The Author presents management practices at institutions of higher education of Western Europe. In the most extensive part of the article she attempts to resolve the question of applicability of business management practices to institutions of higher education. This is extremely topical issue, as governments of various countries try to encourage institutions of higher education to apply business like type of management. This type of management is called alternatively “entrepreneurial” or “business” model of management. Remarks concerning current changes at institutions of higher education in Poland end the paper. Also, the relevantness for Poland of the methods of education quality improvement formulated in the Western Europe, is assessed.
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