Stalemates of University Managerialism
https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2024.01.009
Abstract
This article presents a problematic characterization of the ideology of university managerialism as a method of managing higher education institutions in the conditions of the “quasi-market” of educational, research, innovative, and other services that have emerged in post-industrial society. The transfer of some rights to universities from organizations in the corporate sector of the economy has led to the stratification of the traditional university community into the salariat – the managerial elite tasked with implementing the founder’s will and directives in the utilization of state investments within the financial constraints of the severely limited funding model – and the “precarious layer” of the faculty. The novelty lies in the delineation and discussion of the fundamental tenets of university managerialism, the operational practices of its promotion, and its correlation with the academic traditions of the university community. The influence of the ideology of university managerialism on the transformation processes occurring in global and Russian higher education is discussed. Such ideologemes of university managerialism as striving for economic efficiency of the university, “the road without beginning or end” (Penrose stairs), instrumental thinking, reputation creation and management, and rules of behavior are highlighted and discussed. An analysis of the unintended risks generated by the application of managerial theory in university management is presented. The article may be of interest to senior executives in higher education and the Russian academic community.
About the Author
O. B. Tomilin
National Research Mordovia State University named after N. P. Ogarev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg B. Tomilin – PhD (Chemistry), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Physical Chemistry
68 Bolshevistskaya st., Saransk, 430005
References
1. Deem R. “New Managerialism” and Higher Education: The Management of Performances and Cultures in Universities in the United Kingdom. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1998, vol. 8, nr 1, pp. 47–70. doi 10.1080/0962021980020014 (In Eng.).
2. Deem R., Brehony K. J. Management as Ideology: the Case of “New Managerialism” in Higher Education. Oxford Review of Education, 2005, vol. 31, nr 2, pp. 217–235. doi 10.1080/03054980500117827 (In Eng.).
3. Tomilin O. B., Klyuev A. K. «Chernyelebedi» organizatsionnogo dizaina rossiiskikh universitetov [“Black Swans” in Organizational Design of Russian Universities]. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii, 2021, vol. 30, nr 8–9, pp. 44–55. doi 10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-8-9-44-55 (In Russ.).
4. Tomilin O. B. Kriticheskii obzor evolyutsii praktik universitetskogo menedzhmenta [Critical Review of the University Management Practices Evolution]. Universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz, 2023, vol. 3, pp. 115–130. doi 10.15826/umpa.2023.03.027. (In Russ.).
5. Mintsberg G. Struktura v kulake: sozdanie effektivnoi organizatsii [Structure in the Fist. Designing Effective Organizations]. Saint Petersburg, Piter, 2004, 512 p. (In Russ.).
6. Jacques M. When China Rules the World: the Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World. London, Allen Lane, 2009, 576 p. (In Eng.).
7. McMahon W. Higher Learning, Greater Good: the Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, 415 p. (In Eng.).
8. Samuelson P. The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure. Review of Economics and Statistics, 1954, vol. 36, nr 4, pp. 387–389. (In Eng.).
9. Becker G. Human Capital: a Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. New York, Columbia University Press, 1964, 187 p. (In Eng.).
10. Stiglitz J. Knowledge as a Global Public Good. In: Kaul I., Grunberg I., Stern M. Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century, New York, Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 308–325. (In Eng.).
11. Marginson S. Higher Education and Public Good. Higher Education Quarterly, 2011, vol. 65, nr 4, pp. 411–433. doi 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00496.x. (In Eng.).
12. Humboldt W. Von. On the Spirit and Organizational Framework of Intellectual Institutions in Berlin. Minerva, 1970, nr 8, pp. 242–267. (In Eng.).
13. Grebnev L. S. Bolonskii protsess i «chetvertoe pokolenie» obrazovatel’nykh standartov [The Bologna Process and the Fourth Generation of the Educational Standards]. Higher education in Russia, 2011, vol. 11, pp. 29–41. (In Russ.).
14. Elton L. Collegiality and Complexity: Humboldt’s Relevance to British Universities Today. Higher Education Quarterly, 2008, vol. 62, nr 3, pp. 224–236. (In Eng.).
15. Ashwin P. Changing Higher Education: the Development of Learning and Teaching. Abingdon, Routledge, 2006, 168 p. (In Eng.).
16. Salmi Dzh. Sozdanie universitetov mirovogo klassa [The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities]. Moscow, Ves’ Mir, 2009, 132 p. (In Russ.).
17. Piketty T. Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA, Belknap Harvard University Press, 2014, 674 p. (In Eng.).
