Managing the Digital University

<p>The reflection on university management is based on the question about the shape of universities of the future. Civic responsible sustainable virtual digital and many other universities can be mentioned among the concepts present in the literature. All these names describe an important distinctive feature of a university which will gain more and more importance in the future. However given the fundamental importance of the radical change taking place it seems that the most appropriate name reflecting the essence of the emerging new formation is digital university. This is because of the importance of digital transformation which has been developing for several decades bringing deep and multidirectional changes in the areas of technology economy society and culture. It is a disruptive civilizational transition and although stretched over many decades it is revolutionary in nature significantly changing our lives in the Anthropocene.</p> <p>The book has three cognitive and pragmatic objectives: to provide a new perspective on the changing academic organization and management; to reflect on higher education management concepts and methods; and to present an overview of university management governance and leadership useful from the perspective of academic managers and other stakeholders.</p> <p>The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.</p> <p></p>