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Ng, Lai Ling; Pemberton, Jon – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Research is an integral element of the work of higher education institutions, underpinning not only academics' responsibilities in developing intellectual skills and personal reputations, but contributing to the status of an organisation. Whilst formalised approaches are adopted for developing research, there is a growing trend towards informal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Reputation, Institutional Advancement
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Duze, Chinelo O. – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2012
Following continued search for reasons on the inability of African nations to realize appreciable economic development through education, the researcher investigated the influence of cultural environment on management in industry. Because input/output measures of productivity are not easily measured in education, the industry was used, hoping that…
Descriptors: African Culture, Economic Development, Cultural Influences, Industry
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Šarkan, Martin; Nemec, Rastislav – Journal of Pedagogy, 2010
This study portrays the present social trends of the educational system against the background of the transformation of the social institutions that emerge as a result of the general changes to the social paradigm. These transformations have a direct impact on questions over classical humanistic ideals and educational goals relating to the social…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Organizational Change, Social Status, Educational Attainment