18. Le Grand J., Bartlett W. Quasi-Markets and Social Policy. London, Macmillan, 1993, pp. 202–220 (In Eng.).
19. Cuthbert R. Working in Higher Education. Buckingham, Open University Press, 1996, 225 p. (In Eng.).
20. Trow M. More Trouble than it’s Worth. The Times Higher Education Supplement, 1997, 24 October, p. 26. (In Eng.).
21. Clarke J., Newman J. The Managerialization of Public Services. In: Clarke J., Cochrane A., McLaughlin E. Managing Social Policy, London, Sage, 1994, pp. 13–31. (In Eng.).
22. Clarke J., Newman J. The Managerial State: Power, Politics and Ideology in the Remaking of Social Welfare. London, Sage, 1997, 192 p. (In Eng.).
23. Clarke J., Gewirtz S. et al. New Managerialism, New Welfare? London, Sage, 2000, 288 p. (In Eng.).
24. Hood C. Paradoxes of Public Sector, Old Public Management and Public Service Bargains. International Public Management Journal, 2000, vol. 3, nr 1, pp. 1–22. (In Eng.).
25. Ylijoki O.-H., Henriksson L. Tribal, Proletarian and Entrepreneurial Career Stories: Junior Academics as a Case in Point. Studies in Higher Education, 2017, vol. 42, nr 7, pp. 1292–1308. doi 10.1080/03045079.2015.1092129. (In Eng.).
26. Reed M. New Managerialism, Professional Power and Organizational Governance in UK Universities: a Review and Assessment. In: Amaral A., Jones G. A., Karseth B. Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance. Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, pp. 163–185. (In Eng.).
27. Farrell C., Morris J. The “Neo-Bureaucratic” State: Professionals, Managers and Professional Managers in Schools, General Practices and Social Work. Organization, 2003, vol. 10, nr 1, pp. 129–156. (In Eng.).
28. Staff at Higher Education Providers in the United Kingdom 2015/16. Higher Education Statistics Agency, available at: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/19-01-2017/sfr243staff (accessed 09.04.2017). (In Eng.).
29. Gibbs T., Kharouf H. The Value of Co-Operation: an Examination of the Work Relationships of University Professional Services Staff and Consequences for Service Quality. Studies in Higher Education, 2022, vol. 47, nr 1, pp. 38–52. doi 10.1080/03075079.2020.1725878. (In Eng.).
30. Santiago R., Carvalho T. The “Dark Side of the Moon”. In: Sarrico C., Teixeira P., Magalhães A., Veiga A., Rosa M. J., Carvalho T. Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses: The Transformation of Higher Education. Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2016, pp. 55–76. doi 10.1007/978-94-6300-675-0_4. (In Eng.).
31. Kuz’minov Ya. I., Yudkevich M. M. Universitety v Rossii: kak eto rabotaet [Universities in Russia: How it Works]. Moscow, Izd. Dom VShE, 2021, 616 р. (In Russ.).
32. Toshchenko Zh. T. Prekariat – novyi sotsial’nyi klass [Precariat – a New Social Class]. Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia, 2015, vol. 6, pp. 3–13. (In Russ.).
33. Stending G. Prekariat: novyi opasnyi klass [The Precariat: a New Dangerous Class]. Moscow, Ad Marginem Press, 2014, 328 p. (In Russ.).
34. Kurbatova M. V. Donova I. V. Effektivnyi kontrakt v vysshem obrazovanii: rezul’taty realizatsii proekta [Effective Contract in Higher Education: Intentions and Outcomes]. Journal of Institutional Studies, 2019, vol. 11, nr 2, pp. 122–145. doi 10.17835/2076-6297.2019.11.2.122-145. (In Russ.).
35. Vorob’eva I. V. Sotsial’no-trudovoe polozhenie prepodavatelei vuza: elitnye spetsialisty ili potentsial’nye prekarii? [Social and Labor Status of University Teachers: Elite Specialists or Precariat?]. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii, 2022, vol. 31, nr 10, pp. 69–86. doi 10.31992/0869-3617-2022-31-10-69-86. (In Russ.).
36. Druker P. F. Zadachi menedzhmenta v XXI veke [Management Challenges for the 21st Century]. Moscow, Izdvo Vil’yams, 2007, 288 p. (In Russ.).
37. MacIntyre A. After Virtue. London, Duckworth, 1985, 308 p. (In Eng.)
38. Alvesson M., Deetz S. Critical Theory and Postmodernism: Approaches to Organizational Studies. In: Clegg S., Hardy C. Studying Organization: Theory & Method, London, Sage, 1999, pp. 185–211.(In Eng.).
39. Erickson M., Hanna P., Walker C. The UK Higher Education Senior Management Survey: a Stat Activist Response to Managerialist Governance. Studies in Higher Education, 2021, vol. 46, nr 11, pp. 2134–2151. doi 10.1080/03075079.2020.1712693. (In Eng.).
