Outlines the role of institutions of higher education and the history of institutions of higher learning in East Africa and describes post-independence challenges to institutions of higher learning and their libraries in the region. Discusses the problems of managing change and identifies two groups of coping strategies: human resource and non human resource based. Concludes that the survival of organizations depends significantly on how much is invested in training as part of performance management.
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