The organization and administration of colleges and universities are discussed in 10 papers representing varied perspectives of the most current theories of organizational behavior. Titles and authors are as follows: "Maps and Gaps in the Study of College and University Organization" (James L. Bess); "Contradictions in a Community of Scholars: The Cohesion-Accuracy Tradeoff" (Karl E. Weick); "Models of the Organizational Life Cycle: Applications to Higher Education" (Kim S. Cameron, David A. Whetten); "Motivation Research Versus the Art of Faculty Management" (Barry M. Staw); "Motivation Enhancement Through Work Redesign" (Greg R. Oldham, Carol T. Kulik); "Job Satisfaction and Role Clarity Among University and College Faculty" (Edwin A. Locke, William Fitzpatrick, Frank M. White); "Leaders and Leadership in Academe" (Victor H. Vroom); "Decision Style and Organizational Behavior: Implications for Academia" (Michael Driver); "Strategy Formation in the University Setting" (Cynthia Hardy, Ann Langley, Henry Mintzberg, Janet Rose); and "Doing New Things in Old Ways: The Chains of Socialization" (John Van Maanen). (SW)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- ['EXXON Education Foundation, New York, NY.', 'Association for the Study of Higher Education.', 'New York Univ., NY.']
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- ['Collected Works - General', 'Opinion Papers']
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- SYSTEM STATES 21
- OF SCHOLARS THE COHESION-ACCURACY TRADEOFF 22
- MODELS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL 37
- .104 104
- CLARITY AMONG UNIVERSITY 110
- Edwin A. Locke William Fitzpatrick and 110
- Frank M. White 110
- 1 0 120
- ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND LATENT LEARNING 133
- LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP 134
- IN ACADEME 134
- 17.1 174
- 8 8aa8888888889999929999 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 205
- 5 0 5 05 0 5050505050505050505050 205
- 2 0 209
- Agin Van Maanen 216
- 23.1 234
