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Young, David A. – Administrator's Update, 1979
This paper outlines the possibilities for scientific inquiry into the design of the university organization structure. In a theoretical context, bureaucratic management techniques were not refined enough to apply to university structures until the mid-twentieth century. Universities today are bureaucracies in that they have a formal division of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Change Strategies, College Administration
Download full textBolding, James T.; Van Patten, James J. – Administrator's Update, 1982
Four areas of college management responsibility are reviewed: the mission of the organization; administrator/faculty relationship; individual stress; and measuring organizational health. According to Argyris (1980) an organization updates its goals (1) as a consequence of detecting and solving routine problems, and (2) through periodical…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Role, Conflict Resolution, Faculty College Relationship
