LEADER 05260nam 2200793 450 001 9910780571003321 005 20230912141418.0 010 $a1-282-01438-2 010 $a9786612014383 010 $a1-4426-7725-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442677258 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004197 035 $a(OCoLC)288097786 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218855 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303088 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236457 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303088 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10275313 035 $a(PQKB)11776652 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600255 035 $a(DE-B1597)464651 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954702 035 $a(OCoLC)944177837 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442677258 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671726 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257426 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/5r3pw7 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671726 035 $a(OCoLC)1298518428 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254950 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004197 100 $a20160922h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMergers in higher education $elessons from theory and experience /$fJulia Eastman and Daniel Lang 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-3525-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 327 $a10. 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 -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xMergers$vCase studies 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xMergers$zNova Scotia$zHalifax 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xMergers$zOntario$zToronto 607 $aOntario$zToronto$2fast 607 $aNova Scotia$zHalifax$2fast 608 $aCase studies. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xMergers 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xMergers 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xMergers 676 $a378.1 700 $aEastman$b Julia$01522661 702 $aLang$b Daniel 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780571003321 996 $aMergers in higher education$93762480 997 $aUNINA