Title: Examining the competing values framework in a higher educational context: implications of a Hong Kong study

Authors: James S. Pounder

Addresses: Department of Management, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

Abstract: The Competing Values Framework or Model [1,2] has been proposed as ||a general paradigm of organisational effectiveness|| [1, p.39], yet the applicability of the model to higher educational organisations has never been tested. This paper describes the development of a set of organisational effectiveness self-rating scales for higher educational organisations in Hong Kong. The study resulted in self-rating scales in four of the Model|s nine effectiveness dimensions and it is argued that these dimensions constitute an initial model of effectiveness for Hong Kong higher educational organisations. The study raises a number of issues relating to the nature and development of a model of organisational effectiveness in higher education, and to the character of educational organisations.

Keywords: organisational effectiveness; measurement; validity; reliability; higher education; BARS; educational organisations.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2000.001213

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2000 Vol.1 No.1, pp.103-119

Published online: 01 Jul 2003 *

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