Universities in Change

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Managing Higher Education Institutions in the Age of Globalization

Andreas Altmann Bernd Ebersberger(Editor)

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Intro
Universities in Change
Series Foreword
Contents
Contributors
1 Universities in Change: As a Brief Introduction
1.1.Embedding in the Social and Economic System
1.2.Strategic and Operative Issues
1.3.Contributing to Economics and Social Development
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Part I The Entrepreneurial University
2 Leading the Entrepreneurial University: Meeting the Entrepreneurial DevelopmentDevelopment Needs of Higher EducationEducation Institutions
2.1.Introduction
2.2.The Entrepreneurial Environmental ChallengesChallenges and University Responses
2.2.1 The Massification of Higher EducationEducation
2.2.2 The Employability Agenda
2.2.3 The Student Voice
2.2.4 Developing Entrepreneurial SkillsSkills
2.2.5 The Challenge of Globalization
2.2.6 The Internationalization Strategies of Universities
2.2.7 The Global KnowledgeKnowledge Configuration
2.2.8 KnowledgeKnowledge Transfer and Engagement Processes
2.2.9 Regional and Local Engagement
2.2.10 University Funding, Enterprise, Autonomy, and Academic Freedom
2.2.11 Creating Public ValueValue
2.3.The Entrepreneurial Organizational Challenge
2.3.1 The Entrepreneurial OrganizationOrganization Concept
2.3.2 The OrganizationOrganization DevelopmentDevelopment ChallengesChallenges
2.3.3 GovernanceGovernance and the Entrepreneurial University
2.3.4 The Individual Academic Entrepreneur
2.4.The LeadershipLeadership Challenge
2.4.1 Summarizing the Basic ChallengesChallenges
2.4.2 The Entrepreneurial LeadershipLeadership Concept
2.4.3 BuildingBuilding Appropriately upon Existing CapacityCapacity
2.5.Entrepreneurial LeadershipLeadership DevelopmentDevelopment and Program Design
2.6.Conclusion
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Part II Embedding in the Economicand Social System
3 Reinventing LearningLearning and ResearchResearch in the Twenty-First Century via the Academic Firm and the Entrepreneurial University
3.1.Introduction and Definition of Terms and Concepts
3.2.The Academic Firm Versus The Entrepreneurial University: Implications for PolicyPolicy and Practice
3.3.Brain Circulation: Wandering Students Thrive in the 'Academic Firmrsquor and 'Entrepreneurial Universityrsquor Contexts
3.4.Multilayered Brain Circulation: The Role of STI PartnershipsPartnerships in CapacityCapacity BuildingBuilding
3.5.The International EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship Dimension of Brain Circulation
3.5.1 The KnowledgeKnowledge-to-Business Achievement Team
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4 Demographic TrendsTrends and the InternationalisationInternationalisation of Higher Education: Emerging ChallengesChallenges and Prospects
4.1.Introduction
4.2.The Changing World Demographic Picture
4.3.Patterns of Demographic Change Within Regions of the World
4.4.Globalisation, Economic GrowthGrowth, Reducing Poverty and Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment
4.4.1 Globalisation and the DevelopmentDevelopment of the World Economy
4.4.2 The Economic and Social Objectives of Governments, the World BankWorld Bank and UNESCOUNESCO
4.5.Internationalisation of Higher EducationEducation: The Perspective of Institutions
