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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18134| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | The university as an open platform? : a critique of agility |
| Authors: | Wilhelm, Elena |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-18134 |
| Published in: | Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung |
| Volume(Issue): | 41 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Page(s): | 66 |
| Pages to: | 79 |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2019 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Bayerisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung |
| ISSN: | 0171-645X 2567-8841 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Hochschule; Agilität; Hochschulgovernance |
| Subject (DDC): | 378: Higher education |
| Abstract: | The agile organisation is a concept in a whole series of supposedly new organisational concepts of recent decades. The demand for agility in the organisational context is based on the assumption that the environment develops increasingly disruptively and that organisations must adapt agilely to these disruptive developments. However, the theory of disruptive development is fraught with problems, and, thus, the theoretical and empirical basis of justification for agile organisation is rather weak. The article discusses the dilemmas of agile universities in the form of nine theses. Agility does not solve the main problem of the lack of innovation. Agility, as defined by the majority, is a form of passivity towards the environment, yet it is not only about adaptation, but also about active transformation. We do not need more agility, but rather more innovation. The concluding remarks set out in four points what remains of agility for the university. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/18134 https://www.bzh.bayern.de/archiv/artikelarchiv/artikeldetail/the-university-as-an-open-platform-a-critique-of-agility |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | President's Office |
| Organisational Unit: | Higher Education Development |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Rektorat und Ressorts |
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Wilhelm, E. (2019). The university as an open platform? : a critique of agility. Beiträge Zur Hochschulforschung, 41(3), 66–79. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18134
Wilhelm, E. (2019) ‘The university as an open platform? : a critique of agility’, Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 41(3), pp. 66–79. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18134.
E. Wilhelm, “The university as an open platform? : a critique of agility,” Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 66–79, Sep. 2019, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-18134.
WILHELM, Elena, 2019. The university as an open platform? : a critique of agility. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung [online]. September 2019. Bd. 41, Nr. 3, S. 66–79. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-18134. Verfügbar unter: https://www.bzh.bayern.de/archiv/artikelarchiv/artikeldetail/the-university-as-an-open-platform-a-critique-of-agility
Wilhelm, Elena. 2019. “The University as an Open Platform? : A Critique of Agility.” Beiträge Zur Hochschulforschung 41 (3): 66–79. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18134.
Wilhelm, Elena. “The University as an Open Platform? : A Critique of Agility.” Beiträge Zur Hochschulforschung, vol. 41, no. 3, Sept. 2019, pp. 66–79, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18134.
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