Development of manager-academics at institutions of Higher Education in Catalonia

Diego Castro (1) , Marina Tomas (2)

1 Applied Pedagoy
2 Applied Pedagogy

Managers at Spanish universities are having to deal with increasingly complex managerial tasks as a result of current changes in higher education (EURYDICE, 2008; Tomas, 2009). In this paper we present the results of a study into the professional development of deans and department heads at universities in Catalonia. At management level, these universities are typically based on an elected, rotating model rather than an appointed or permanent one. We opted for a qualitative methodology, with data obtained from 23 interviews and a focus group. The findings identified three phases in the development of academic management: learning and contextualization, development of functions, and the institutional projection and transmission of management tasks.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Diego Castro, Marina Tomas. Development of manager-academics at institutions of Higher Education in Catalonia. Higher Education Quarterly, 2011, 65 (3), pp.290. ⟨10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00490.x⟩. ⟨hal-00657594⟩