Strategic Capacity and Organisational Capabilities: A Challenge for Universities |
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| Authors: | Jean-Claude Thoenig Catherine Paradeise |
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| Institution: | 1.Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, Dauphine Recherches en Management,University de Paris-Dauphine,Paris,France;2.Emeritus University Professor, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences Innovations Sociétés,University de Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée,Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 02,France |
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| Abstract: | Are universities able to operate as strategic actors? An organisational sociology based approach supported by a comparative field research project identifies three types of social, cultural and cognitive processes that play a decisive role in building and implementing local capabilities required to mobilise a strategic capacity. The paper identifies how much these processes are present in the four ideal-types of universities defined by crossing their reputation and their metrics-based performance. Such a meso deterministic perspective suggests that universities may position themselves as proactive actors or principals, and not just as agents of national reforms and political demands. Nevertheless, their ability to do it varies according to their type. The paper also explores the implications of such findings for institutional leadership and steering policymakers. |
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