Organizational innovation in universities: relevance of industraial experience

Abstract

There are those who may argue about the uniqueness of the University and resent the application of insights gained from industrial experience. It still seems necessary and desirable to build bridges across different institutional settings so as to transfer insights gained from one field to another. The Indian University has grown tremendously in size and complexity. Its organisation has remained essentially the same as it was a century ago. The existing administrative machinery makes any kind of planning, co-ordination and control impossible.