The Principle of Hiring the Best Available Academics

Autor/in	Dilger, Alexander
Titel	The Principle of Hiring the Best Available Academics
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 23 (2009) 6, S.523-532 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/09513540910981041
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Governance; Human Capital; Personnel Selection; Faculty Recruitment; Cost Effectiveness; Reputation; Institutional Characteristics; Brain Drain; Labor Supply; Teacher Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Humankapital; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Purpose: Higher education, including research, depends crucially on the people involved, their talents and human capital. Therefore, a university can improve or at least maintain its standing by hiring only the best available academics. Hiring the absolute best may be too expensive for most and is impossible for all. However, it is not too difficult to recognise the relatively best scholars. The real problem is to act on this knowledge instead of following other objectives. That is why detached decision makers like managers, politicians or academics from other institutions may be in a better position than faculty members with respect to senior hirings. This paper aims to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach: The argument is explained in detail and historical examples are given. Findings: It is shown why and how to hire the best available academics. The existence of many deviations from this rule offers opportunities for those who follow it. Research limitations/implications: Besides some practical problems, the key intellectual problem is to measure or even define quality in academia. The principle holds nevertheless for any kind of academic quality. Practical implications: Universities can improve their status by hiring the best available academics. Originality/value: One simple (formal) principle can structure the recruiting process and thereby change universities for the better. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10