Will Playfulness Be Possible in University Management?.

West, Richard R.

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Publication Date: 1979

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Will Playfulness Be Possible in University Management?

West, Richard R.

College Board Review, n112 p14-15,18-19 Sum 1979

"Organized anarchies" is how Michael Cohen and James March have described American universities. The lack of rational-deductive organizational characteristics in higher education has encouraged it to be "playful" in a way that is "sensibly foolish." Budgetary pressures will force universities to become more businesslike. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Declining Enrollment, Higher Education, Inflation (Economics), Institutional Autonomy, Needs Assessment, Power Structure, Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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