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international partnerships covering student and faculty exchange as well as joint
research collaborations. Because of this nature, the mentioned units (organizations) try
to get adapted to changes happening in Global Penn State environment.
Ecological model of competition states the nature of the population growth
process and this model considers ―the idea that resources available at any moment for
each form of organization are finite and fixed‖ (Hannah & Freeman, 1977, p. 941). In
this regard, even in the less-isomorphic organizational structure, different
organizations (Penn State‘s units) compete for resources offered by UOGP and at the
end ―[e]ach population occupies a distinct niche‖ (Hannah & Freeman, 1977, p. 947).
Conclusion
Application of different organization theories allowed to generalize
implementation of Penn State‘s internationalization efforts those intended to create a
truly global university. Penn State‘s distinct university administration mechanism
represents loosely coupled organizations (units), both rational and natural systems,
as well as populations mostly non-isomorphic to entire institution. At the same time,
Penn State‘s internationalization strategy, implemented by UOGP, directly and in-
directly impacts on different areas like international students, visiting scholars,
revenues, and global image. My main conclusion is that UOGP and any other central
administration office is not able to force any campus, college or department to get
more international partnerships or to engage more actively in overall global affairs.

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