The organisational dynamics of university reform in Japan : international inside out /
For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of both Japanese government higher education policy and approaches to reform at an institutional level, but Japan has still not managed to lose its reputation as a somewhat reclusive member of the global academic community. Consensus on...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon ; New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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Colección: | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on style; Introduction: internationalisation from the inside out; Internationalisation, kokusaika and university organisations; Analysing organisational dynamics; Structure of the book; 1 Japanese higher education reform: adaptation and alignment; Development of the Japanese 'university'; The new-look university; Conclusions: a new look?; 2 Making sense of university internationalisation; The concept of kokusaika; Kokusaika in higher education; Conclusions: explaining university kokusaika; 3 Inside the Academy; Profile of the Academy
- Organisational storiesSumming up the Senbon story; 4 Managing the global campus; Discussing international students: the paternalist organisation; Paternalism: legal and extra-legal origins; Paternalism in practice at Global House; International students and ethnicity; Conclusions: accommodating kokusaika; 5 Organising internationalisation; Rationalism and red tape: Senbon hōshiki; Administrative organisation; Encasing kokusaika; Administrative shadowing; Encasing and shadowing: implications; 6 Administrators and administrated; 'My job': identity and the institutionalisation of kokusaika
- Kokusaika and gender rolesConclusions: kokusaika and organisational change; 7 Mobilising conflict; Conflict exposed: the General Assembly; The bilingual organisation; Crossing identities; Conclusions: claiming kokusaika; Conclusion: winners, losers and internationalisation reconsidered; Kokusaika as response; Kokusaika as story; Kokusaika and the workplace; Kokusaika and identity; Kokusaika and internationalisation; Bibliography; Index