4.6.ChallengesChallenges and Prospects for Institutions of Higher EducationEducation
4.6.1 The Direct Effects of Demographic Change
4.6.2 The Educational Model
4.6.3 FacultyFaculty DevelopmentDevelopment
4.6.4 New Information and Communications Technology
4.7.Conclusion
Bibliography
5 Global LearningLearning in American Higher EducationEducation: Strategies for Developing Global Citizens in an Era of Complex Interdependence
5.1.Globalization and Higher EducationEducation
5.2.SkillSkill Sets and CompetenciesCompetencies Needed for an Interdependent World
5.3.Developing Global Citizens in the Middle of the Pacific: A Case Study of Global LearningLearning at Hawai'i Pacific University
5.4.Lessons of Internationalization in American Higher EducationEducation
5.5.WeaknessesWeaknesses in Internationalization
5.6.StrengthsStrengths of Internationalization
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6 Universities Between Politics and Economics: AutonomyAutonomy, PerformancePerformance Agreements and Global BudgetsGlobal Budgets at Austrian Universities
6.1.The New Fields of AutonomyAutonomy at Austrian Universities: Goals and Results
6.2.Economic RationalityRationality at the Universities: Goals and Results
6.2.1 Economisation of Universities in UG 2002
6.2.2 Corporate GovernanceGovernance: Universities are not Businesses
6.2.3 AssessmentAssessment: Preventive Effect of the Economic RationalityRationality Threat
6.3.Multi-Year Global BudgetsGlobal Budgets: Goals and Results
6.3.1 Basic Budget
6.3.2 PerformancePerformance Budget
6.3.3 Profile Budget
6.4.PerformancePerformance Agreements: Goals and Results
6.4.1 Subject, Process and Result of the PerformancePerformance Agreement
6.4.2 AssessmentAssessment
6.5.The Importance of Political RationalityRationality for the ReformReform Process
6.5.1 Point of Departure and Developments
6.5.2 Political RationalityRationality in the Field of the Universities
6.5.2.1 Some Closing (Anecdotal) Examples of Political Rationality
6.6.Conclusion
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7 Who is Leading Whom, Where to, What for: And How? GovernanceGovernance and EmpowermentEmpowerment in the University of the Twenty-First Century
7.1.Introduction
7.2.ChallengesChallenges, Chances and Risks for the German University SystemSystem
7.3.A Retrospect: PerformancePerformance Through Self-EmpowermentEmpowerment
7.4.New Rules, More Freedom: Selected State LegislationLegislation
7.5.The Initative on ExcellenceExcellence as a GovernanceGovernance CompetitionCompetition
7.6.Where do we Stand: And Where do we Go from Here?
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Part III Strategic and Operative Issues
8 LearningLearning From the Best: Implications From Successful Companies for Higher EducationEducation Management
8.1.Introduction
8.2.Succeeding in Changed Conditions
8.3.Serving Different Masters
8.4.University PerformancePerformance
8.4.1 PerformancePerformance Measurement for Higher EducationEducation
8.4.2 University Rankings
8.5.What Top Companies Do Differently
8.5.1 MarketMarket OrientationOrientation
8.5.2 Core Competences
8.5.3 Organizational CultureCulture
8.5.4 InnovationInnovation
8.5.5 The Role of Top Management
8.6.Conclusion
Bibliography
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9 Managing and PositioningPositioning of a Private Business School in Germany
9.1.Introduction to HHL: Leipzig Graduate School of ManagementHHL---Leipzig Graduate School of Management
