The merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo

Since the merger, few attempts have been made to interrogate the role of leadership on the operational stability of the new university. By employing a qualitative approach, this study allowed the participants to construct an accurate and, in-depth account of what really transpired during and after t...

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Autores principales:	Dinkwanyane Kgalema Mohuba, Krishna Govender
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2016
Materias:	mergers higher education historically disadvantaged institutions leadership Business HF5001-6182 Management. Industrial management HD28-70
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:377cb2106dfe4c33b2e775176e58b2fb2021-12-02T14:35:46ZThe merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo2331-197510.1080/23311975.2016.1258133https://doaj.org/article/377cb2106dfe4c33b2e775176e58b2fb2016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1258133https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Since the merger, few attempts have been made to interrogate the role of leadership on the operational stability of the new university. By employing a qualitative approach, this study allowed the participants to construct an accurate and, in-depth account of what really transpired during and after the merger. A case study design was used to focus intensely on the leadership challenges bedeviling the merger, using descriptive themes and qualifying vocabulary. Ten Project Steering Committee members of the merged institution were purposively selected to participate in the study. It was ascertained that most of the merger challenges related to poor communication, lack of stakeholder convergence, absence of buy-in from influential constituencies, lack of coherent strategies to deal with change and a lack of trust among the key drivers of the merger. It is recommended that government needs to ensure that future university mergers are stakeholder, rather than politically driven.Dinkwanyane Kgalema MohubaKrishna GovenderTaylor & Francis Grouparticlemergershigher educationhistorically disadvantaged institutionsleadershipBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2016)
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spellingShingle	mergers higher education historically disadvantaged institutions leadership Business HF5001-6182 Management. Industrial management HD28-70 Dinkwanyane Kgalema Mohuba Krishna Govender The merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo
description	Since the merger, few attempts have been made to interrogate the role of leadership on the operational stability of the new university. By employing a qualitative approach, this study allowed the participants to construct an accurate and, in-depth account of what really transpired during and after the merger. A case study design was used to focus intensely on the leadership challenges bedeviling the merger, using descriptive themes and qualifying vocabulary. Ten Project Steering Committee members of the merged institution were purposively selected to participate in the study. It was ascertained that most of the merger challenges related to poor communication, lack of stakeholder convergence, absence of buy-in from influential constituencies, lack of coherent strategies to deal with change and a lack of trust among the key drivers of the merger. It is recommended that government needs to ensure that future university mergers are stakeholder, rather than politically driven.
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title	The merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo
title_short	The merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo
title_full	The merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo
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The merger of historically disadvantaged tertiary institutions in South Africa: A case study of the University of Limpopo

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