Contemporary management in a higher education institution in Serbia

Over the past several decades, important changes in the Serbian society have affected the management s ystem of all companies, as well as higher education institution s. These changes are mostly related to the attitude s of managerial staff that further influenced the employees in orde r to have an old hierarchical system replaced with the system of knowledge management. This paper provides several e xamples that illustrate how that has been applied i n practice. The selected examples are crucial for adopting a co mpletely new and different management approach in a state higher education institution where inherited patter ns of management, work and professional conduct are present.