Open AccessThe Governance of Faculty from the Perspective of Self-OrganizationTheory
Author(s) -
Meng Chai,
Sichun Lu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
frontier of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2705-0726
pISSN - 2705-0718
DOI - 10.36012/fhe.v2i1.1570
Subject(s) - openness to experience , dilemma , corporate governance , intervention (counseling) , perspective (graphical) , power (physics) , subjectivity , subject (documents) , psychology , management , epistemology , mathematics , economics , computer science , social psychology , philosophy , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , library science
Self-organization theory is devoted to solving the problem of the nature, power, and development form of an organization that is not subject to an external specific intervention. Its axiological characteristics and methodological paths are consistent with the value orientation and practical needs of the governance of faculty. The faculty of the university is a relatively independent self-organiz- ing system with the characteristics of openness, less external intervention, coordination of internal factors, non-equilibrium, non-linear- ity, etc. Its central dilemma is reflected in the subjectivity of college governance, the distribution of governance power, knowledge pro- duction and other levels. From the perspective of self-organization theory, the governance logic of university faculty requires openness of self-organization, realizing the co-catalysis within the university departments, and maintaining the stability of the organizational structure in the governance of the university departments.