How colleges work the cybernetics of academic organization and leadership - Birnbaum, Robert (San Francisco Jossey-Bass, 1988)
Table of Contents: Preface. The Author. Part One: Understanding Colleges and Universities as Organizations -- 1. Problems of Governance, Management, and Leadership in Academic Institutions -- 2. Thinking in Systems and Circles: The Structure and Dynamics of Academic Organizations -- 3. Making Decisions and Making Sense: The Administrators' Role -- Part Two: Models of Organizational Functioning -- 4. The Collegial Institution: Sharing Power and Values in a Community of Equals -- 5. The Bureaucratic Institutions: Rationalizing Structure and Decision Making -- 6. The Political Institution: Competing for Power and Resources -- 7. The Anarchical Institution: Finding Meaning in a Community of Autonomous Actors -- Part Three: Integrating the Models -- 8. The Cybernetic Institution: Providing Direction Through Self-Regulation -- 9. Effective Administration and Leadership in the Cybernetic Institution -- References. Index.
Includes index and bibliography.
Keywords: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration; Cybernetics -- United States