Table of Contents

Preface Introduction What are the characteristics of a successful university? Strategic management in universities Managing university finance The academic context: Organization, collegiality and leadership Managing the core business Good governance Extending the boundaries Building an image, establishing a reputation Ambition Inhibitions to becoming entrepreneurial Turning round failure, arresting decline, managing retrenchment Managing universities for success Appendix References Index The Society for Research into Higher Education

About the Author

Michael Shattock is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has published widely in higher education: his most recent books for Open University Press are Managing Good Governance in Higher Education (2006) and Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy (2008).