J. Douglas Toma: Building organizational capacity: strategic management in higher education

Wu (&) Department of Education Policy and Administration, Faculty of Education, National Chi Nan University, 1, University Road, Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545, Republic of Chinae-mail: clwu@ncnu.edu.tw J. Douglas Toma: Building organizational capacity: strategic management in higher education The Joh...

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Published in:Higher education 2012-01, Vol.63 (1), p.153
Main Author: Wu, Ching-Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Beliefs
Building management
Case studies
Education
Education policy
Globalization
Higher education
Statistics
Strategic management
Total quality
Trends
Universities
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Summary:Wu (&) Department of Education Policy and Administration, Faculty of Education, National Chi Nan University, 1, University Road, Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545, Republic of Chinae-mail: clwu@ncnu.edu.tw J. Douglas Toma: Building organizational capacity: strategic management in higher education The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010, pp. 1263 Ching-Ling Wu 123 154 High Educ (2012) 63:153155 the complex maze of planning and implementing academic initiatives in real-world situations. Toma denes each of these eight terms as follows: institutional purpose is the mission and aspirations that are deeply embedded in the institution; structure refers to the organization of the institution; governance determines who within the organization makes what decisions; policies are the rules that govern the operation of the organization; processes include both the formal and the informal means for accomplishments; information includes generating and communicating data; infrastructure encompasses the institutional assets of various perspectives; and culture is the essential norms and beliefs of the institution. In Chapter 2, Toma discusses the emerging challenges facing the institutions of higher education and the management strategies that have been implemented in response to those challenges. Since the emergence of neo-liberalism in the 1980s, US universities and colleges across all types have grown into institutional isomorphism (Clark 1983) while striving to increase internal efciencies.
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/s10734-011-9418-y