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More than half the staff of most polytechnics and other institutes of higher education are non-academic staff, and this large army, ranging from librarians and laboratory technicians through admini...strators and secretaries to maintenance workers, porters, cleaners and gardeners, come under the jurisdiction of the aptly-named Chief Administrative Officer. This person's salary status and job prospects have been, until recently, relatively modest. But there is a move afoot to make the work of academic administration more professional. The particular circumstances of the mid-1980s are conducive: academics, under pressure from increased staff/student ratios, have less time to deal with their own administration than previously, and the increasing involvement of national bodies in the affairs of Local Education Authorities makes work which administrators are ideally suited to.
More than half the staff of most polytechnics and other institutes of higher education are non-academic staff, and this large army, ranging from librarians and laboratory technicians through admini...strators and secretaries to maintenance workers, porters, cleaners and gardeners, come under the jurisdiction of the aptly-named Chief Administrative Officer. This person's salary status and job prospects have been, until recently, relatively modest. But there is a move afoot to make the work of academic administration more professional. The particular circumstances of the mid-1980s are conducive: academics, under pressure from increased staff/student ratios, have less time to deal with their own administration than previously, and the increasing involvement of national bodies in the affairs of Local Education Authorities makes work which administrators are ideally suited to.
| Module code and title: | E324, Management in post-compulsory education |
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| Item code: | E324; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 13-08-1984 |
| Published: | 1984 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:15 |
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| Producer: | Meg Sheffield |
| Contributors: | John Illston; Ian McNay; Peter Jefferies; Gwen Tagg; Roger Sharp; Michael Jacoby |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Academic/administration overlap; Chief Administration Officer; Professional Administration; Senior Management Team; Terms of reference |
| Master spool number: | 952H697 |
| Production number: | 952H697 |
| Available to public: | no |
