Professional and Bureaucratic Decision Making Behaviors of Managers in Academic Administrators

Abstract

Professional or bureaucratic decision-making behaviors are closely related to the structure of organizations as well as to the expertise of managers. As the manager becomes more specialized in his management approach, knowledge and experience, it is seen that they make the right decision without making bureaucratic decisions. Universities are an organization where bureaucratic and professional decision making is seen. University administrators are chosen from academicians in Turkey. The most important feature of academics is that professionalism is at the core of their work. For this reason, academic managers are expected to display professional behavior rather than bureaucratic behavior. The aim of this study is to examine the bureaucratic and professional behaviors of academic administrators in decision making and from what they are affected by while carrying out decisions. In this framework, structured interviews were held with ten academic managers at various levels who are managers of the Marmara University Göztepe campus units. As a result of the qualitative analysis of the data obtained, it was found that academic administrators behave professionally in many ways, but also adhere to the rules and regulations. This commitment takes place in the form of flexible decision-making in favor of individuals to the extent allowed by the rules