Strategic University Management

Strategic University Management
Author: Loren Falkenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000286827

Universities are being buffeted by multiple disruptive trends, including increased competition for both funding and students, as well as from new institutions that are nimbler and more responsive to the external environment. To survive this reality, university leaders must engage in effective strategic planning that cascades from the president or vice-chancellor’s office to individual faculty and staff. Outcomes of an effective institutional strategy are the alignment of resource allocation with strategic goals, and the facilitation of clear and transparent decision-making for new program development, research capacity growth, and infrastructure investment. With increasing expectations for university leaders to engage in strategic planning, Strategic University Management: Future Proofing Your Institution provides a practical framework for managing the process and delivering results. This book illustrates that the inherent weaving of strategic planning and organizational culture through engaged consultation facilitates a culture of responsiveness, rather than complacency. Providing an in depth overview of the value strategy can create in universities, it provides a framework for initiating, implementing and assessing strategic planning in a university setting that will make it valuable to researchers, academics, university leaders, and students in the fields of strategic planning, organizational studies, leadership, and higher education management.

Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero-America Region

Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero-America Region
Author: Jairo H. Cifuentes-Madrid
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2015-03-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 331914684X

​This book provides the readers with a map of the higher education systems and strategic management trends in the higher education institutions within countries of the Ibero-America region. The key feature of this volume is the presentation of a conceptual framework as a point of reference for the development of university management systems in a specific context. Furthermore, the book provides an overview of the development of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean, to advance understanding of the changes observed in the institutional strategic management setting. The book examines and compares the types of strategic management processes used, as well as the models of applicability of strategy-making. This analysis is done by cutting through a critical review of the processes and systems of university management used in the various analysed countries, and pays special attention to the actors involved, the processes, the reporting systems, the expectations and the limitations. Additionally, the book introduces a methodology for the identification and implementation of best practice in university strategic management, and presents practical suggestions about the ways in which processes and models can be used to increase quality and competitive advantage.

Strategic Management (color)

Strategic Management (color)
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949373943

Strategic Management (2020) is a 325-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism. The text presents examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today's firms and how they go about implementing those strategies. It includes case studies, end of section key takeaways, exercises, and links to external videos, and an end-of-book glossary. The text is ideal for courses which focus on how organizations operate at the strategic level to be successful. Students will learn how to conduct case analyses, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses.

Comprehensive Strategic Management

Comprehensive Strategic Management
Author: Eric J. Bolland
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2017-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787142256

This breakthrough book provides students and managers alike with an understanding of the concepts and tools of strategy.

Strategic Management in Schools and Colleges

Strategic Management in Schools and Colleges
Author: David Middlewood
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1998-04-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1446265692

`This book is helpful in providing a survey of where education has reached in strategic planning in theory and practice. Helpfully, case studies are scattered throughout so readers can compare themselves with other schools and pick up "do and don′t tips"′ - Management in Education `The strategies presented here are quite useful to provide future directions not only to the managers but also to the planners and trainers′ - Journal of Education Planning and Administration This book examines the issue of strategic management in schools and colleges. The contributors present an overview of theory in order to enhance management practice in education, and articulate good practice on the basis of evidence in education settings. The ideas presented here are derived from international research and practice, and apply to all phases of education, with the emphasis on using the findings to improve practice in schools and colleges.

Strategic Management for School Development

Strategic Management for School Development
Author: Brian Fidler
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2002-09-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761965275

Written at a very accessible and practical level, this book introduces strategic management and provides self-development activities to help educators develop a strategy within their own organizations.

Strategic Management

Strategic Management
Author: Allen Amason
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135234590

Leadership, adaptability, value creation. These are the skills necessary for tomorrow's managers. This book is designed to help students think critically and understand fully how to strategically manage their future firms. .

Building Organizational Capacity

Building Organizational Capacity
Author: J. Douglas Toma
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2010-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0801899400

Every university or college president envisions bold initiatives—big projects intended to change the nature of an institution with significant implications across all sectors. How can leaders and senior managers charged with implementing reforms effectively frame their work and anticipate potential pitfalls? No organization can maximize its capacity, defined as the administrative foundation essential for establishing and sustaining initiatives, without considering its core elements individually and in concert, according to J. Douglas Toma. This book examines eight essential organizational elements—purposes, structure, governance, policies, processes, information, infrastructure, and culture—and illuminates their influence in strategic management through case studies at eight institutions. Building Organizational Capacity situates strategic management within the context of higher education, providing practitioners with the tools to better understand institutional challenges in accomplishing its missions and realizing its aspirations. Toma's clear and well-integrated review of the latest research, as well as his advice for decision makers applying the book's lessons in practice, ensures this volume's place in the growing literature on strategy and management in higher education.

Strategy and Organization

Strategy and Organization
Author: Loizos Heracleous
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2003-08-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107320232

Examining some of the new and emerging issues in strategic management, Loizos Heracleous offers a fresh approach to the established ideas of strategy. Beginning with the historical development of the strategy field, including the influence of industrial organisation and the resource-based view, he develops a new perspective labelled an 'organisational action' view of strategy. This approach is theoretically underlain by organisation theory and takes seriously such issues as the role of agency, the need for a longitudinal focus on process, the complexities of strategy implementation, and organisational facets such as strategic choice, organisational culture, organisational discourses and learning. Combining theoretical subtlety with an applied orientation, Heracleous examines topical areas such as corporate governance, inter-organisational networks, and organising for the future. With original research and extensive surveys of the strategy literature, combined with a strong practical orientation, this book is ideal for MBA students, strategy researchers and the more thoughtful practitioner.

Understanding Strategic Management

Understanding Strategic Management
Author: Anthony Henry
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2011-02-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199581614

This succinct textbook takes students through the key stages of strategic management: analysis, formulation, and implementation, with an emphasis on providing students with the essential tools of analysis.