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Title:: Development Dilemma and Governance Path of Basic-levelAcademic Organizations in Universities: An Analysisfrom the Perspective of Disciplinary Institution

Author(s):: SONG Zhenghui; WANG Yong; Southwest University(Chongqing 400715)

Keywords:: disciplinary institution; university basic-level academic organization; governance path; organizational innovation

Abstract:: The basic-level academic organizations in universities are formed and developed in the constantinteraction between institutionalization and deinstitutionalization. Disciplinary institution is the foundationof modern university organizational system, and it is also the driving force to promote the formation anddevelopment of the basic-level academic organizations in universities. Under the background of the greatdifferentiation and integration of different knowledge areas, the current disciplinary institution has increasinglypresented some problems, restricting the change of the traditional disciplinary organization and bringing aboutsome serious challenges to the organization mode and operation mechanism of our universities. In order tocope with the crisis of the disciplinary institution, we should reconstruct and innovate the idea, structure andmechanism for the governance of the basic-level academic organizations from such aspects as the disciplinaryconcept, structure, system and culture, so as to enhance the capacity of academic governance and innovation.