University Strategy 2020
University Strategy 2020

Author: Mike Baxter

Publisher: Goal Atlas

Published: 2019-04-05

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13:

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What is a strategy? What does it contain? How should it be developed? How should it drive change? Based on an analysis of the published strategies of 52 UK universities and interviews with 28 university leaders, this report combines evidence-based strategy research with recommendations on best-practice strategy design. It presents, for the first time, the Strategy Design Framework derived from the author's 10,000+ hours of strategy consulting with some of the worlds biggest brands. This framework provides a simple yet practical tool for managing strategy across the entire strategy lifecycle: development, validation, deployment, monitoring and governance. Whilst the report aims to help senior leaders and those involved in shaping the strategic direction of universities to make sense of strategy, it also serves as a practical handbook for anyone involved in strategy design for business. It tackles some of the big questions for strategic planners such as what are the key purposes a strategy should serve in large, complex 21st century organisations, and what components should a good strategy contain to serve those purposes well?

The Strategy Manual
The Strategy Manual

Author: Mike Baxter

Publisher: Goal Atlas

Published: 2020-10-28

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1838276017

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The Strategy Manual is a practical handbook for anyone interested in the creation, management or governance of strategy. It demystifies strategy and provides a step-by-step guide on how to do it well.

University Strategy 2020
University Strategy 2020

Author: Mike Baxter

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781838276089

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What is a strategy? What does it contain? How should it be developed? How should it drive change? Based on an analysis of the published strategies of 52 UK universities and interviews with 28 university leaders, this report combines evidence-based strategy research with recommendations on best-practice strategy design. It presents, for the first time, the Strategy Design Framework derived from the author's 10,000+ hours of strategy consulting with some of the worlds biggest brands. This framework provides a simple yet practical tool for managing strategy across the entire strategy lifecycle: development, validation, deployment, monitoring and governance. Whilst the report aims to help senior leaders and those involved in shaping the strategic direction of universities to make sense of strategy, it also serves as a practical handbook for anyone involved in strategy design for business. It tackles some of the big questions for strategic planners such as what are the key purposes a strategy should serve in large, complex 21st century organisations, and what components should a good strategy contain to serve those purposes well?

University-Industry Collaboration Strategies in the Digital Era
University-Industry Collaboration Strategies in the Digital Era

Author: Günay, Durmu?

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-01-29

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1799839028

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Competitive strategies and higher education-industry collaboration policies are playing a vital role in fostering the reputation and international rankings of higher education institutions. The positive impact of these policies may best be observed in the economic and social outputs of many countries such as the USA, Singapore, South Korea, and European Union (EU) countries such as Belgium, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. However, the number of academic publications that specifically concentrate on the impact of these policies on higher education institutions and authorities remains relatively limited. University-Industry Collaboration Strategies in the Digital Era is an essential research publication that provides comprehensive research on competitive strategies for higher education institutions that will allow them to forge beneficial partnerships with industries that will have a significant impact on their success. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as human resource management, network planning, and institutional structure, this book is ideal for administrators, education professionals, academicians, researchers, policymakers, and students.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education

Author: Wendy M. Purcell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-01-12

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 135024435X

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This Handbook illustrates that universities per se and higher education in general are essential to catalyze and action the transformative change needed for sustainability and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. Part One shows how sustainability can be adopted as a driver of change within higher education institutions (HEIs), as they react and respond to influencing factors outside the academy. Part Two examines how a university working with and for sustainability can influence, effect and amplify change beyond the institution, working with and through others. International contributors explore regional, national and international perspectives, presenting a variety of critically assessed accounts case studies that reflect different local and national contexts, institutional archetypes and academic missions. Frameworks of sustainability-led transformation are illustrated at the level of the institution (executive/administrative), organization, culture, place-based (anchor) and student in various countries including Aruba, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The book concludes with a manifesto for change and a call to action. It identifies that the sustainability journey of a HEI is influenced by context and place, with mission, leadership and strategy playing a vital role and change agency by students a key ingredient. Recognizing the patience and resolve to effect change, communication, dialogue and inclusion were central to community building and partnership.

Strategic University Management
Strategic University Management

Author: Loren Falkenberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-09

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1000286827

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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.

Handbook of Digital Higher Education
Handbook of Digital Higher Education

Author: Sharpe, Rhona

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-06-10

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 180088849X

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With the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly escalating higher education’s move online, this timely Handbook offers holistic conceptualisations of digital higher education which consider personal, pedagogic, and organisational level change. Key findings from digital education research are aligned with case studies of institutional practices, to consider the current and future role of digital technologies in higher education.

The Strategies of Australia’s Universities
The Strategies of Australia’s Universities

Author: Timothy Devinney

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9811533970

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Over the last few decades universities in Australia and overseas have been criticized for not meeting the needs and expectations of the societies in which they operate. At the heart of this problem is their strategy. This book reviews the organizational-level strategies of some of Australia’s prominent universities. It is based on their public documents that boldly report how they see their role in society and how they intend to navigate the future. These strategic statements are written to proclaim relevance, showcase achievements, attract students, and help to gain the support of the communities in which they operate. Using a strategy framework taught in their business schools, this book suggests that most such statements are deficient. Grand aspirations substitute for realistic operations and outcomes. The analysis also suggests that many of Australia’s universities are poorly governed and have become too complex and bureaucratic. A greater focus on their core responsibilities would help alleviate their current funding predicament.

Competitive Strategy
Competitive Strategy

Author: Michael E. Porter

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780684005775

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In this pathbreaking book, Michael E. Porter unravels the rules that govern competition and turns them into powerful analytical tools to help management interpret market signals and forecast the direction of industry development.

The Corporatization and Environmental Sustainability of Australian Universities
The Corporatization and Environmental Sustainability of Australian Universities

Author: Hans Baer

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-08

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 100098429X

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Analysing the juxtaposition of two trends in universities – corporatisation and environmental sustainability – this book explores how they are more contradictory than compatible. Hans A Baer argues that this contradiction is unavoidable because of the capitalist parameters in which they operate, including a commitment to on-going economic growth which contributes to social inequality, environmental degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing on archival sources and Baer’s experiences in university sustainability forums, the book exposes how what universities claim to do in relation to environmental sustainability compares with their research, educational, operational and institutional activities. Presenting a critique of and a radical alternative to the status quo, this book is suitable for academics and students of anthropology, environmental studies and higher education.