ABSTRACT

The administrative systems of universities attest to a shift towards more managerial forms of leadership. This article outlines how strategic management was introduced in Finland in the 2000s and how this led to a significant de-democratisation of the university organisations, despite academic communities’ resistance and explicit preference for democratic self-governance. The article illustrates how strategic management informed the reconceptualization of Finnish higher education in legislation (nationally), to de-democratise and to structurally reform the HE field, and in practice (locally), to drive through desired administrative reconfigurations. This anti-democratic transformation is embodied in a new institutional model: foundation universities, which have been presented as the flagships of Finnish higher education policy, are also vehicles of de-democratisation.

摘要

大学的行政系统证明了向更多管理形式的领导转变。本文概述了战略管理是如何在 2000 年代在芬兰引入的，以及这如何导致大学组织的重大去民主化，尽管学术界对此表示反对并明确偏爱民主自治。本文阐述了战略管理如何影响芬兰高等教育在立法（国家层面）的重新概念化、高等教育领域的去民主化和结构性改革，以及在实践中（地方层面）推动所需的行政重组。这种反民主转型体现在一种新的制度模式中：基础大学，它被视为芬兰高等教育政策的旗舰，