How Colleges Work
The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership
Published on 15. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-55542-354-4 (ISBN)
Description
"One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of universityacademic organization and leadership in print. This book issignificant because it is not only thoughtfully developed and basedon careful reading of the extensive literature on leadership andgovernance, but it is also deliberately intended to enable theauthor to bridge the gap between theories of organization, on onehand, and practical application, on the other."
--Journal of Higher Education
--Journal of Higher Education
Reviews / Votes
"One of the best theoretical and applied analyses of university academic organization and leadership in print. This book is significant because it is not only thoughtfully developed and based on careful reading of the extensive literature on leadership and governance, but it is also deliberately intAnded to enable the author to bridge the gap between theories of organization, on one hand, and practical application, on the other."More details
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55542-354-4 (9781555423544)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Robert Birnbaum
How Colleges Work
Patterns of Organization, Management and Leadership in Higher Education
Book
10/1988
Jossey-Bass
€48.46
Article exhausted; check different version
Person
ROBERT BIRNBAUM is professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches and writes about higher academic leadership and organization. He was previously vice chancellor of the City University of New York, vice chancellor of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He is also author, coauthor, and editor of numerous articles and books, including How Academic Leadership Works and How Colleges Work.
Content
Understanding Colleges and Universities as Organizations.
Models of Organizational Functioning.
Integrating the Models.
Models of Organizational Functioning.
Integrating the Models.