Movement for a Free Academia—literature database
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Parker, M., & Jary, D. (1995). The McUniversity: Organization, management and academic subjectivity. Organization, 2(2), 319–338. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (17/04/2023, 17:06) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (17/04/2023, 17:08) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published DOI: 10.1177/135050849522013 BibTeX citation key: Parker1995 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Managers Keywords: Management, Universities Creators: Jary, Parker Publisher: Sage Publications (UK) Collection: Organization |
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"This paper uses elements of Weberian and Foucauldian social theory to speculate on the consequences of recent higher education change in the UK. We argue that changes in the political, institutional and funding environment have produced forms of HE organization that increase the power of management and diminish the autonomy of professional academics. These new forms of organization, which are increasingly bureaucratic and utilize sophisticated systems of surveillance, will make academics increasingly instrumental in their attitudes and behaviour. We conclude that the rationalization of HE should be resisted, but that nostalgia for a previous order should not be part of that resistance. `Mass' higher education organizations are not simply good or bad, but their rationale and consequences need to be clearly thought through if their negative aspects are to be addressed."
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