International and Chinese University Organizational Change

Author: Zhang Huijie
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book attempts to explore the qualitative changes that occur in large university organizations from aspects such as their organizational goals, systems, structures, power, and cultural transformation. It strives to use a multidisciplinary perspective as the theoretical foundation to propose ideas for constructing a framework for large university organizations. Drawing on theories from institutional economics, public administration, and related fields, the book analyzes large universities and lists examples of internal structural changes in universities both in China and abroad. It discusses the fundamental content of internal organizational structural changes in universities. The book elaborates on the patterns of power changes in large universities and analyzes the basic types of management power in universities both in China and abroad, particularly discussing several characteristics of power transformation in Chinese large universities. The integration of organizational culture is the foundation of all organizational change. The book focuses on depicting organizational cultural transformation and proposes the impact of changes in the power circles, interest circles, and reputation circles of higher education institutions on organizational culture.