The changing ethos of the university: living with supercomplexity

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dc.contributor.authorVan Niekerk, Petro
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-18T07:46:05Z
dc.date.available2017-01-18T07:46:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe rationale for the article was to problematise the dominant market ethos and corporate bureaucratic organisation practices prevalent in universities throughout the world and currently the cause of great concern among many South African academics. In response to this phenomenon, theoretical research via a literature study was undertaken to explore new modes of thinking through the lens of Barnett’s concept of supercomplexity. The study highlighted the importance of new coping strategies to deal with complex issues in a constructive way. By accepting that conditions of supercomplexity cannot be managed in an atomistic and mechanical way and should rather be done by flexible and continual mapping of existing challenges and by foregrounding multiple contestability, I argue that the university during times of supercomplexity should focus on interrelationships between different sectors of the university to re-establish mutual trust relationships. I plead for an appropriate sense of slowness and a focus on the academic core to enable the institution to function more reflectively and appropriately within an age of supercomplexity.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Niekerk, P. (2016). The changing ethos of the university: living with supercomplexity. Acta Academic, 48(1), 27-47.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/5346
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/0587-2405/aa48i1.2
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectMarket ethosen_ZA
dc.subjectBureaucratisationen_ZA
dc.subjectNeoliberal managerialismen_ZA
dc.subjectMultiplicityen_ZA
dc.subjectContestabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectUniversities and collegesen_ZA
dc.titleThe changing ethos of the university: living with supercomplexityen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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