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Seminar, Higher education professionals, Utrecht University Trust in distrust: On clashes between performance and professional logics (and how to handle them). October 10, 2014 Prof.dr Mirko Noordegraaf ( m.noordegraaf@uu.nl ) Utrecht School of Governance (Utrecht University) &
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Seminar, Higher education professionals, Utrecht UniversityTrust in distrust:On clashes between performance and professional logics (and how to handle them) October 10, 2014 Prof.dr Mirko Noordegraaf (m.noordegraaf@uu.nl) Utrecht School of Governance (Utrecht University) & Focus area Professional performance, Univ. Utrecht
Puzzle How to perform professionally? – as university, but also as hospital, law court, school, etc. I.e., how to establish and account for results, and keep professionals happy and motivated, and cope with political demands and public expectations?
Puzzle COSTS & CONTROL ERRORS & FAILURE PREFERENCES & DEMANDS
Organizing professionalism; implications For organizational participants: ‘Positive coping’ with complex conditions, trade-offs and distrust.
Organizing professionalism Against (societal) context, at various levels: Case treatment (collaboration, innovation, use of technology, etc.) Multiple case treatment (planning, prioritization, speed, budgetary constraints, etc.) (Multiple) case treatment in demanding societies (advocacy, coalitions, justification, etc.) [Noordegraaf, Hybrid Professionalism, Adm.& Society 2007;Noordegraaf, Risky business, Org. Studies 2011; Noordegraaf, Reconfigured professionalism, Adm. & Society 2014; Hybridity and beyond, J. of Professions and Organization 2015]
Organizing professionalism (in higher education) How? Professional schooling and education: investing in new/young researchers/lecturers Smart (instead of SMART) interventions: supporting joint/coordinated action Connective mechanisms: positioning people, creating forms and interactions, setting examples