The Election of University Rectors in Germany: New Processes to Support Strategic Leadership

Ziegele, Frank; Kunkel, Frederic: The Election of University Rectors in Germany: New Processes to Support Strategic Leadership. In: IEB Report 2/2021 on University Reform, Institut de Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Universitat de Barcelona, 2021, S. 14-16 The role of German university rectors has fundamentally changed over the last 25 years. Rectors transitioned from representative academic figures into leaders with varios comprehensive management tasks and challenges, including but not limited to developing and implementing strategic plans for theuniversity, managing resources, optimising organisational structurs, leading staff mmbers, and implementing quality management systems.