The Organization of Academic WorkRoutledge, 2021 M12 16 - 324 pages This book originated in an analysis of government bureaucracies. Peter Blau was led to wonder whether corresponding patterns are observable in the administrative structures of other types of organisations. This text examines the institutions of higher education, which Blau believes are the formal organisations that differ most in objectives and performance from government bureaucracies. |
Contents
The Comparative Study of American Universities and Colleges | 20 |
Administrative Structure | 48 |
Recruitment | 78 |
Orientations to Academic Work and Institution | 101 |
Students | 131 |
Bureaucratic and Professional Authority | 158 |
Institutional Innovation | 189 |
Academic Performance | 217 |
Dimensions of Academic Differentiation | 249 |
Sampling and Weighting Procedure | 281 |
Variable Definitions Basic Statistics and Sources | 285 |
Matrix of Simple Correlations | 291 |
Variables and Simple Correlations for Individual Faculty Members | 297 |
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