Purpose: To demonstrate that contemporary universities may be improved by synthesis of strategic antinomies, i.e. seeking the possibility of combining opposite approaches to solving problems concerning university organization and management. Findings: That approach discounts the importance of building positive relationships between members of staff and undertaking activities intended to create a situation where the...

Abstract: The prevailing view held at contemporary Polish universities is that their main goal is to achieve effects measured by indicators, which applies to each element of their mission: education, research and the third mission, whereas the means to accomplish this goal consists of increasing the requirements and motivating by the “carrot and stick” approach. That approach discounts the importance of building a positive relationship...

Purpose Works that link creating shared value (CSV) with the university are arising, and there is a hope for a great future of this combination. The main problem with these works is that they are based on the wrong assumptions of what CSV is. The aim of the paper is to properly explain the concept of CSV and match it with university social responsibility (USR) at a strategic level. Design/methodology/approach A literature review...

Punktem wyjścia jest dokument Manifesto Empower European Universities dignozujący najważniejsze zadania czekające współczesne uczelnie europejskie. Są nimi: dywersyfikacja, umiędzynarodowienie i doskonalenie zarządzania. W tym kontekście autor artykułu zastanawia się na tym: gdzie jesteśmy?, dokąd zmierzamy? oraz jak tam dojść?, odnosząc pytania do polskich uniwersytetów. W konkluzji proponuje model uniwersytetu społecznie odpowiedzialnego.