A Case Study of a Merger in Chinese Higher Education: The Motives, Processes, and Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Wan, Yinmei; Peterson, Marvin W.
Titel	A Case Study of a Merger in Chinese Higher Education: The Motives, Processes, and Outcomes
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Development, 27 (2007) 6, S.683-696 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-0593
DOI	10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.07.007
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Organizational Change; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Educational Change; Educational Planning; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Organisationswandel; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsreform; Bildungsplanung
Abstract	This paper examines an institutional merger taking place in Chinese higher education beginning from 1994. Using the case study method, the paper examines the pre-merger planning, the post-merger integration process, and the outcomes of the merger. The paper argues that a number of major external and internal factors have led to the decision to merge. The planning and implementation of the merger was largely a top-down process and subject to political intervention. One of the most prominent issues identified in this case is the difficulty of building a unified identity for the new institution as was reflected in the controversies and fights about the name of the new institution. The case studied provides a good example and valuable lessons to higher education institutions considering merger or other forms of organizational change. (Contains 3 online sources.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10