Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance

Expectations from higher education institutions and systems are constantly increasing at both national and global levels. In addition to the variety of services provided by higher education institutions, the rise in expectations makes management of these institutions more difficult. However, while f...

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Main Authors: Hatice Ergin Kocatürk, Engin Karadağ
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Language:English
Published: Journal of Pedagogical Research 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.ijopr.com/download/organizational-functioning-in-turkish-higher-education-system-birnbaums-five-models-of-institutional-11495.pdf
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description Expectations from higher education institutions and systems are constantly increasing at both national and global levels. In addition to the variety of services provided by higher education institutions, the rise in expectations makes management of these institutions more difficult. However, while formations such as mission differentiation, thematic university structure, and regional development universities differentiate the objectives of higher education institutions from each other, attempts to achieve these specific objectives may bring along an organizational and informal structure specific to the institution. Based on this premise, the aim of this study is to examine the institution-specific governance models observed in Turkish higher education institutions. This case study is based on the five models of organizational functioning introduced by Birnbaum with the perspective of new institutionalism. The data of the study were obtained from two sources: Existing literature and interviews with 10 academics from higher education institutions. Accordingly, the governance models frequently observed in Turkish higher education institutions are bureaucratic model, political model and organized anarchy. In addition, the rapid increase in the number of higher education institutions and the dependence on resources increase the homogeneity between higher education institutions.
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spelling doaj.art-e0cf0df0f3364c6ca46d1e60ecd88c542023-09-03T11:09:48ZengJournal of Pedagogical ResearchJournal of Pedagogical Research2602-37172021-12-015423025010.33902/JPR.2021474637Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governanceHatice Ergin Kocatürk0Engin Karadağ1İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, TurkeyAkdeniz University, TurkeyExpectations from higher education institutions and systems are constantly increasing at both national and global levels. In addition to the variety of services provided by higher education institutions, the rise in expectations makes management of these institutions more difficult. However, while formations such as mission differentiation, thematic university structure, and regional development universities differentiate the objectives of higher education institutions from each other, attempts to achieve these specific objectives may bring along an organizational and informal structure specific to the institution. Based on this premise, the aim of this study is to examine the institution-specific governance models observed in Turkish higher education institutions. This case study is based on the five models of organizational functioning introduced by Birnbaum with the perspective of new institutionalism. The data of the study were obtained from two sources: Existing literature and interviews with 10 academics from higher education institutions. Accordingly, the governance models frequently observed in Turkish higher education institutions are bureaucratic model, political model and organized anarchy. In addition, the rapid increase in the number of higher education institutions and the dependence on resources increase the homogeneity between higher education institutions.https://www.ijopr.com/download/organizational-functioning-in-turkish-higher-education-system-birnbaums-five-models-of-institutional-11495.pdfTurkish higher education systemBirnbaum’s five models of governancegovernance in higher educationorganizational functioning in higher educationnew institutionalism
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Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance
Journal of Pedagogical Research
Turkish higher education system
Birnbaum’s five models of governance
governance in higher education
organizational functioning in higher education
new institutionalism
title Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance
title_full Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance
title_fullStr Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance
title_full_unstemmed Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance
title_short Organizational functioning in Turkish higher education system: Birnbaum’s five models of institutional governance
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topic Turkish higher education system
Birnbaum’s five models of governance
governance in higher education
organizational functioning in higher education
new institutionalism
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