Managerialism and the Academic Profession

Failing to learn and learning to fail – exemplars of practice from the creative industries

“…In practice, this means a programme must now be managed in line with institutional priorities more than before. This may work well for those concerned but where local needs seem to contradict strategic priorities, problems can result (Schulz, 2013;Abramov, 2012). The increased control of management also highlights the impact of the style of management being practiced.…”

Negotiating Journalistic Professional Ethos in Nordic Business Journalism

“…Managerialism is challenging journalism just as it challenged academic work (Abramov, 2012;Shepherd, 2018). It may appear to solve the current challenges of journalism and legitimize it with the argument of financial sustainability: In order to produce good-quality journalism, journalists need to accept economic factors, audience orientation, and collaboration with businesspeople (Andersson & Wiik, 2013;Cornia et al, 2020;Waldenström et al, 2019, p. 5).…”

Authoritarian Modernisation and Academic Freedom: the Contradictions of Internationalisation and “Pockets of Effectiveness” in Russian Higher Education

“…A skewed motivation structure drove university leadership to seek managers who could "do internationalisation" for them. 29 Already in the early 2010s Russian scholars identified managerialism as an important challenge to both academic freedom and university autonomy, 30 has been seen as exacerbating the problems typically associated with managerialism. 31 Russia imported and adapted a number of practices, which, taken together, created the Russian version of managerialism in HE and research comprising, in particular: the model of entrepreneurial university, performance-based management, commercialization of scientific results and optimization of teaching staff.…”