Engaging the Six Cultures of the Academy: Revised and Expanded Edition of The Four Cultures of the Academy / Edition 1

by William H. Bergquist, Kenneth Pawlak

Overview

In The Four Cultures of the Academy, William H. Bergquist identified four different, yet interrelated, cultures found in North American higher education: collegial, managerial, developmental, and advocacy. In this new and expanded edition of that classic work, Bergquist and coauthor Kenneth Pawlak propose that there are additional external influences in our global culture that are pressing upon the academic institution, forcing it to alter the way it goes about its business. Two new cultures are now emerging in the academic institution as a result of these global, external forces: the virtual culture, prompted by the technological and social forces that have emerged over the past twenty years, and the tangible culture, which values its roots, community, and physical location and has only recently been evident as a separate culture partly in response to emergence of the virtual culture. These two cultures interact with the previous four, creating new dynamics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787995195
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/19/2007
Series:	Wiley Desktop Editions Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

THE AUTHORS

William H. Bergquist is an international consultant and professor in the fields of organizational psychology and management and president of the Professional School of Psychology, California. He is the author of forty-three books, including The Four Cultures of the Academy.

Kenneth Pawlak is chair of the Creative Arts, Social Service, and Education Division at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has held a variety of positions across the academy, from managing capital and budgets to faculty and student development.

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Table of Contents

Preface  ix

About the Authors xvii

Introduction 1

1. The Collegial Culture 15

2. The Managerial Culture 43

3. The Developmental Culture 73

4. The Advocacy Culture 111

5. The Virtual Culture 147

6. The Tangible Culture 185

7. Bridging the Gap 219

Appendix I: Academic Cultures Inventory 251

Appendix II: Marking Key for the Academic Cultures Inventory 257

References 261

Name Index 275

Subject Index 279

What People are Saying About This

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"In this book, Bergquist and Pawlak expand the analysis of theinteraction of academic cultures on campus and introduce the kindsof creative strategies required to address the complex challengesconfronting twenty-first century institutions in aglobal—technologically sophisticated—context. Thosecommitted to improving institutional quality will find this bookintellectually substantive and directly applicable to their owncampuses."— Eugene Rice, senior scholar, Association of AmericanColleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.

"William Bergquist's The Four Cultures of the Academy,has long been an indispensable guide through my career in academicadministration. I was delighted to see that Bergquist and hiscollaborator Kenneth Pawlak not only updated this book and expandedit to include the virtual and the tangible cultures, but they alsoexplained how the cultures are integrated on a campus. . . . It isa rare gift and a must must-read."—Joseph L. Subbiondo, president,California Institute of Integral Studies

“In this new book Bergquist and Pawlak . . . . providecritically important insight for understanding the six differentcultures now found in post-postsecondary education and the subtleleadership practice adjustments that need to be made to engage allsix cultures. This one is definitely on my ‘requiredrequired-read’ list!”—Dr. Jan Lindsay, vicepresident, education, Douglas College

“This book offers a compelling strategy for handling thechallenges of living and working in academic institutions—anappreciative perspective that builds on the strengths andvalues of the six cultures within the academy. This should berequired reading for anyone in contemporary highereducation.”—Jessica Muller, anthropologist and medicaleducator, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Universityof California San Francisco

“Educational institutions are complex organizations andhave become more complex in recent years. In particular, communitycolleges, with their diverse student and faculty populationsincorporate many equally diverse cultures. Scholarly, efforts toanalyze and critique these multi cultures have come importantcontributors to the understanding of organizational behavior.Hence, the book is a welcome tool to deeper understanding thecomplexity of organizations in the field of highereducation.”—John Dennison, professor of highereducation, University of British Columbia

Editorial Reviews

The approaches suggested are appreciative inquiry and the ironic perspective, applying paradox and polarity to theory. (The Journal of Continuing Higher Ed, 06/08)

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