Strategic Innovation in HE: The Roles of Academic Middle Managers

This article explains the development of, and presents a theoretical framework for, harnessing the roles of the academic middle manager in strategic innovation in Dutch higher education, thereby increasing higher education’s ability to learn, innovate and develop a competitive advantage. The framework is developed from theoretical models of role interactions in an educational context and in business organizations. It is also based on an empirical pilot study of the role of the academic middle manager and reviews of other relevant literature. The aim of this article will be to explore and discuss ways of analyzing the way in which academic middle managers influence strategic innovations in universities.     

Strategic Innovation in HE: The Roles of Academic Middle Managers

Tertiary Education and Management - This article explains the development of, and presents a theoretical framework for, harnessing the roles of the academic middle manager in strategic innovation...     

Differences in influence: different types of university employees compared

Tertiary Education and Management - Changes, improvements and innovations in university organisations regularly end up in sluggish processes and get stuck ‘somewhere’ in the...