Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?

In this increasingly competitive world, business organisations are evolving, so does the educational sector. However, this change mixed with hope and fear. In 2018, a large-scale industrial action held by lecturers from many prestigious UK universities. It is a strike over pension cuts, nevertheless...

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Main Author: Wang, Xirui
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53686/
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description In this increasingly competitive world, business organisations are evolving, so does the educational sector. However, this change mixed with hope and fear. In 2018, a large-scale industrial action held by lecturers from many prestigious UK universities. It is a strike over pension cuts, nevertheless, what lies behind is an undergoing transformation subject to political and economic changes. This strike led to a serious question of what modern universities are and whether their culture has changed. A novel and systematic qualitative content analysis was conducted. According to the findings, there are four types of organisational culture co-exist in most UK universities; however, the balance has tilted to the entrepreneurial side. Notwithstanding the worrying situation of a public service turning into some profit-driven organisations, lecturers who involve in teaching and research still believe in the original mission of universities.
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spelling nottingham-536862022-03-11T16:23:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53686/ Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities? Wang, Xirui In this increasingly competitive world, business organisations are evolving, so does the educational sector. However, this change mixed with hope and fear. In 2018, a large-scale industrial action held by lecturers from many prestigious UK universities. It is a strike over pension cuts, nevertheless, what lies behind is an undergoing transformation subject to political and economic changes. This strike led to a serious question of what modern universities are and whether their culture has changed. A novel and systematic qualitative content analysis was conducted. According to the findings, there are four types of organisational culture co-exist in most UK universities; however, the balance has tilted to the entrepreneurial side. Notwithstanding the worrying situation of a public service turning into some profit-driven organisations, lecturers who involve in teaching and research still believe in the original mission of universities. 2018 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53686/1/dissertation%209th.pdf Wang, Xirui (2018) Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities? [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] organisational culture higher education typologies insustrial strike
spellingShingle organisational culture higher education
typologies
insustrial strike
Wang, Xirui
Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?
title Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?
title_full Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?
title_fullStr Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?
title_full_unstemmed Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?
title_short Whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary UK universities?
title_sort whether there are different organisational culture typologies in contemporary uk universities?
topic organisational culture higher education
typologies
insustrial strike
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53686/