TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of Manager-Academics at Institutions of Higher Education in Catalonia
AU - Castro, Diego
AU - Tomàs, Marina
PY - 2011/7/1
Y1 - 2011/7/1
N2 - Managers at Spanish universities are having to deal with increasingly complex managerial tasks as a result of current changes in higher education. This paper presents the results of a study into the professional development of deans and department heads at universities in Catalonia. At management level, these universities are typically based on an elected, rotating model rather than an appointed or permanent one. The findings from 23 qualitative interviews and a focus group identified three phases in the development of academic management: learning and contextualization, development of functions, and the institutional projection and transmission of management tasks. © 2011 The Authors. Higher Education Quarterly © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
AB - Managers at Spanish universities are having to deal with increasingly complex managerial tasks as a result of current changes in higher education. This paper presents the results of a study into the professional development of deans and department heads at universities in Catalonia. At management level, these universities are typically based on an elected, rotating model rather than an appointed or permanent one. The findings from 23 qualitative interviews and a focus group identified three phases in the development of academic management: learning and contextualization, development of functions, and the institutional projection and transmission of management tasks. © 2011 The Authors. Higher Education Quarterly © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00490.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00490.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0951-5224
VL - 65
SP - 290
EP - 307
JO - Higher Education Quarterly
JF - Higher Education Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -