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MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS: A SURVEY OF TRAINING NEEDS IN BRITISH UNIVERSITIES

R.M. THORPE (Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour, University of Technology, Loughborough, England. He holds the degree of B.Sc.Econ.(Hons.) (Wales) Ph.D. candidates at the University of Bradford)
B. WHITTINGTON (Research Associate, Organizational Analysis Research Unit, University of Bradford, Yorkshire. He holds the degree of B.Soc.Sci.(Hons.) (Birmingham). Ph.D. candidates at the University of Bradford.)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 February 1975

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Abstract

In the past few years a new debate has started and blossomed among those concerned with British university administration. It has centred around the lack of specific provision of training for university administrators. This research is a reflection of this debate. In an attempt to provide, firstly, information which would facilitate the construction of a course appropriate for “middle grade” administrators and, secondly, knowledge of a more general kind on the weaknesses of present administrator training, the authors carried out an attitudinal survey by postal questionnaire of 52 university and university college institutions in Britain. Interest focussed upon the training needs perceived by middle range administrators. This information was used to construct a course for these administrators which was offered at the University of Bradford in September 1973. Further, biographical and attitudinal data were used to attempt to explain variations in perceived training need. A consideration of several propositions suggested to explain such apparent variations served to indicate the evident need for more training in these techniques, either through the perceived need of a majority of respondents, or through the respondents' self confessed lack of knowledge about the applicability of these techniques. The authors conclude with a call for more non‐survey data based research into training needs and the expansion of specific university administrative training in management techniques.

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THORPE, R.M. and WHITTINGTON, B. (1975), "MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS: A SURVEY OF TRAINING NEEDS IN BRITISH UNIVERSITIES", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009728

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