The Principle of Hiring the Best Available Academics
Dilger Alexander
Zusammenfassung
Higher education, including research, depends crucially on the people involved, theirtalents and human capital. Therefore, a university can improve or at least maintain its standing byhiring only the best available academics. Hiring the absolute best may be too expensive for most and isimpossible for all. However, it is not too difficult to recognise the relatively best scholars. The realproblem is to act on this knowledge instead of following other objectives. That is why detacheddecision makers like managers, politicians or academics from other institutions may be in a betterposition than faculty members with respect to senior hirings. This paper aims to address these issues
Schlüsselwörter
Academic staff; Governance; Human capital; Leadership; Quality; Recruitment; Skills