How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership
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Public universities commonly operate under statutory or regulatory accountability frameworks and maintain centralized administrative infrastructures, visible as institution-level policies, guidance pages, and standing committees.
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- Authors
- Birnbaum, R., & Edelson, P. J.
- Affiliations
- State University of New York (US)
- ORCID
- Birnbaum, Robert
- Venue
- The Journal of Continuing Higher Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1989-07
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 27-29
- ISSN
- 0737-7363 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-4801
- OpenAlex
- W4297846309
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Continuing Higher Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Higher Education Governance and Development
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Leadership and Practices
- Keywords
- cybernetics, academic organization, academic leadership, university administration, organizational control
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