An Analysis of the Causes of Interdisciplinary Organizational Change in Chinese Universities

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.186How to use a DOI?

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Interdisciplinary Organization; University Governance; Rigid; Fuzziness

Abstract

Interdisciplinary organization is the achievement of interdisciplinary construction and an important form of academic organization innovation in university, in the process of development, the interdisciplinary organizations of Chinese universities are faced with a dilemma that conflicts with the governance pattern of universities. This paper discusses how overly rigid governance has forced some interdisciplinary organizations to reform and even come to an end under the pressure of external institutional environment. The results obtained in this study show that the fuzziness in university governance is the vitality of university, which can provide more space for the development of new organizations; The development of interdisciplinary organizations needs the coordination between rigidity and fuzziness of university governance. In addition, the findings revealed how interdisciplinary organization is affected by the strong organizational inertia of the university in its development process, and then gradually involved in the traditional governance pattern of the university, and finally becomes the reproduction product of the governance pattern of the university. The research results are of great significance for solving the survival dilemma of interdisciplinary organizations in Chinese universities, by solving this dilemma, we can further promote the development of interdisciplinary organizations.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fan ZHANG
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - An Analysis of the Causes of Interdisciplinary Organizational Change in Chinese Universities
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1025
EP  - 1030
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.186
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.186
ID  - ZHANG2022
ER  -