Renewing Strategic Planning in Universities at a Time of Uncertainty

Autor/in	Shah, Mahsood
Titel	Renewing Strategic Planning in Universities at a Time of Uncertainty
Quelle	In: Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 17 (2013) 1, S.24-29 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3108
DOI	10.1080/13603108.2012.679753
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Quality Control; Rewards; Strategic Planning; Public Policy; Sustainability; Educational Change; Political Influences; Performance Factors; Financial Support; Performance Based Assessment; College Faculty; Competition; Leadership Role; College Administration; Educational Improvement; Educational Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitätskontrolle; Reward; Belohnung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Nachhaltigkeit; Bildungsreform; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Leistungsindikator; Finanzielle Förderung; Leistungsermittlung; Fakultät; Wettkampf; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	The renewal of strategy development and implementation is important in the context of the changing higher education landscape. Changing government policy and the political agenda require a university to engage in careful strategy development and implementation which result in long-term sustainability. The political interest of the government will place more pressure on universities to align their strategy and directions as performance-based rewards are linked to institutional performance outcomes in teaching and research. It is yet to be seen how performance-based funding could improve internal quality assurance in universities as more focus will be on aligning resources to attract performance funding. Such a strategy may not lead to internal enhancements and it may also scrutinise academic work in assessing and rewarding teaching and research performance. Lack of emphasis on careful planning and implementation could have implications for institutions in the current competitive environment. The author concludes that careful and intelligent strategy development and effective implementation and monitoring are based on the quality of institutional leadership which drives change and improvement. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10