9.2.The MarketMarket for Higher EducationEducation in Germany
9.2.1 Public and Private Institutions of Higher LearningLearning
9.2.2 MarketMarket Analysis: Programs and Services of Institutions of Higher LearningLearning
9.2.2.1 MarketMarket Analysis: The Bologna Process
9.3.PositioningPositioning of a Private Business School: The Example of HHL
9.4.PositioningPositioning and Re-Positioning the Services
9.4.1 Students as Life-Long Clients
9.4.2 Professionals as Clients
9.4.3 Business Companies as Clients: The HHL Open School Initiative
9.5.Managing a Private Business School
9.5.1 Managing the Process of Adaptation
9.5.2 Providing Guidance to FacultyFaculty and Staff
9.6.Conclusion
Bibliography
10 Strategic Management for Growing Business Schools
10.1.Introduction
10.2.Defining a MissionMission for the Business School
10.2.1 Business Schools as Not-for-Profit Organizations
10.2.2 The Objectives-Based View: A Third Viewpoint for Strategic Management Scholars
10.2.3 Unifying 1,000 Different Strategies
10.2.4 What do AccreditationAccreditation Institutions want to see in a Business School's MissionMission Statement?
10.3.Some Insights from the Economic Analysis of Higher EducationEducation Organizations and Business Schools
10.3.1 Business Schools Educate Managers and Entrepreneurs: Not Researchers
10.3.2 The Need for Diversity in ScholarshipScholarship
10.3.3 The Case for a Differentiation StrategyStrategy
10.4.One-Dimensional and Multidimensional Organizational Goals and their Relation to Differentiation Strategies
10.4.1 Choosing Between One-Dimensional and Multidimensional Organizational Goals
10.4.2 Aligning the Marketing StrategyStrategy and the AssessmentAssessment CriteriaCriteria of the Business School
10.4.3 One-Dimensional and Multidimensional Measures of SuccessSuccess and their Relation to Differentiation Strategies
10.4.4 The Existing Structure of the Business School Industry as an Effective Entry Barrier
10.5.Improving the Transparency of the MarketMarket to Reduce Entry Barriers
10.5.1 Using E-learningE-learning to Improve the Transparency of the MarketMarket
10.5.2 Weighting Schemes of Business School Rankings are no Substitute for MarketMarket ResearchResearch
10.6.A Brief Examination of Competitive Forces in the Business School Industry
10.6.1 BargainingBargaining Power of Suppliers of InputsInputs
10.6.2 Substitutes
10.6.2.1 Self-Study as a Substitute for MBAMBA Programs
10.6.2.2 Different Emphasis on Self-study SkillsSkills in the US and Germany
10.6.2.3 Are Students' Self-Study SkillsSkills a Threat or an Opportunity?
10.7.The Potential of Business Schools' Country and RegionRegion Focused InternationalizationInternationalization Strategies
10.8.Conclusion
Bibliography
11 Training Researchers in the Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific: A Regional Response to Global LeadershipLeadership in ResearchResearch
11.1.Introduction
11.2.University Rankings and the Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific RegionRegion
11.2.1 University ResearchResearch Rankings in JapanJapan
11.3.The Mobility of ResearchResearch Students
11.4.Recent Patterns of ResearchResearch Links and International Student Mobility in East AsiaEast Asia
11.4.1 East AsiaEast Asia Student Mobility Patterns
11.4.1.1 JapanJapan
11.5.Models of ResearchResearch Student Mobility and Research Linkage DevelopmentDevelopment
11.5.1 The Third model: The Cosmopolitan Nation State UniversityThe Cosmopolitan Nation State University
11.5.2 Connecting ResearchResearch Links and International Student Mobility to Community DevelopmentDevelopment in East AsiaEast Asia
11.6.A Framework for ResearchResearch and Research Training at APU
11.7.Conclusion
Bibliography
12 The Rejuvenation of a Professional School in the United StatesUnited States
12.1.Setting the Framework: The City University of New YorkThe City University of New York (CUNY)
12.1.1 The City CollegeCollege of New York
12.1.2 The School of EducationSchool of Education
12.2.Understanding the Problem: The New York State Board of Regents and AccreditationAccreditation of Teachers
12.3.Assessing the Issues at the School of EducationSchool of Education
12.4.Changing the CultureCulture of the School of EducationSchool of Education
12.4.1 The Dean's Advisory Council
12.4.2 Utilizing Physical SpaceSpace to Impact FacultyFaculty Collaboration
12.4.3 Changes in Teacher Certification Procedures: Motivation for New CurriculumCurriculum DevelopmentDevelopment
12.4.4 FacultyFaculty CultureCulture: Creating the Climate for Change
12.4.5 The Student Body
12.4.6 Achieving National AccreditationAccreditation: 2003
12.4.7 Technology Support
12.4.8 International Innovations
12.5.Conclusion
Bibliography
