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Governance and Leadership at the Croatian Universities: Academic Staff Point of View

The aim of the paper is to provide the theoretical background needed for understanding dynamics and developments in higher education policy, derived from the recent organisational theories and research on higher education policy. The special emphasis is given to the relationship between universities and demands from their external environment. The idea of university as &#8220 ; ; learning organisation&#8221 ; ; with strong leadership and engaged academic staff is taken as desired model. In the second part of the paper the survey on conceptions of governance at the Croatian universites is presented. Its main aim was to explore academic staff&#8217 ; ; s perception of the university governance, with the special emphasis on the features reflecting the conceptions of universities as &#8220 ; ; learning organisations&#8221 ; ; . The questionnaire was designed according to the O&#8217 ; ; Brien&#8217 ; ; s Learning Organisation Practice Profiles Questionnaire and modified to meet the peculiarities of the university organisation and specific research problem in Croatia. There were 376 university teachers and assistants from four Croatian universities who participated in the research. According to the research results, several propositions were listed as a basis for existing governance practice improvement at the Croatian universities.

governance; leadership; university

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