Administration then and now

Kauffman, Joseph F.

doi:10.1002/he.36919907212

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“…Yet, several studies report tensions between academic and administrative staff, deriving from different working cultures, organizational hierarchy, and expansion of managerial control (Seyd, 2000;Fratzl & McKay, 2013). Academics may neglect administrative work as supplementary, possible obstacles, and a production cost of academic work rather than factors of production (Kauffman, 1990;Rhoades & Sporn, 2002). Hence, the interviews further explored how academic and other university staff interacted within the new missions at HKU.…”

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Blurring Boundaries and Changing University Staff: The Case of the University of Hong Kong

Takagi

2015

Front Educ China

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In the changing higher education environment, universities increasingly engage in areas outside the traditional teaching and research missions. The new missions extend over wide yet specialized areas, such as technological advancement, internationalization, entrepreneurship, and enhancement of teaching and learning. To effectively handle these areas, universities require specific talents that may not be found in conventional academic and administrative cadres. The transformation highlights blurred boundaries between academic and non-academic spheres of the university. Situated in the University of Hong Kong (HKU), this paper explores how the university utilizes new professionals and administrative staff in new missions. Qualitative interviews with university staff reveal their profiles and perceptions in evolving organizational structures. By examining understudied subjects in Hong Kong, it discusses implications of changing university staff and how universities may optimize their new talent.

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Blurring Boundaries and Changing University Staff: The Case of the University of Hong Kong

Takagi

2015

Front Educ China

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Protein mediated networks. Random chemistry

Kauffman

1994

Ber Bunsenges Phys Chem

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Mathematical models of complex reaction systems suggest that such systems can exhibit a phase transition from subcritical to supracritical behavior. Supracritical behavior occurs if the diversity of substrates and potential catalysts exceeds a threshold. I will explore practical experimental avenues to study this phase transition, its role in creating libraries of organic molecules for drug discovery, approaches to study the emergence of collectively autocatalytic sets of peptides and other polymers, and a potential constraint on cells to remain subcritical.

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