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10-2011 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services Oct 2011

10-2011 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

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Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2011.


Institutional Environments And Resource Dependence: Sources Of Administrative Structure In Institutions Of Higher Education, Pamela S. Tolbert Jun 2011

Institutional Environments And Resource Dependence: Sources Of Administrative Structure In Institutions Of Higher Education, Pamela S. Tolbert

Pamela S Tolbert

Two theoretical perspectives are combined to explain the pattern of administrative offices in public and private institutions of higher education. The first perspective, resource dependence, is used to show that the need to ensure a stable flow of resources from external sources of support partially determines administrative differentiation. The second perspective, institutionalization, emphasizes the common understandings and social definitions of organizational behavior and structure considered appropriate and nonproblematic and suggests conditions under which dependency will and will not predict the number of administrative offices that manage funding relations. The results of the analyses indicate that dependence on nontraditional sources of …


04-2011 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services Apr 2011

04-2011 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for April 2011.


Online Research & Training Resources, Marziya Mohammedali, David Howard Mar 2011

Online Research & Training Resources, Marziya Mohammedali, David Howard

Graduate Research School Scholarly Works

This session focuses on how to access and get the most out of the online resources available to Higher Degree by Research Candidates, including the Sage Research Methods eBook repository, ProQuest Digital Dissertations Online Theses repository and Epigeum Research Skills Training (available through BlackBoard).


02-2011 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services Feb 2011

02-2011 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for February 2011.