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Explores the nature of academic enterprises, including why they work the way they do and where such enterprises are headed, with the goal of gaining insights into where change can and will happen This book looks at universities from a whole-enterprise perspective. It explores the steady escalation o...
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John Wiley & Sons,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stevens Institute seres on complex systems and enterprises
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119245872 |
| Summary: |
Explores the nature of academic enterprises, including why they work the way they do and where such enterprises are headed, with the goal of gaining insights into where change can and will happen This book looks at universities from a whole-enterprise perspective. It explores the steady escalation of the costs of higher education and uses a computational economic model of complex academic enterprises. This model includes component models of research, teaching, administration, and brand value. Understanding the relationships among practices, processes, structure, and ecosystem provides the ba |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781119245872 1119245877 9781119245360 1119245362 |
| Index Number: | LB2324 |
| CLC: | G647.2 |
| Contents: | Evolution of the research university -- Mission and structure -- Leadership and governance -- Administration -- Money & space -- Promotion & tenure -- Education programs -- Research & intellectual property -- Rankings & brand value -- Transformation scenarios -- Exploring the future. |