Institutional Mergers in Higher Education: Lessons from International Experience

Autor/inn/en	Harman, Grant; Harman, Kay
Titel	Institutional Mergers in Higher Education: Lessons from International Experience
Quelle	In: Tertiary Education and Management, 9 (2003) 1, S.29-44 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-3883
DOI	10.1023/A:1022261409801
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Leadership Effectiveness; Cultural Influences; Colleges; Organizational Change; Program Effectiveness; Educational Finance; Competition; Student Personnel Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Führungseffizienz; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Organisationswandel; Bildungsfonds; Wettkampf
Abstract	Higher education systems and institutions have used institutional mergers to address a range of different problems, particularly fragmentation amongst non-university institutions, lack of financial and academic viability, pressures for major system restructuring and external competitive threats. While mergers frequently are disruptive, strongly contested and costly in both human and financial terms, they have the potential to produce substantial longer-term benefits, particularly larger and more comprehensive institutions, stronger academic programmes, improved student services, enhanced student choice, greater institutional flexibility and, under certain conditions, increased efficiencies and cost-savings. Sensitivity to human and cultural factors and effective leadership are of utmost importance in achieving success in merger processes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10