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UK Higher Education (HE) is currently operating within an environment of continuous change and uncertainty. Vice-Chancellors, Executive Managers, Deans, Departmental Heads and Administrative Managers are encountering an acceleration of varied and difficult managerial problems. Morgan (2006) asserts that successful managers are “open and flexible”, suspending decisions whenever possible, until a better understanding of the problem is attained.
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Bell, G., Warwick, J., Galbraith, P. (2012). The Need for New Higher Education Management Practices and Metaphors. In: Bell, G., Warwick, J., Galbraith, P. (eds) Higher Education Management and Operational Research. Educational Futures, vol 54. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-976-3_1
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