The Impact of Managerialism on the Strategy Work of University Middle Managers

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Annemarie; Jansen van Rensburg, Mari; Venter, Peet
Titel	The Impact of Managerialism on the Strategy Work of University Middle Managers
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 41 (2016) 8, S.1480-1494 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2014.981518
Schlagwörter	Middle Management; College Administration; Case Studies; Governance; Leadership Styles; Interviews; Empowerment; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change; Collegiality; Program Implementation; Innovation; Pretesting; Organizational Communication; Productivity; Knowledge Management; Operations Research; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittlere Führungskraft; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Führungsstil; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Unternehmenskultur; Organisationswandel; Kollegialität; Vortest; Produktivität; Wissensmanagement; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In an attempt to understand the effects of managerialism on university managers in a developing country, we set out to gather rich data on the strategy work of middle managers through a single case study at a South African university. Managerialism has the potential to solve inefficiencies in university systems and processes, as it could help to simplify the complex university management environment. Yet, our findings show that middle managers at the chosen institution are constrained by the effects of managerialism. Managerialism has resulted in a tyranny of bureaucracy which translates into disempowered middle managers, a culture of conformance over collegiality, control at the cost of innovation and experimentation and an over-articulation of strategy which devalues the strategy. To cope with the identified negative effects of managerialism, middle managers create their own systems outside the bureaucracy and provide more support to peers and subordinates. (As Provided).
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