“Black Swans” in Organizational Design of Russian Universities
https://doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-8-9-44-55
Abstract
Universities in Russia are experiencing a dynamic transformation of scientific and educational processes, their structures, and management systems. These changes occur at different rates and levels of transformation; they allow for both positive and negative transformation scenarios. A general trend to develop university’s management systems in the country – as well as in the whole world – lies in the managerialization, which poses risks for transforming a university. Following Mintzberg’s methodology for analyzing organizational systems and Taleb’s concept of “black swans”, the paper aimed to analyze degradation scenarios for developing university’s management systems and identify factors and conditions for these scenarios and their consequences for universities.
About the Authors
O. B. Tomilin
National Research Mordovia State University named after N.P. Ogarev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg B. Tomilin – Cand. Sci. (Chemistry), Assoc. Prof., Head of the Physical Chemistry Chair
68, Bol’shevistskaya str., Saransk, 430005
A. K. Klyuev
Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltzin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey K. Klyuev – Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Assoc. Prof., Chairholder of UNESCO Chair in University management and planning
19, Mira str., Ekaterinburg, 620002
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