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| Author: | Locke, W. |
| Title: | Higher education mergers: Integrating organisational cultures and developing appropriate management styles |
| Journal: | Higher education quarterly
2007 : JAN, VOL. 61:1, p. 83-102 |
| Index terms: | higher education universities mergers organizational culture management styles United Kingdom |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | According to research evidence, an unusually broad range of issues are strategically significant in a merger (here as: mrg). Organizational cultures (here as: o-cults.) are critical to the successful integration of staff, students and other stakeholders within a higher education (HE) institution (HEI). Based on 2 specialist HE colleges (as: clgs.) seeking to expand through mrg. to meet the revised criteria for university status in England, this study sought a better understanding of the similarities and differences btw. management styles (as: mgmt-stls.) and o-cults. of the two clgs. with an assessment of their significance for the proposed mrg. It is concluded that mgmt-stls. and initiatives needed to be mindful of the existing o-cults. and subcultures of the two clgs. Otherwise, there was a risk that the status and efficiency of the new HEI might be improved at the expense of its academic and scholarly development. |
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