13 CurriculumCurriculum Change at a Japanese Private International University: The Influence of Global and Local Pressures on the 'NEW' Challenge
13.1.Introduction
13.2.Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University
13.3.The Asia-PacificAsia Pacific University Project
13.4.The New Challenge
13.5.Multidisciplinary Approaches to Become the Norm
13.6.Conclusion
Bibliography
14 Leading-Edge TechnologiesTechnologies and Facility for Competitive Higher Business EducationEducation
14.1.Introduction
14.1.1 The College of William and MaryThe College of William and Mary
14.1.1.1 HistoryHistory
14.1.1.2 Administration and Finances
14.1.1.3 Departments and Schools
14.2.The Mason School of BusinessThe Mason School of Business
14.2.1 HistoryHistory
14.2.2 Management SystemSystem
14.2.2.1 MissionMission and StrategyStrategy
14.2.2.2 Programs
14.2.2.3 CurriculumCurriculum and LearningLearning EnvironmentEnvironment
14.2.2.4 CultureCulture
14.2.2.5 CurriculumCurriculum and Program Innovations
14.2.2.6 Career Acceleration Modules
14.2.2.7 Field Consultancy Program
14.2.2.8 LeadershipLeadership Advantage Program
14.2.2.9 Executive Partners
14.2.2.10 Current Home of the School and SpaceSpace Deficiencies
14.3.Alan B. Miller Hall
14.3.1 Concept Evolution and Design
14.3.1.1 Project Organization
14.3.1.2 BuildingBuilding CommitteeCommittee
14.3.1.3 Mason School Building Task Force
14.3.1.4 Project Core Team
14.3.1.5 Architectural Program Statement
14.3.1.6 Activities in Developing the Program Statement
14.3.1.7 Design Attributes
14.3.1.8 Program Statement Results
14.3.2 Delivered Facility and Technology
14.3.2.1 Project Management
14.3.2.2 BuildingBuilding Characteristics in Support of Higher Business LearningLearning
Overall Architectural Perspective
Key BuildingBuilding Design Features
Common Areas for Interaction
Team Meeting Rooms and Conferencing
Administrative Suites and Offices
Classroom Design and TeachingTeaching Wall
ResearchResearch EnvironmentEnvironment
Special Facilities for Competitive Business EducationEducation: Financial Markets Center
Behavioral Laboratory
Communications Center (Laboratory)
Business Library
EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship Center
14.3.2.3 Information Technology
BuildingBuilding Technology InfrastructureInfrastructure
Classroom/Meeting Room/Conference Room Technology
Information Technology Support
14.3.2.4 Sustainability
14.4.Conclusion: Factors leading to Project Success
Bibliography
15 Leveraging Universities Through IT GovernanceGovernance
15.1.The Problem
15.2.Framework Conditions
15.3.The Impact Model
15.3.1 The Impact Model for IT GovernanceIT governance in Universities
15.4.Summary
Bibliography
16 Achieving SuccessSuccess Through Quality: The Role of AccreditationAccreditation and Continuous ImprovementContinuous Improvement in Management EducationEducation
16.1.Introduction
16.2.Management Education in the Twentieth Century
16.3.Recent Environmental Changes
16.4.Meeting the Challenges of the New Environment
16.5.Measures of Quality in Management Education
16.6.Benefits and Costs of Accreditation
16.7.Future of Management Education
16.8.Role of the University in Management Education
16.9.Conclusion
Bibliography
17 UniformityUniformity is No Virtue
17.1.Retrospect and Point of Departure
17.2.EvaluationEvaluation and Accreditation
17.3.Conclusion
Bibliography
Part IV Contributing to Economicand Social Development
18 Higher EducationEducation Institutions and Regional DevelopmentDevelopment
18.1.Introduction
18.2.Three Points of Departure: Setting the Stage
18.2.1 Regional Innovation SystemRegional Innovation Systems
18.2.2 Technological Specialization and Variety
18.2.3 Open InnovationInnovation
18.3.Two Insights: As the Analysis
18.4.One Bottom Line: As a Lesson for Higher EducationEducation Institutions
Bibliography
19 What Type of Companies Benefits from University Spillovers?
19.1.Introduction
19.2.Theory
19.3.Data and Methodology
19.3.1 Dependent Variable
19.3.2 Independent Variables
19.3.2.1 Country and Sector Characteristics
19.3.2.2 InnovationInnovation and KnowledgeKnowledge
19.3.2.3 Internationality
19.3.2.4 OpennessOpenness
19.3.3 Method
19.4.Results
19.5.Discussion
Bibliography
20 GlobalizationGlobalization, Regional Development, and the Evolving Local University Role: The Case of Vestfold, Norway
20.1.Introduction
20.2.Methodology
20.3.Conceptual Framework
20.3.1 Industrial Knowledge Development and Innovation
20.3.2 KnowledgeKnowledge Diffusion Infrastructures
20.4.University-Industry Dynamics in Context
20.4.1 Industrial Knowledge Development and Networking
20.4.2 The Repositioning of Vestfold University College
20.4.3 Discussion
20.5.Conclusion
Acknowledgments
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