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1、LSRN020704Cultureofthenow2TheCultureoftheNow:barrierstoresearchinFETonyScaife,UniversityofLeedsPapergiventothefourthannualconferenceoftheYorkshireandHumbersideLearningandSkillsResearchNetwork.FridayJuly2nd.2004,HinsleyHall,Leeds.IargueinthispaperthatinFurtherEducation,thereisacultureoftheno
2、wIcannotnowrememberwhereIfirstreadorheardthisphraseandapologisefornotbeingabletociteitsauthor.withitsoriginsinthemanufactureduncertaintyoftherisksociety(Beck1999),whichcreatessignificantbarrierstosustained,wellgroundedresearchinFE.ThatisnottosaythatthereisnoresearchinFE,andindeed,asweshalls
3、eesomecollegesarequicklyresponsivetothefindingsofaccountantsandconsultants,butthatgenerallythereislittleorganisational‘space’ortimeavailableinFEforongoingresearch.Thecultureofthenowhasthreeinter-relatedaspects.Firstlythereisaninstitutionaldimension.AllthoseinFEareharriedbyfreneticstructural
4、instability.Thereareendlessnationalandlocalpolicychangesandanauditcultureofincessantfinancialandcurriculuminspections.Internalrestructuringandpersonnelchangeappeartobeafrequentresponsetothesepressures.Cumulatively,thesefactorsgivelittletimeorspaceforreflectionortothedevelopmentofameasuredre
5、sponsetochange.Responsestendtobeinchoate,shorttermandunsustainableand,thus,servetomanufacturefurtherinstability.Secondlythereareideologicalbarriers,stemmingfromafalseperceptionofthemanagementofrisk,whichmakeresearchanunattractiveoptionforthoseplanningthestrategicdirectionofcolleges.Inessenc
6、etheauditculturefavoursstandardisationandeasilyreplicableregimeswhereassuccess,withintherisksocietyrequires“…organisationalcultureswhichenhanceindividualflexibilityandresponsiveness”(Brotherton,1998).Thirdlythen,despitetherhetoric,colleges,infact,tendnottotreattheiremployeesastheirmostvalua
7、bleasset.Insodoingtheyfrequentlygivetheimpressionofignoringornotvaluingthecreativityandprofessionalismofcollegestaff.Ofseekingtomicromanagetheactivitiesofstaffthroughonefailedinitiativeafteranother,andinsodoinghelpingtocreatetheclimateofmanufactureduncer
