Knowledge production and distribution of higher education institutions in the sway of global development trends
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Knowledge production and distribution of higher education institutions in the sway of global development trends. / Adomßent, Maik.
Wissen als Begleiter!?: das Individuum als lebenslanger Lerner. Hrsg. / Rita Herwig; Jens Uhlig; Johannes Küstner. Münster, Westf : LIT Verlag, 2008. S. 153-174 (Diagonal denken; Band 4).Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Aufsätze in Konferenzbänden › Forschung
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Knowledge production and distribution of higher education institutions in the sway of global development trends
AU - Adomßent, Maik
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 173-174
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This contribution wants to deliberate on the question how universities can (and possibly will) react upon future challenges of the knowledge society. Although universities are unique in producing new knowledge through research that is then consolidated and distributed through teaching, there is no guarantee for a continuity of this characteristic trait. Are they really 'dumb organisations' (that's what the former Fortune editor Tom Stewart called them) with too much 'human capital' but not enough 'structural capital'? If so, the scenario of Fuller might become true: universities might evolve into two 'post-academic' organisations by disaggregating the unity of teaching and research: to a 'diploma mill', the other to a 'patent factory' (Fuller 2003: 119) ...
AB - This contribution wants to deliberate on the question how universities can (and possibly will) react upon future challenges of the knowledge society. Although universities are unique in producing new knowledge through research that is then consolidated and distributed through teaching, there is no guarantee for a continuity of this characteristic trait. Are they really 'dumb organisations' (that's what the former Fortune editor Tom Stewart called them) with too much 'human capital' but not enough 'structural capital'? If so, the scenario of Fuller might become true: universities might evolve into two 'post-academic' organisations by disaggregating the unity of teaching and research: to a 'diploma mill', the other to a 'patent factory' (Fuller 2003: 119) ...
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://d-nb.info/990448835/04
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-3-8258-1727-5
T3 - Diagonal denken
SP - 153
EP - 174
BT - Wissen als Begleiter!?
A2 - Herwig, Rita
A2 - Uhlig, Jens
A2 - Küstner, Johannes
PB - LIT Verlag
CY - Münster, Westf
ER -