管理体制是组织系统内部管理权限的划分、组织机构的设置以及运行机制等各种关系和制度的总和。广东开放大学不仅是一所大学,而且还是一个远程开放教育服务机构,又是一个由省、市、县各级开放大学组成的办学系统。管理体制在组建广东开放大学中处于核心地位,其有三级垂直管理体制、扁平化管理体制和大一统管理体制三种类型,并各有利弊。在设计广东开放大学管理体制时需妥善处理广东开放大学与国家开放大学、市县电大以及广东理工职业学院的关系。
Management system is a sum of relationships and systems within a system management division of aumonty, organizational settings, and operating mechanism in an organization. Guangdong Open University is a university, a distance education service agency and a school-running system in provinces,, cities and counties, It lies in a dominant position in creation of Guangdong Open University. There are three types of management systems in it: three vertical management systems, fiat management system and uunified management system. It is required to properly handle all kinds of relationships between different schools.