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Change capability in higher education.
Introduction
Research (Anderson and Ackerman Anderson 2011) shows that around 60% of change efforts fail, with higher education providers (HEPs) no exception. The reasons for this seemingly endemic failure to cope with the management of change have been well-researched and remedies developed and offered, often commercially. Yet the failure rates remain consistent. Why? For higher education, there is no easy answer, not least as the sector as a whole is complex, involving public universities and private providers of higher education, varying widely in culture, mission, authority structures, policy, and processes. Nevertheless, analysis of some of the commonalities offers a way forward and the ways in which HEPs can build this capability form the central thrust of this chapter.
The chapter begins with a general introduction to change, change management and change capability; moves on to consider theories of...
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Crew, S., Crew, V. (2020). Models of Change in Higher Education. In: Teixeira, P.N., Shin, J.C. (eds) The International Encyclopedia of Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8905-9_547
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