Recruiting Senior Managers from Business to Leadership Roles at Russian Universities: Advantages and Risks

Abstract

Universities all over the world are getting more and more like corporations. There is a wide spread opinion that they should be run by professional managers with the experience ofwork in business structures capable of bringing managerial approaches successfully tested in business into everyday life of universities. Several universities participating in Project 5-100 have already invited such experts to take key managerial positions and others are about to do so. Is there a risk that one day Russian higher education will fall under control of such "effective managers"? This article sums up the results of the conference «HR-Trend 2015: talent management and corporate culture trans-formation», that took place at National Research Tomsk State University in November 2015. The discussion was particularly interesting as its hosts (authors of the article) have opposing opinions concerning the topic of the article.