UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE∗

∗ This article is based upon the four working sessions pf a colloquium held at Kingston University, London, on 12 June 1992, and revised to include information available as of November 1992. The colloquium addressed the difficulties of running successful training projects in management and administrative skills for higher education institutions in eastern Europe.

For the future, academic management training programmes should focus upon needs expressed at institutional level without reference to national co‐ordinators; however, some national networks could and should be exploited in support of institutional objectives. A distance learning project for university managers would benefit from co‐operation with local expertise. Where this is unavailable, distance education should first concentrate upon building up a local organization for distance education so that costs will not be prohibitively high. Present funding schemes favour academic rather than administrative/management links; therefore, trainers must adopt imaginative approaches in order to create opportunities. Amongst these are management training linked to academic visits and management and administrative training tied to industrial liaison and brokerage.

∗ This article is based upon the four working sessions pf a colloquium held at Kingston University, London, on 12 June 1992, and revised to include information available as of November 1992. The colloquium addressed the difficulties of running successful training projects in management and administrative skills for higher education institutions in eastern Europe.

Notes

∗ This article is based upon the four working sessions pf a colloquium held at Kingston University, London, on 12 June 1992, and revised to include information available as of November 1992. The colloquium addressed the difficulties of running successful training projects in management and administrative skills for higher education institutions in eastern Europe.