... into the institutional complexity stemming from the interplay between hierarchy and network logics within the university. Additionally, it investigates the response strategy employed by middle managers to address these complexities. Design/methodology/approach In this empirical study, 32 semi-structured interviews...

... papers) are subject to high random variation. Suppose first that a national university budget is to be divided to universities, schools within universities, or to departments within schools. Concentrating on one level of the hierarchy, suppose that we have to divide a fixed pie into shares...

...W.F. Dennison The article considers the change in power that will result from the Education Reform Act 1988. It is argued that as a result of two features in particular (Local Management of Schools and the National Curriculum)a three‐level hierarchy (DES‐LEA‐School) stands to be replaced by a two...