Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education

Curaj, Adrian; Georghiou, Luke; Harper, Jennifer Cassingena; Egron-Polak, Eva

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13135-1

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“…Analizuojant akademinę literatūrą pastebima, kad aukštųjų mokyklų jungimas iš politinės perspektyvos nagrinėjamas palyginti retai. Daugiausiai universitetų jungimas tyrimuose analizuojamas iš vadybinės perspektyvos (Badat, 2015), dėmesį sutelkiant į organizacinius, administracinius ir ekonominius klausimus (Ursin ir kt., 2010;Pruvot ir kt., 2015), bandoma šiuos procesus aiškinti organizacinių teorijų kontekste (Pinheiro ir kt., 2016). Tačiau nors ir rečiau tiriamas, politinis aspektas laikomas ne mažiau svarbiu bei pripažįstama, kad tokie aspektai, pavyzdžiui, suinteresuotų asmenų ir jų grupių įtaka, turi didelį poveikį tiek formuojant, tiek įgyvendinant universitetų jungimo(si) planus.…”

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University Mergers in Lithuania: A Media Discourse Analysis

Bružienė

2019

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University mergers could be perceived as a political process – at least during the first stages of the process, which contain discussions about common visions, goals, and measures. Therefore, a university merger could be analyzed using the methods of political discourse analysis, which allows to understand how public discourses about merging universities have been constructed, legitimized, and institutionalized.It is important to understand the process of university mergers as a political phenomenon that is constructed by stakeholders using public discourses. Public discourses, reflected in the media, form the society’s opinion about a university merger and have influence on policy decisions and the implementation process of these decisions. In this context, the purpose of this article is to analyze the written content related to university merger issues published in online media during the course of three years (2016–2018). Quantitative content analysis was made using software Hamlet II 3.0. Some trends of public discourse related to university mergers have been detected. It is noticed that a university merger is primarily related to the improvement of higher education quality and the needs of business and the state in public discourse. However, the declared political goal of seeking competitiveness and quality of research is not developed and reflected in the media. This shows a certain fragmentation of ideas in the process of merging universities, because the society, the academic community, and the government agree (as reflected in the documents (2017)) that only a unity of research and studies could assure the highest quality university education and international recognition.Also, differences between business and university mergers have been noticed. More rational arguments are used to justify business mergers than social and cultural ones (Vaara, Tienari 2002) when compared to university mergers. Stakeholders usually use a combination of social and rational arguments in public discourse to justify university mergers.

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Section: Universitetų Jungimas(is) Kaip Aukštojo Mokslo Politikos Procesasunclassified

University Mergers in Lithuania: A Media Discourse Analysis

Bružienė

2019

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From Coopetition by Cooperation to Consolidation. Contemporary Challenges of University Mergers and Acquisitions

Sułkowski

Seliga

Woźniak

2019

Contemporary Challenges in Cooperation and Coopetition in the Age of Industry 4.0

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Measuring the Barriers to the Digital Transformation in Management Courses – A Mixed Methods Study

Vogelsang

Brink

Packmohr

2020

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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With the rise of digital technologies, digital transformation has become an issue in the field of higher education. In higher education institutions and enterprises alike, the term digital transformation means to digitalize internal processes and offer digital services and products. There are often barriers that must be overcome to master this challenge. Our study follows an explorative mixed methods design. We identify the barriers to digital transformation and transfer them to a research model. We examine the influence of individually perceived barriers on the transformation process, thus contributing to the theoretical foundation of digital transformation barriers in higher education institutions. This paper offers an approved scale to measure barriers to digital transformation and a valid operationalization of digital transformation barriers. The identified predictors can explain over 50% of the alteration problems of the transformation process. Results indicate that management students have a significantly low level of concern regarding their privacy and traceability but demand more commitment at the organizational level.

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Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

University Mergers in Lithuania: A Media Discourse Analysis

University Mergers in Lithuania: A Media Discourse Analysis

From Coopetition by Cooperation to Consolidation. Contemporary Challenges of University Mergers and Acquisitions

Measuring the Barriers to the Digital Transformation in Management Courses – A Mixed Methods Study

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