The Enterprise University: Power, Governance and Reinvention in Australia

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Simon Marginson (Monash University, Victoria) Mark Considine (University of Melbourne)

The Enterprise University

Power, Governance and Reinvention in Australia

Simon Marginson (Monash University, Victoria), Mark Considine (University of Melbourne)

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English

Cambridge University Press
01 October 2000

Reference; Universities

Throughout the industrialised world, universities have undergone remarkable changes since the mid-1980s. In Australia, interest has been intense, and publication of The Enterprise University is very timely. It is the first systematic study of the Australian system since the momentous Dawkins reforms ten years ago. The book is grounded in case studies of most of the major Australian universities: the authors interviewed a large number of senior managers. They also have taken account of global trends and have prepared the book in the light of recent international research on the university as an institution. The authors contend that the modern university can be understood as an 'enterprise university', characterised by corporate-style executive leadership. In a hard-hitting conclusion they propose novel policies and new directions for Australia's higher education system.

By: Simon Marginson (Monash University Victoria), Mark Considine (University of Melbourne)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780521794480
ISBN 10: 052179448X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 October 2000
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Roots of the enterprise university (1): from policy to governance; 3. Roots of enterprise university (2): from academy to global business; 4. Territories and strategies: executive power in the enterprise university; 5. College and corporation: institutional power in the enterprise university; 6. Economics of invention: research power in the enterprise university; 7. Many paths, one purpose: diversity in the enterprise university; 8. Conclusion.

Reviews for The Enterprise University: Power, Governance and Reinvention in Australia

'This is a very good book indeed, penetrating in its analysis, firmly based on recent empirical work and measured in its tone ... full of interesting and enlightening material ... If you want to understand the university you work in, and why it is that way, and what you can do about it, and why you should bother, this well-researched, well-written and well-produced book is a great place to start.' Australian Universities' Review 'The real value of reading this book lies in its dual capacity to offer not only a close analysis of current executive, institutional and research power in university governance in those institutions studied, but also a global post-mortem, so to speak, of how universities have come to a state where their roles have become worrying unstable and their identities fragile, usefully elaborating the history of higher education in Australia as a specific case in point ... There are many who would find this book of value. From the point of view of relevance, any professional who works in a university, or has governance within or of a university, would find it illuminating, as would too our political leaders I suspect. A further and final pleasure to note is the elegance, and sometimes wit, with which this book is written.' Higher Education