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A 5 page paper. This essay discusses two models of governance/leadership in colleges and universities: Bureaucratic, which emphasizes order and rules, and collegial, which emphasizes communication and participation. The basic elements of each model are outlined. The writer discusses the fact that many academics believe higher education institutions need to be bureaucratic rather than collegial while others argue for the opposite mode. The writer also reports the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities as written by the American Association of University Professors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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essay discusses two models of governance, which are described and explained here: Basic Elements of the Bureaucratic Structure: * Emphasizes order, system, rationality, uniformity, and consistency (Wertheim, 2002). *
Formal rules and behavior bounded by rules (Wertheim, 2002): both the written and unwritten rules are firmly established; employees at all levels are expected to abide by these sets of
rules (Wertheim) * Uniformity of operations continuity despite changes in personnel (Wertheim, 2002). The rules continue regardless of who is in charge, or in the management or leadership positions.
* Functional division of labor based on functional specialization (Wertheim, 2002). Employees have positions, including job functions, which are their emphases in working at the institution. * Rational
allocation of tasks (Wertheim, 2002). Tasks are delegated or allocated based on logical and rational thinking within the system. * Impersonal orientation (Wertheim, 2002). Under the most extreme forms of
bureaucratic management, employees are not perceived as individual human beings, instead, they are perceived as their jobs. * Promotion based on technical competence (Wertheim, 2002). In the higher education
domain, promotion is based on very rigid rules along with sophisticated politicizing. * Proscribed authority-legally defined (Wertheim, 2002). The hierarchy is very clearly defined both with the university as
a whole and within each department. * Legally based tenure (Wertheim, 2002). In institutions of higher education, the prevailing motto is publish or perish, which means professors gain tenure
based on a rigid set of criteria, which includes publishing, evaluations, and political savvy, although the last is seldom overt. Basic Elements of the Collegial Structure: * There may be
a hierarchy but there is significant upward/downward and lateral interaction (Newman, 2002). * Decision making is shared amongst all key players. In other words, it is participatory or consensus-oriented (Newman,
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