University Governance, Academic Bargaining, and Catastrophe Theory.

Birnbaum, Robert

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Publication Date: 1981

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University Governance, Academic Bargaining, and Catastrophe Theory.

Birnbaum, Robert

Review of Higher Education, v4 n2 p1-21 Win 1981

Catastrophe theory, a mathematical technique for studying discontinuous processes such as sudden and dramatic changes in the behavior of a system as a consequence of small changes in controlling factors, is discussed. The "cusp catastrophe" is used to create a three-dimensional model. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, Decision Making, Governance, Higher Education, Mathematical Models, Organizational Change, Organizational Objectives, Policy Formation

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