Download or read book Politics of Collegiality written by Cynthia Hardy and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Declining enrolment, retrenchment (cutback) strategies, and demands from the public for increased accountability have forced university administrators to re-examine the efficiency of the university and adopt managerial techniques that advocate increased accountability, centralized authority, and objective resource allocation. Cynthia Hardy argues that this approach has failed to take into account the political realities of university life and the conflict which arises from competing demands for scarce resources.