Are you aware of any universities that have successfully reduced bureaucracy and the methods they employed to achieve it?
Some universities have successfully reduced bureaucracy. Understanding the methods and strategies they employed offers valuable and practical ideas that other institutions can adapt to enhance their own administrative efficiency.
The University of Rostock has reduced bureaucracy successfully. Main lever was the support of the head of administration who installed a team of 6 to go through the processes with the faculties to improve their efficiency.
Several years ago, the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança implemented step by step a procedure in the Academic Management unit based on the everyday work and issues arising from it. This task was performed by a specific person that has been improving the methodology along the years. The procedure has helped the workers and newcomers to integrate all the stages of their duties and therefore, facilitate any required bureaucracy diminishing the burden of workload.