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Vol. 17 No 1-2 (2019): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro sur Leadership et enseignement supérieur en Afrique

4 - The Culture of Middle-level Academic Management at a Comprehensive South African University

https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v17i1-2.1463
George Mavunga

Corresponding Author(s) : George Mavunga

gmavunga@uj.ac.za

Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique, Vol. 17 No 1-2 (2019): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro sur Leadership et enseignement supérieur en Afrique

Résumé

Utilisant le réalisme critique qui met l’accent sur l’interaction de la structure, de la culture et du libre arbitre, cet article conceptuel réfléchit à la culture de la gestion académique de niveau intermédiaire dans une université polyvalente sud-africaine, résultat de la fusion d’institutions historiquement disparates. Il est important pour la culture de gestion qu’elle soit comprise car elle est au cœur d’initiatives stratégiques des autorités universitaires et de préoccupations des membres du personnel et des étudiants. L’article recommande donc la mise en œuvre de pratiques qui intègrent les préoccupations corporatistes des leaders dans les aspects de la culture de gestion académique de niveau intermédiaire qui sont fonction des contextes structurels dans lesquels opèrent les leaders universitaires de niveau intermédiaire, ainsi que de leurs intermédiaires collectifs et individuels. Le résultat voulu par le document serait une culture améliorée de la gestion académique de niveau intermédiaire qui permet une meilleure gouvernance institutionnelle, en réponse aux multiples défis auxquels l’institution est confrontée : lenteur du processus de transformation ; augmentation des inscriptions d’étudiants ; sous-préparation scolaire des étudiants; latence des manifestations estudiantines ; exigences du corporatisme et impact de la quatrième révolution industrielle (4IR) sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de même que sur des questions sans réponse autour de la pertinence de certains programmes académiques.

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gestion académique de niveau intermédiaire université gouvernance culture réalisme critique
Mavunga, G. (2022). 4 - The Culture of Middle-level Academic Management at a Comprehensive South African University. Revue De l’enseignement supérieur En Afrique, 17(1-2), 63–82. https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v17i1-2.1463
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George Mavunga

Academic Development Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Email: gmavunga@uj.ac.za

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