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The article begins by proposing a theory of change to interpret and encompass the modern challenges of university transformation. Next, it moves into the discussion of four key levers of institutional change: the role of structure, culture, leadership, and governance. The last section establishes the relationship between effective transformation and meaning. In this respect, meaning is presented as the highest stage of a value chain moving upward from raw data and information to knowledge, learning, and meaning-building.
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Landes provides a colorful description of a knowing strategy that was successfully applied by the Portuguese navigators in their fifteenth and sixteenth century voyages to the Indies in The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Landes 1999).
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Carneiro, R. (2010). Transforming Universities. In: Ehlers, UD., Schneckenberg, D. (eds) Changing Cultures in Higher Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03582-1_5
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