Change in the University: A Result of Travelling Ideas?

Authors

  • Helle Bundgaard Dept. of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v5i1.375

Keywords:

change management, Denmark, higher education reform, management of education,

Abstract

 

This article explores the introduction of a 'common market' of education, a large-scale institutional reform process that has influenced the organisation of teaching at the University of Copenhagen (KU) since 2009. The 'common market' policy, I argue, is a result of intense negotiations between key players, their specific positions, and their interests rather than an example of a 'travelling idea' (Czarniawska and Joerges 1996). Ideas travel only if and when someone has a vested interest in them. 

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Published

2015-10-01