Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: Education and state; Educational policy; Europe-Politics and government; Legislative bodies; Political science; Public policy; School administration; School management and organization; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• ISBN: 978-3-030-11738-2
• Access: Open Access

This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and micro) dimensions, namely: reform or policy initiatives; drivers, aims, instruments and actors; structural changes within universities; strategic and performance management; the rise of accountability regimes; incentive and evaluative systems; and perceived changes/effects by the key actors involved, at various levels. The volume provides critical insights to the larger phenomenon of change and adaptation within the public sector. Its findings and implications are of relevance to social science researchers, policy makers, managers/administrators, and external stakeholders.