2002). Alternative' Universities Revisited: A Study of the Distinctiveness of Universities Established in the Spirit of 1968. Tertiary Education and Management, 8(4), 316-332. 49 pages http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13583883.2002.9967087 

Jongbloed, B. & Van der Knoop, H. (1999). Budgeting at the Institutional Level. Responding to Internal Pressures and External Opportunities. In: Jongbloed B., Maassen, P. & Neave G. (Eds.). From the Eye of the Storm. Higher Education’s Changing Institution. (pp. 141-164). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 23 pages 1Jongbloed_VanderKnoop.pdf

Krücken, G. & Meier, F. (2006). Turning the University into an Organizational Actor. In: Drori, G., Meyer, J., & Hwang, H. (Eds.). Globalization and Organization: World Society and Organizational Change. (pp. 241-257). London: Oxford University Press. 1Krücken.pdf

Maassen, P., Stensaker, B. (2019): From organised anarchy to de-coupled bureaucracy: The transformation of university organisation. Higher Education Quarterly, 51(1), 1-13 https://libkey.io/libraries/269/articles/334675611/full-text-file?utm_source=api_181

Meek, L. V., Goedegebuure, L., Santiago, R., & Carvalho, T. (2009). Introduction. In: Meek, L. V., Goedegebuure, L., Santiago, R., & Carvalho, T. (Eds.). The changing dynamics of higher education middle management. (pp. 1-14). Dordrecht: Springer.  http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-9163-5_1 

Middlehurst, T. and Kennie, S. Woodfield. (2010). Leading and Managing the University: Presidents and their Senior Management Team. In: Baker, E., McGaw, B. & Peterson, P. (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition. (pp. 238-244). Elsevier. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080448947008897

Mintzberg, H. (1979). The Professional Bureaucray. In: Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organization: a synthesis of the research. The Theory of Management Policy Series. (pp 348-379). Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall. 31 pages http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0907/ML090710600.pdf 

Musselin, C. (2007). Are universities specific organisations? In: Krücken, G., Kosmützky, A. & Torka, M. (Eds). Towards a Multiversity? Universities between global trends and national traditions. (pp. 63-84). Bielefeld: Transaction Publishers. 21 pages 1Musselin.pdf

Navarro, J. R. & Gallardo,  F.O. (2003). A model of strategic change: Universities and dynamic capabilities. Higher Education Policy, 16, 199-21. 13 pages http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300016

Noordegraaf, M. (2015). Hybrid professionalism and beyond: (new) forms of public professionalism in changing organizational and societal contexts. Journal of professions and organization, 2, 187-206. http://jpo.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/2/187.full 

Olsen, J. P. (2009). Change and continuity: an institutional approach to institutions of democratic government. European Political Science Review, 1/1, 3-32. 29 pages http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4910768&fileId=S1755773909000022 

Salancik, G.R. & Pfeffer, J. (1974). The bases and use of power in organizational decision making: The case of a university. Administrative Science Quarterly, 19(4), 453–473. 20 pages http://www.jstor.org/stable/2391803 

Seeber, M., et al. (2014). European Universities as Complete Organizations? Understanding Identity, Hierarchy and Rationality in Public Organizations. Public Management Review, 17(10), 1444-1474. 1Seeber et al.pdf

Smeenk, S.G.A.,  Eisinga, R.N., Teelken, J.C. and Doorewaard, J.A.C.M. (2006) The effects of HRM practices and antecedents on organizational commitment among university employees, The international Journal of Human resource management, 17(12), 2035-2054     http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09585190600965449 

Tight, M.(2012) Researching institutional management in: Researching higher education, 2nd ed.,  McGraw-Hill,132-148  1Tight.pdf

Toma, J. D. (2010) Introduction. In Toma, J. D. (Ed.) Strategic Management in Higher Education. Building Organizational Capacity,  The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-14.https://books.google.no/books?id=ueU4r18xnmIC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=building+organizational+capacity:+Strategic+Management+in+Higher+Education&source=bl&ots=4pE5wrCSLC&sig=4dwGMgh9w9OlZi4vm9Vx9aroUsM&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN-s6OoPjPAhVLEpoKHUaOBLUQ6AEIRzAG#v=onepage&q=building%20organizational%20capacity%3A%20Strategic%20Management%20in%20Higher%20Education&f=false 

V?limaa, J.(2008) Cultural studies in higher education research, in V?limaa, J. and Ylijoki, O.-H. (eds.) Cultural perspectives on higher education, Springer, 9-26   1Valimaa (2008).pdf

Van den Brink, M., Fruyter, B. and Thunnissen, M. (2013) Talent management in academia: performance systems and HRM policies, Human Resource Management  Journal, 23(2), 180-195 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2012.00196.x/full 

Weick, K. (1976): Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled Systems. Administrative Science Quarterly, 21(1), 1-19. 18 pages http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2391875.pdf?acceptTC=true 

Whitley, R. 2008. Universities as strategic actors: Limitations and variations. In The University in the Market, eds. L. Engwall and D. Weaire,. London: Portland Press. 22–37 15 pages. http://www.portlandpress.com/pp/books/online/univmark/084/0023/0840023.pdf 

Zechlin, L. (2010): Strategic Planning in Higher Education. In: Baker, E., McGaw, B. and Peterson, P. eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition, Elsevier. 256-263. 7 pages. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978008044894700885X 

Total pages of Unit 2: 615 pages

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