Open University Press Managing The Learning Universities (SRHE)

This book debunks prevailing modern management theories and fashions as applied to higher education. At the same time it provides practical guidance for a clear and easily understood set of principles as to how universities and colleges can be re-energized and their staff mobilized to be effective in meeting the growing and changing needs of the global knowledge society. Managing the Learning University indicates how higher education institutions can link and network their internal energies with external opportunities and partners to be successful and dynamic learning organizations. About the Author Chris Duke has worked across the full spectrum of tertiary education: from tutor at Cambridge to institutional head in an Australian 'new university', and including English further education, polytechnic, civic and greenfield institutions, Australian sandstone and New Zealand Universitas 21 member; as teacher, researcher and senior administrator, governor and trustee, professor of continuing education and lifelong learning, and now also as a consultant. The experience of three national systems is buttressed by long association wih Unesco and OECD in higher education and with international professional associations. His training as a historian, work as a sociologist, and practical passion for equity and for integrity of behaviour show through in his writing.