Training university administrators: should management schools do it?
Some might argue that leadership and management are generic topics and that managing a university is […]
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Panel games – Times Higher Education
Much of the Ivy League eschews interviews when filling posts, says Amanda Goodall, and UK universities […]
Captains of the academic enterprise – Times Higher Education
If an organisation is playing at the highest level,” says Amanda Goodall, “it needs to be […]
Amanda Goodall decries the prevalence of the professional manager
Tom Sutcliffe explores the pitfalls of the web, with Evgeny Morozov arguing that it’s exploited by […]
UK: Top scholars should lead research universities – University World News
Research universities should be led by brilliant scholars and not merelytalented managers, says Warwick University fellow […]
Research universities flourish on scholarship not management – Research Europe
The share of Nobel prizes going to European univer‐ sities compared with US institutions has declined […]
Highly Cited Leaders and the Performance of Research Universities – Research Policy
There is a large literature on the productivity of universities. Little is known, however, about how […]
Power and university presidents
The question of who should lead research universities has been the focus of my work: should […]
Why Have the Leading Journals in Management (and Other Social Sciences) Failed to Respond to Climate Change? – Journal of Management Inquiry
The effect of climate change on business is likely to be substantial. It might be expected, […]
Should Top Universities be Led by Top Researchers, and Are They?
If the best universities in the world who have the widest choice of candidates systematically appoint […]
Who are leading the world’s top-100 universities?
The importance of research universities to nations populations and economies is largely undisputed. Of equal interest […]
Universities, leaders and causality
A question about university leadership has been circulating across many countries for a number of years: […]
