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Mergers in higher education : lessons from theory and experience /

In a comparative study of two Canadian higher education mergers, Julia Eastman and Daniel Lang examine why and how universities merge and why some mergers succeed while others fail.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eastman, Julia Antonia, 1955-
Otros Autores: Lang, Daniel, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • I. HIGHER EDUCATION MERGERS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY HAPPEN
  • 1. Introduction
  • Mergers in Higher Education
  • The Cases
  • 2. Why Mergers Happen
  • The Motivation to Merge
  • The Political Economy of Merger
  • The Paradigms of Merger
  • The Two Cases in Context
  • II. THE CASES
  • 3. The Merger of Dalhousie University and the Technical University of Nova Scotia
  • The Deep Background
  • The Attempt to Rationalize in the 1990s
  • Dal/TUNS Amalgamation
  • Amalgamation: Why in 1997?
  • 4. The Merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the University of Toronto
  • Teacher Training and Educational Research in Ontario, 1900-1965
  • The Boom Years
  • Years of Retrenchment
  • Integration: The 1980s Attempts
  • Reversal of Fortune
  • Integration, '90s Style
  • 5. The Cases in Context
  • The Cases Compared
  • That Which Might Have Been: Types of Mergers
  • Mergers as Partnerships in Change
  • The Cases as Partnerships in Change
  • III. REFLECTIONS ON EXPERIENCE
  • 6. On Dynamics and Structure
  • Size and Power in Higher Education Merger
  • The Perils of Uniqueness
  • Dynamics of Negotiation
  • Fit between Mission, Structure, and Resources
  • Unit-Level Transition Planning
  • Conditions for Constructive Grassroots Participation
  • On Organizational Redesign and Staff Redeployment
  • 7. On Roles and Behaviour
  • The Players
  • Human Factors
  • 8. On Dollars and Data
  • The Dynamics of Size and Specialization
  • Economies of Scale
  • Due Diligence
  • Transition Costs
  • Information and Information Systems
  • Libraries
  • 9. The Steps to Merger
  • The Process Steps
  • The Substantive Steps
  • Putting It All Together
  • A Path to Merger
  • Combining Substance with Process
  • Staging and Sequencing of Issues
  • Transition Scheduling.
  • 10. Concluding Observations
  • The Role of Government Confirmed
  • The Importance of Institutional Characteristics
  • Do Process and Leadership Matter?
  • A Contingency Theory of Higher Education Merger Management
  • Balancing Planning and Incrementalism
  • The Paradigms Revisited
  • The Future of Mergers in Higher Education
  • Appendices
  • 1. Agreement Between The Province of Nova Scotia, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University
  • 2. University of Toronto/Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Integration Agreement
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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  • I
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  • M
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  • P
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