Change Management at a Danish University: The Introduction of a Common Market for Education

Autor/in	Bundgaard, Helle
Titel	Change Management at a Danish University: The Introduction of a Common Market for Education
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 5 (2012) 2, S.5-26 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2012.050202
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Universities; Educational Administration; Marketing; Creativity; Leadership Styles; Interviews; Participant Observation; Electronic Mail; Intervention; Strategic Planning; Governing Boards; Decision Making; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; University; Universität; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Kreativität; Führungsstil; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Dänemark
Abstract	This article discusses the approach to the management of change taken by a Danish university when introducing a university-wide market for education and it explores the different positions taken by some of the central stakeholders in one of the faculties involved. I argue that neither the inadequacies of a popular management model nor insufficient communication fully explain the problems with the change project. Based on strategy papers, memorandums and detailed observations of meetings, I discuss the introduction of the education market and analyse the reception given by directors of studies to a specific social technology, a common year and timetable structure. I offer an explanation of their reactions that draws on an anthropological approach to organisations. I call for university leaders to take what I call an "improvisational" approach to leadership, which takes account of local ways of interpreting the meaning and significance of large-scale changes and works through professional motivation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10