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From professional bureaucracy to competitive bureaucracy – redefining universities’ organization principles, performance measurement criteria, and reason for being

Kallio Tomi J.; Kallio Kirsi-Mari; Blomberg Annika

dc.contributor.authorKallio Tomi J.
dc.contributor.authorKallio Kirsi-Mari
dc.contributor.authorBlomberg Annika
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T13:58:22Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T13:58:22Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/168612
dc.description.abstract<p>Purpose</p><p>This purpose of this study is to understand how the spread of audit culture and the related public sector reforms have affected Finnish universities’ organization principles, performance measurement (PM) criteria and ultimately their reason for being.<br></p><p>Design/methodology/approach<br></p><p>Applying extensive qualitative data by combining interview data with document materials, this study takes a longitudinal perspective toward the changing Finnish higher education field.<br></p><p>Findings<br></p><p>The analysis suggests the reforms have altered universities’ administrative structures, planning and control systems, coordination mechanisms and the role of staff units, as well as the allocation of power and thus challenged their reason for being. Power has become concentrated into the hands of formal managers, while operational core professionals have been distanced from decision making. Efficiency in terms of financial and performance indicators has become a coordinating principle of university organizations, and PM practices are used to steer the work of professionals. Because of the reforms, universities have moved away from the ideal type of professional bureaucracy and begun resembling the new, emerging ideal type of competitive bureaucracy.<br></p><p>Originality/value<br></p><p>This study builds on rich, real-life, longitudinal empirical material and details a chronological description of the changes in Finland’s university sector. Moreover, it illustrates how the spread of audit culture and the related legislative changes have transformed the ideal type of university organization and challenged universities’ reason for being. These changes entail significant consequences regarding universities as organizations and their role in society.<br></p>
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEmerald
dc.titleFrom professional bureaucracy to competitive bureaucracy – redefining universities’ organization principles, performance measurement criteria, and reason for being
dc.identifier.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1108/QRAM-10-2019-0111
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021042824516
dc.relation.volume17
dc.contributor.organizationfi=Porin tutkintokoulutus|en=Porin tutkintokoulutus|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=PÄÄT Turun ihmistieteiden tutkijakollegium (TIAS)|en=PÄÄT Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)|
dc.contributor.organization-code2608800
dc.contributor.organization-code2601230
dc.converis.publication-id45801683
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/45801683
dc.format.pagerange82
dc.format.pagerange108
dc.identifier.eissn1758-7654
dc.identifier.jour-issn1176-6093
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorKallio, Tomi
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorBlomberg, Annika
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorKallio, Kirsi-Mari
dc.okm.discipline512 Liiketaloustiedefi_FI
dc.okm.discipline512 Business and managementen_GB
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeJournal article
dc.publisher.countryUnited Kingdomen_GB
dc.publisher.countryBritanniafi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeGB
dc.relation.doi10.1108/QRAM-10-2019-0111
dc.relation.ispartofjournalQualitative Research in Accounting and Management
dc.relation.issue1
dc.year.issued2020


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