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Building a mutually-desirable relationship between a higher education institution's academic schools and its adult/continuing education unit :

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TLets563994

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Building a mutually-desirable relationship between a higher education institution's academic schools and its adult/continuing education unit :

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McHardy, Robert David

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a case study analysis of Abu Dhabi University and its knowledge group (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

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Jamieson, Ian

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University of Bath

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2012

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2012

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Historically, many higher education institutions have been structurally and culturally compartmentalised and subunits such as continuing education have been marginalised, merged or divested. In response to a variety of external phenomena, some higher education institutions are re-examining their internal and external relationships, including the relationship between their academic and continuing education units. This research examines the efforts of a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates to improve its overall effectiveness by changing the nature of the relationship between its academic and continuing education units. A review of theory- and practice-based higher education, organisational culture and inter-/intra-organisational relationship literature revealed significant support for each partner's goals for the new relationship and was used to provide the parties with a series of recommendations for successful formulation, actualisation and governance. These results add to the literature and practice of higher education and continuing higher education, particularly in the area of relationship-building among organisational subunits and subcultures.

continuing education ; extension ; intra-organisational ; inter-departmental ; higher education ; university ; Abu Dhabi ; UAE

McHardy, Robert David

Jamieson, Ian

University of Bath

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