40. Barkov S. A., Markeeva A. V., Gavrilenko O. V. Innovacionnaya byurokratiya v upravlenii vysshim obrazovaniem [Innovation Bureaucracy in the Higher Education Management]. Vestnik RUDN. Seriya: Sotsiologiya, 2024, vol. 24, nr 1, pp. 58– 72. doi 10.22363/2313-2272-2024-24-1-58-72. (In Russ.).
41. Hospers G.-J. Silicon Somewhere? Policy Studies, 2006, vol. 27, nr 1, pp. 1–15. doi 10.1080/01442870500499934 (In Eng.).
42. Hospers G.-J. Restructuring Europe’s Rustbelt: the Case of the German Ruhrgebiet. Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2004, vol. 39, pp. 147–156. (In Eng.).
43. Danilova E. N., Yadov V. A . Nestabil’naya sotsial’naya identichnost’ kak norma sovremennykh obshchestv [Unstable Social Identity as a Norm in Modern Societies]. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya, 2004, vol. 10, pp. 1–10. (In Russ.).
44. Lisyutkin M. A., Frumin I. D. Kak degradiruyut universitety? K postanovke problemy [How Do Universities Degrade? Stating the Problem]. Universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz, 2014, vol. 4–5, pp. 12–20. (In Russ.).
45. Shein E. Kh. Organizatsionnaya kul’tura i liderstvo [Organizational Culture and Leadership]. Saint Petersburg, Piter, 2002, 336 p. (In Russ.).
46. Gumilev L. N. Etnogenez i biosfera Zemli [Ethnogenesis and the Biosphere]. Moscow, Azbuka, 2023, 880 p. (In Russ.).
47. Mrdulyash P. B. Proektirovanie razvitiya v formate strategicheskikh sessii [The Practice of Development Planning in the Format of Strategic Sessions]. Universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz, 2019, vol. 23, nr 1–2, pp. 155–164. doi 10.15826/umpa.2019.01-2.013 (In Russ.).
48. «HR-tekhnologii» [HR-Technologies]. Kommersant. Prilozhenie № 179 ot 27.09.2023, p. 1. (In Russ.).
49. Heskett J. L., Jones T. O., Loveman G. W., Sasser W. E., Schlesinger L. A. Putting the Service – Profit Chain to Work. Harvard Business Review, 2008, vol. 86, nr 7–8, pp. 1–13. doi 10.1037/e459772008–014 (In Eng.).
50. Gronroos C. Value Co-Creation in Service Logic: A Critical Analysis. Marketing Theory, 2011, vol. 11, nr 3, pp. 279–301. doi 10.1177/1470593111408177 (In Eng.).
51. Shattock M. University Governance, Leadership and Management in a Decade of Diversification and Uncertainty. Higher Education Quarterly, 2019, vol. 67, nr 3, pp. 217–233. doi 10.1111/hequ.12017 (In Eng.).
52. Subramony M. Client Supportiveness in Contingent Employment: The Role of Relationship Quality. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2014, vol. 23, nr 1, pp. 131–144. doi 10.1080/1359432X.2012.718116 (In Eng.).
53. Tomilin O. B., Klyuev A. K., Bagirova A. P. Identichnost’ rektora universiteta: akademik vs administrator [Identity of the University Rector: Academician vs Administrator]. Universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz, 2022, vol. 26, nr 1, pp. 68–81. doi 10.15826/umpa.2022.01.005 (In Russ.).
54. Legge K. Human Resource Management: the Topics and Realities. Basingstoke, Macmillan Business, 1995, 430 p. (In Eng.).
55. Gewirtz S., Ball S. Bowe R. Markets, Choice and Equity in Education. Buckingham, Open University Press, 1995, pp. 96–97. (In Eng.).
56. Clarke J., Newman J. Managing to Survive: Dilemmas of Сhanging Organizational Form in the Public Sector: Unpublished Paper Presented to Annual Conference of the Social Policy Association. Nottingham, University, 1992, рр. 19–20. (In Eng.).
57. Lynch K., Ivancheva M. Academic Freedom and the Commercialization of Universities: a Critical Ethical Analysis. Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2015, vol. 15 (1), pp. 71–85 (In Eng.).
58. Jameson J. Critical Corridor Talk: Just gossip or Stoic Resistance? Unrecognised Informal Higher Education Leadership. Higher Education Quarterly, 2018, vol. 72, pp. 375–389. doi 10.1111/hequ.12174. (In Eng.).
59. Worthy J. C. Big Business and Free Men. New York, Harper and Row, 1959, 205 p. (In Eng.).
60. Kant I. Osnovy metafiziki nravstvennosti [Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals]. Moscow, Mysl’, 1999, vol. 4. pp. 211–310. (In Russ.).
