Movement for a Free Academia—literature database
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| Smyth, J. (2017). The toxic university: Zombie leadership, academic rock stars, and neoliberal ideology. London: Springer Nature. |
 
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| Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard 29/05/2023, 17:12 | |
| "Alvesson and Spicer (2016) point to the inherent paradox—‘stupidity management’ despite what we might think about it, does pay off—it does produce benefits, avoids paralysis, gets around time-consuming debates, and gets things done. Where the dilemma arises is in the ‘trade off’—does the university ‘want more stupidity and functionality, or do they want more smartness and less functionality?’ (p. 213). In the end, it can be put fairly bluntly, ‘decision making is easier if you reduce complexity’ (p. 213)." | |