Organisational design of a university’s social mission: a functional approach

Authors

  • Marina G. Volnistaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

social systems, university, university education, organisation, organisational design, goal-setting, strategic management, competitive status of the university, competitive strategy, system of the national higher school
Supporting Agencies
The article was prepared with the support of the grant of the rector of the Belarusian State University.

Abstract

In the article author considers the theory of organisational design in relation to the study of new adaptive properties of university education, altered especially by the conditions of COVID‑19. The analysed concerns content of methodological approaches and principles of organisational design of functional structure of university education. Author considers the role of the goal-setting and strategic management stage of the university in modern conditions and compares the system-functional and system-targeted approaches to the organisational design of the university mission. The functional content of the strategy allowing full realisation of competitive advantages of universities in the global market of educational services is considered.

Author Biography

  • Marina G. Volnistaya, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of sociology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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Published

2022-03-30

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No. 1 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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Volnistaya, M.G. 2022. Organisational design of a university’s social mission: a functional approach. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Mar. 2022), 80–87. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6821-2022-1-80-87.