61. Worthy J. C. Organizational Structure and Employee Morale. American Sociological Review, 1950, vol. 15, nr 2, pp. 169–179. (In Eng.).
62. Tomilin O. B., Klyuev A. K., Drugova E. A., Fadeeva I. M., Tomili n O. O. Organizatsion nye konflikty v transformatsii universitetov: destruam et aedificabo [Organizational Conflicts During Universities Transformation: Destruam et Aedificabo]. Integratsiya obrazovaniya, 2019, vol. 23, nr 2 (95), pp. 265–283. (In Russ.).
63. Prikaz Minobrnauki RF ot 1 fevralya 2022 g., № 92 «Ob utverzhdenii pokazatelei effektivnosti deyatel’nosti federal’nykh byudzhetnykh i avtonomnykh obrazovatel’nykh uchrezhdenii vysshego obrazovaniya, podvedomstvennykh Ministerstvu nauki i vysshego obrazovaniya Rossiiskoi Federatsii, i raboty ikh rukovoditelei, po rezul’tatam dostizheniya kotorykh ustanavlivayutsya vyplaty stimuliruyushchego kharaktera rukovoditelyam takikh uchrezhdenii» [On Approval of Performance Indicators of Federal Budgetary and Autonomous Higher Education Institutions, Subordinated to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, and the Work of Their Managers, by Which Incentive Payments are Made to Heads of Agencies], available at: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202203140027 (accessed 09.10. 2023). (In Russ.).
64. Levin K. Dinamicheskaya psikhologiya: Izbrannye trudy [A Dynamic Theory Of Personality – Selected Papers]. Moscow: Smysl, 2001, 572 p. (In Russ.).
65. Tomilin O. B., Fadeeva I. M., Tomilin O. O. Dinamika izmenenii organizatsionnoi kul’tur y rossiiskikh universitetov [Dynamics of Organizational Culture Changes in Russian Universities]. Universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz, 2017, vol. 21, nr 2 (108), pp. 92–105. (In Russ.).
66. Van Waeyenberg N., Decramer A., Desmidt S., Audenaert M. The Relationship Between Employee Performance Management and Civil Servants’ Turnover Intentions: A Test of the Mediating Roles of System Satisfaction and Affective Commitment. Public Management Review, 2017, vol. 19, nr 6, pp. 747–764. (In Eng.).
67. Bauwens R., Audenaert M., Huisman J., Decramer A. Performance Management Fairness and Burnout: Implications for Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. Studies in Higher Education, 2019, vol. 44, nr 3, pp. 584–598. doi 10.1080/03075079.2017.1389878. (In Eng.).
68. Moliner C., Martínez-Tur V., Ramos J., Peiró J. M., Cropanzano R. Organizational Justice and Extrarole Customer Service: The Mediating Role of Well-Being at Work. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2008, vol. 17 nr 3, pp. 327–348. (In Eng.).
69. Barkhuizen N., Rothmann S., van de Vijver F. J. R. Burnout and Work Engagement of Academics in Higher Education Institutions: Effects of Dispositional Optimism. Stress and Health, 2014, vol. 30, nr 4, pp. 322–332. (In Eng.).
70. Demerouti E., Bakker A., Vardakou I., Kantas A. The Convergent Validity of Two Burnout Instruments: A MultitraitMultimethod Analysis. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2003, vol. 19, nr 1, pp. 12–23. (In Eng.).
71. Halbesleben J. R. B., Buckley M. R. Burnout in Organizational Life. Journal of Management, 2014, vol. 30, nr 6, pp. 859–879. (In Eng.).
72. Tomilin O. B., Fadeeva I. M., Tomilin O. O. Otsenka stepeni intellektual’nogo i emotsional’nogo vygoraniya v vysshei shkole [Intellectual and Emotional Burnout Degree Assessment at Higher School]. Universitetskoe upravlenie: praktika i analiz, 2019, vol. 23, nr 1–2, pp. 141–154. doi 10.15826/umpa.2019.01-2.012 (In Russ.).
73. Ortega-i-Gasset H. Missija universiteta [Mission of the University]. Minsk, BGU, 2005, 104 p. (In Russ.).
74. Asmolov A. G., Galazhinskij Je. V. Universitet kak «master po obnimaniyu neob”yatnogo». Znakom’tes’ – «Rektorii» [The University as a “Master of Embracing the Immensity”. Meet “Rectory”]. Obrazovatel’naya politika, 2021, vol. 2, nr 86, pp. 10–17. (In Russ.).
Review
For citations:
Tomilin O.B. Stalemates of University Managerialism. University Management: Practice and Analysis. 2024;28(1):125-143. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2024.01.009
Views:
386
Email this article 