Organizational Learning Is Essential to Achieving and Sustaining Change in Higher Education

Organizational change is often temporary or unsuccessful. This literature review of organizational change in higher education explores research in higher education, sociology, and organizational studies focusing on the problem of sustaining successful change. Indicators of successful change are distilled from the recent research. Establishing conditions for continued organizational learning in a college or university is identified as an essential aspect of sustaining successful organizational change.     

The Concept of Readiness in the Academic Department: A Case Study of Undergraduate Education Reform

While there has been emphasis on the institution and individual classroom as loci of learning and reform, less attention has been paid to the academic department. However, precisely because its structure is so endemic to institutions of higher education, the academic department may be the most logical and potent site for change. Using a case study approach, this paper examines the conditions under which change in undergraduate education takes hold and flourishes in the academic department, advances the concept of readiness, and explores its implications for those who wish to promote change in the department. Virginia S. Lee  is managing member and consultant, Virginia S. Lee & Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in teaching, learning, and assessment in higher education. She received her B.A. from Smith College, her M.B.A. from New York University, and her Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Special interests include the design and implementation of institution-wide curriculum reform efforts, course and curriculum design, inquiry-guided learning, intensive learning, outcomes-based assessment, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Michael R. Hyman  is Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at North Carolina State University. He received his B.S. from University College, London, his M.B.A. from Oregon State University, and his Ph.D. from Bristol University. His major research interest is the biodegradation of environmental pollutants. Geraldine Luginbuhl  is Interim Department Head and Professor in the Department of Microbiology at North Carolina State University. She received her B.S. from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a longstanding interest in undergraduate education and, recently, inquiry-guided learning.     

高职院校系主任在专业建设中的角色定位

高等职业院校根据专业大类按系科设置管理机构,系主任在系部工作中通常扮演管理和领导的双重角色。本文就系主任在专业建设过程中的几个方面如何进行自身的角色定位做出了分析和探讨。     

对中国高等教育组织结构的思考

站在本世纪的高端,面对中国高等教育组织结构呈现出的一些弊端,国际竞争的日趋激烈,为全面落实“以人为本”的教育宗旨,迫切要求我们改良中国高等教育的组织结构。本文针对中国高等教育组织结构呈现出的一些弊端,论述了高等教育的理想组织形态,以及在现行体制下如何改良科层组织的一些思考,以期构建一种合理的中国高等教育的组织形态。     

教育改革的战略变革对高等教育的启示

通过对组织变革与教育改革的关系分析、学校变革与重建策略、教育变革的三阶段解析、中央集权式教育变革失败分析以及学校变革的基本框架构建等高等教育变革的特殊性研究,指出高等教育改革和发展需要遵守的基本原则。     

The perception of change in university departments

The purpose of this study is to identify perceptual differences between hierarchical levels in organizations in general and in university departments in particular, and to analyze their consequences on the relationships between the need for change, the implementation of change, and the assessment of the success of change.Three different models are developed and tested. The first model examines the amount of change in the various aspects of change at different types of departments. The second model examines the factor structure of the various actors in the system. The third model tests separately for each perceiver the magnitude of relationship between the different aspects of change and the success of change.The implications of the models and their empirical tests to future studies of organizational change are discussed and elaborated.     

如何创建学习型高校档案室

科学技术的发展,知识的更新,计算机的普及,给高校档案室的发展带来前所未有的挑战.要创建学习型档案室,只有通过各种途径拓展学习,提高挡案管理员的综合素质,才能解决现实存在的档案员知识老化、能力结构和知识结构欠缺的问题.     

高等教育:从政府单一管理到公共治理的转变

新公共管理运动于20世纪中叶兴起于英国、美国、澳大利亚、新西兰等国,后为许多国家接受并借鉴。1989年,作为对实践的理论概括和提升,世界银行在《世界发展报告》中首先提出了“治理”的概念。公共治理理论的创新和发展,成为指导包括高等教育在内的全球社会事业公共管理实践的新理念和新思想。本文从中国高等教育由政府单一行政管理向公共治理转变及发展趋势的角度着手,对其理论和实践作一初步探索。     

论高等学校管理的学校失灵及出路

高等学校管理中存在着三股基本的力量：行政力量、市场力量和学术力量。高等学校管理的重要功能和目的就是实现校内资源配置的优化。与市场配置和政府干预存在市场失灵和政府失灵一样,在一定的条件下,高等学校管理也会出现“学校失灵”。文章探讨了三种类型的学校失灵：学校行政失灵、校内市场失灵和校内学术失灵。针对学校失灵的表现和原因,文章最后提出了改革的出路之一是对高校进行社会经营。     

Influential structures: understanding the role of the head of department in relation to women academics’ research careers

This study was conducted at a small ‘research-led’ institution in South Africa. The data indicate that women produce less research than men and have low levels of professional self-esteem. Factors such as accrual of social capital, family responsibilities and self-esteem are constraints experienced by women academics in pursuing research careers. Mentoring was found to facilitate research career development and improve levels of self-esteem. Improved self-esteem enables women to promote themselves within their institutions and in the research arena. The role of the head of department with mentoring as a key function emerged as an influential structure for the career advancement of women academics. However, these leadership positions are significantly dominated by men and this appears to affect the amount and nature of mentoring women academics receive.     

高职院校系级教育成本的特点

高职院校系级教育成本是校级教育成本的重要组成部分。相对于校级教育成本而言,系级教育成本在时间上呈逐年递增趋势,主要是受系级自利行为和教学需求增加的影响。同时,学费收入是影响系级教育成本高低的重要因素,具有放大效应,是一种扩张成本。受多种因素的影响,各系间由于教育成本存在着差异而形成利益的差异,系级教育成本多为不可控成本,且其总水平不易确定。系级教育成本与其产品之间的关联度不高,并可得到全额补偿。