Bir Türk Develt Üniversitesinde Örgütsel Birimlerin Güç ve Kaynak Dağılımı ile İlişkisi

Year 2001, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 61 - 80, 01.07.2001

Demet Varoğlu Serhan Tufan

Abstract

Bir Türk devlet üniversitesinin beş fakültesine bağlı
33 bölümü üzerinde, bölüm gücü ve belirleyicileri ile kaynak dağılımı
arasındaki ilişkiler, önerilen bir model aracılığıyla çalışılmıştır. Anket
verileri ve yazılı belgelerden elde edilen veriler üzerinde korelasyon ve
basamaklandırılmış çoklu regresyon analizleri yapılmıştır. Gücün on kriteri
arasından sadece üçü (bölümün bağlı olduğu fakülte, bölümün döner sermaye
projelerinin bölüm akademik personeli başına düşen payı ve bölüme bağlı
akademik personel sayısı) bölüm gücü ile önemli ölçüde ilintili bulunmuştur.
Buna rağmen, bölüm gücü değişkenleri (ün, temsil ve semboller) önerilen güç
kriterlerinin çok azıyla oldukça güçlü bir biçimde açıklanabilmiştir. Ancak,
kaynak dağılımının regresyon denklemlerinin açıklayıcılığı, bölüm gücü
regresyon denklemlerinin açıklayıcılığına erişememiştir. Çalışmanın sonunda
araştırmacılar, kaynak dağıtımındaki rollerine dayalı olarak  fakültelerin gücünün de çalışılmasının anlam
taşıyacağını belirtmektedirler. 

Keywords

Üniversite, güç, örgütsel birim gücü, kaynak dağılımı

ORGANIZATIONAL SUB-UNIT POWER AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A TURKISH STATE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

A model for departmental (sub-unit) power
together with its bases and its relationship to resource allocations is tested
on 33 departments from 5 faculties of a Turkish State university. Correlation
and stepwise multiple regression analyses have been performed on data gathered
through questionnaires and also secondary data. From among the ten bases of
power, only three (the faculty to which the department belongs, the monetary
worth of the projects conducted per academic staff, and the number of academic
staff) were found to significantly correlate with departmental power measures.
However, all the power measures were highly explained by a few of the proposed
power bases, but the resource allocation variables were not strongly explained
by the departmental power measures and power bases. Another important statement
the researchers of this study make is the relevance of studying faculties as sub-units,
because the faculties directly allocate some resources of the university. 

Keywords

University, power, sub-unit power, resource allocation

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