Is leadership possible at loosely coupled organizations such as universities?

Universities have been criticised for not operating efficiently and productively enough. One suggestion has been to transfer business leadership and management models to the University administration. Today, universities need more leadership to create shared values and joint goals for the whole organization. Otherwise the increased demands cannot be met. Leadership needs, however, to be adapted to the knowledge intensive nature of these organizations, direct copying of business models does not work. In the future the solutions created in academic organizations may even show the way to the business world.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, 20500, Finland

   Tapio Reponen

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