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Playwrights and television directors have no problems depicting universities and the people in them. They usually come in two models. The first is the benevolent view where bookish, avuncular dons potter about in booked-lined studies, drinking sherry and correcting students’ and each others’ grammar.
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Furnham, A. (2006). Odd places: university management. In: Management Mumbo-Jumbo. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230626591_39
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