Azziz, Ricardo, 1958-

Strategic mergers in higher education /Ricardo Azziz, Guilbert C. Hentschke, Lloyd A. Jacobs, and Bonita C. Jacobs. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Why mergers in higher ed? -- Mergers in higher education : pursuing sustainability, breadth, and excellence through scale -- Why mergers now? -- Mergers as an organizational tactic -- Mergers in higher education : history and global experience -- Drivers and categories of mergers in higher education -- Success and failure : predictors and metrics -- Increasing the odds of merger success in higher ed -- The seven essential elements for merger success -- Evaluating the stakes when considering mergers -- Finding, evaluating, and choosing merger partners -- Negotiating the merger -- Increasing the odds of success: leadership, resources, and managing -- Opposition -- Effectively executing merges in higher ed -- Increasing the odds of success : leadership, resources, and managing opposition -- Merging organizational entities in a context-sensitive manner -- Managing institutional legal, corporate, and regulatory obligations in a -- Merger -- Project management... as if your institution's future depended on it -- Creating and managing the brand : who do you want to be? -- Aftermath : as much a beginning as an end -- Looking to the future -- The role of mergers in institutional strategy.



9781421432618




Universities and colleges--Administration.--United States
Universities and colleges--Mergers--United States.


Electronic Books.

LB2341 / .S773 2019