ERIC Number: ED267694
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 119
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-913317-27-6
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Faculty Participation in Decision Making: Necessity or Luxury? ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 8, 1985.
Floyd, Carol Everly
The literature concerning higher education and generic organization theory is reviewed to address various questions relating to faculty participation in institutional decision-making. Attention is directed to: the rationale for faculty participation, alternative types of participation, participation in academic senates, participation by functional area, participation at the system and state levels, participation and centralization/decentralization, strengthening consultative processes, and increasing faculty satisfaction and participation. Generic organization theory provides extensive reasons why participation in organizational decision-making can improve employees' satisfaction and performance. Types of faculty participation in institutional decision-making are separate jurisdictions, shared authority, and joint participation. Faculty participation can involve curriculum design, faculty personnel status, selection and evaluation of administrators, planning, budgeting, and planning for retrenchment or financial exigency. Joint faculty and administrator efforts may focus on four important areas: rebuilding collegial foundations, shaping the consultative framework, increasing the availability of information, and facilitating group deliberations. Areas for further analysis are suggested. (SW)
Descriptors: Centralization, College Administration, College Faculty, College Governing Councils, College Planning, Decentralization, Faculty College Relationship, Governance, Higher Education, Multicampus Colleges, Organizational Theories, Participative Decision Making, Personnel Policy, Policy Formation, Statewide Planning, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Participation
Association for the Study of Higher Education, Publications Department, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036 ($7.50, nonmembers; $6.00, members).
Publication Type: ERIC Publications; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Association for the Study of Higher Education.; ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A