Retrenchment, Loose Structure and Adaptability in the University
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2544597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irene S Rubin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 211 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2112402 |
| OpenAlex | W2328336004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article focuses on the structural components of adaptability during retrenchment in five universities. The works of Simon and Glassman on loose structure are combined, adapted to organizational settings and operationalized to arrive at propositions relating looseness to adaptability. The propositions are then examined in light of case study data. On examining the data, it is clear that the hypothesized benefits of loose structure did not generally occur. Problems of organizational retrenchment have become increasingly salient in the past few years as cities totter on the edge of bankruptcy and schools and universities struggle with recurrent deficits. The extent of the problem and the mechanics of organizational shrinkage have attracted much interest. Beyond the practical concerns, retrenchment poses some interesting theoretical questions
Adaptability · Bankruptcy · Economics · Epistemology · Lagging · Management · Operationalization · Political science · Positive economics · Public relations · Retrenchment · Salient · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Management Theory and Practice · Mathematics · Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring · Public Administration
Managing Financial Stringency in the Public Sector
Managing Organizational Retrenchament
Postindustrial Environments and Organizational Effectiveness in Colleges and Universities
Strategic Responses to Conditions of Decline
Who Decides Which Budgets to Cut
The Coupling of the Symbolic and the Technical in an Institutionalized Context
Some Aspects of Negotiated Order, Loose Coupling and Mesostructure in Maximum Security Prisons
Rule Making, Exceptioning, and County Land Use Decisions
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 1999 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |