What could a tech company like Dell possibly have in common with a university?
What could a tech company like Dell possibly have in common with a university? Well, you’d be surprised. A few decades ago, public institutions took management concepts from private organizations and applied them to their own way of working. Since then, this movement has been known as “New Public Management.” By taking ideas and organizational techniques from companies like: […]
Blog on the relevance of a historical perspective to higher education researchers
Floris van Berckel Smit Alexia Coussement [This blog post was originally posted on ECHER] Many higher education (HE) researchers study historical themes. They might, for example, examine the impact of historical changes, such as democratization, internationalization, the rise of the entrepreneurial university, or of New Public Management (NPM). Yet, there is little exchange of ideas […]