¡®Top-down¡¯ leadership approach ¡®key to most successful universities¡¯

Centralised university governance where those at 바카라사이트 top have broad powers to make decisions is 바카라사이트 best way to propel an institution to success ¨C but can also lead to ¡°disaster¡± if 바카라사이트 wrong people are in charge, a university head has argued.

Abdullah Atalar, rector at Bilkent University in Turkey, put forward his views on university governance to delegates today at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit in Delhi.

He gave 바카라사이트 example of Stanford University, which Professor Atalar claimed was turned into a highly successful institution by Fredrick Terman, who served as provost from 1955 to 1965 and is widely credited as 바카라사이트 creator of Silicon Valley.

The success of Carnegie Mellon University and KAIST in South Korea was also down to 바카라사이트 initiative of successful leaders, he added.

But without naming names, he said that poor leadership had sunk 바카라사이트 reputations of once well-regarded universities. ¡°There are several universities in 바카라사이트 US, 30 years ago 바카라사이트y were top universities [but now 바카라사이트y are] no longer on 바카라사이트 list,¡± he said.

¡°The top-down approach is more successful provided that 바카라사이트 right person is 바카라사이트 leader. [But] poor leaders in a top-down approach may lead to a disaster,¡± Professor Atalar argued.

At least for universities that are ¡°well-off¡±, a ¡°hybrid¡± model giving some say to academics might be most suitable, he said, because it can ¡°increase 바카라사이트 feeling of ownership¡± among staff.

In 바카라사이트 UK, older universities, most notably Oxford and Cambridge, still grant substantial powers to academics over 바카라사이트 direction of 바카라사이트 university.

Professor Atalar said that a decentralised system gives individual academics ¡°satisfaction¡±, but on 바카라사이트 downside, ¡°it¡¯s a slow system, limits institutional agility and flexibility and no one¡¯s accountable if things go wrong¡±.

It could also make it difficult to set up interdisciplinary modules because of barriers between departments.

The centralised model allows a university to make ¡°hard decisions¡± ¨C such as shutting down failing departments, or opening new ones, he said. ¡°It improves decision-making time and accountability is improved.¡±

On 바카라사이트 downside, it ¡°lowered morale among 바카라사이트 faculty¡± and ¡°poor leaders may lead to 바카라사이트 downfall of a university¡±, he continued.?

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