Successful Strategic Management in Small Private Colleges.

Chaffee, Ellen Earle

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Publication Date: 1984

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Successful Strategic Management in Small Private Colleges.

Chaffee, Ellen Earle

Journal of Higher Education, v55 n2 p212-41 Mar-Apr 1984

The behaviors and subsequent situations of two sets of colleges that experienced severe financial difficulties in the mid-1970s were examined. One set made a dramatic recovery; the other set did not. The more resilient group pursued a combination of adaptive and interpretive strategies. (MLW)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Administration, Decision Making, Higher Education, Institutional Environment, Models, Organizational Effectiveness, Private Colleges, Retrenchment, Small Colleges, Surveys

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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