Universities as Agencies: Reputation and Professionalization (Public Sector Organizations)

Universities as Agencies: Reputation and Professionalization (Public Sector Organizations)

by Åse Gornitzka (Editor), Francisco O. Ramirez (Editor), Tom Christensen (Editor)

Synopsis

This book discusses how modern universities increasingly use reputation management in relation to internal and external challenges. Universities are increasingly characterized by social embeddedness, relating to many external stakeholders and international markets of students, researchers and research projects. This implies global pressure to standardize, formalize and rationalize their internal organization. The book uses data from China, Norway and US to show how reputation symbols are used and balanced, based on their web pages. Further, it uses extensive data from US universities to show how their internal organization structure is developing over time, related to three types of units/positions - development, diversity and legal offices and roles.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 20 Aug 2018

ISBN 10: 3319927124
ISBN 13: 9783319927121

Author Bio
Tom Christensen is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
Ase Gornitzka is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
Francisco O. Ramirez is Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, Stanford University, USA.