Implementing College Strategic Plans
Implementing College Strategic Plans

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Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781853384004

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This document, which is intended for individuals responsible for planning and management at further education (FE) colleges, summarizes the factors that contributed to or obstructed implementation of strategic plans in 10 FE colleges in England and Wales in 1994-95. It presents key questions and illustrations that FE colleges can use for conducting self-assessments/team reviews of strategic plans and formulating action plans. Presented in the introduction are an executive summary, guidelines for using the document, and discussions of the model of organizational change known as the 7-S Framework and the role of strategic planning in FE colleges. Part 1 discusses producing a strategic plan and managing, monitoring, and reviewing its implementation. The remaining eight sections of part 1 use an adapted version of the 7-S model to categorize the identified factors: strategy, structure, systems, style, shared values, staff, and resources. Each section includes illustrations from the 10 colleges' experiences and key questions for purposes of self-assessment, discussion, review, and planning. In part 2, the key questions are presented in checklist form. Appendixes contain information about the project colleges and their objectives, acknowledgements, and seven references. (MN)

Effective School Management
Effective School Management

Author: K.B. Everard

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2004-05-26

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781412900492

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This popular book has been thoroughly updated for its fourth edition, and is even more directed towards the leadership demands on managers, both within the school and in its community setting.

Strategic Planning for Public Libraries
Strategic Planning for Public Libraries

Author: Joy L. Fuller

Publisher: Library Association Publishing (UK)

Published: 2021-09-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780838947753

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Strategic Planning for Public Libraries is a complete planning toolkit. Each purchase comes with a downloadable supplemental folder full of reusable templates, worksheets, as well as real-life examples from other libraries to help guide the reader through the planning process. This book provides a framework that any library, whether it serves urban, suburban, or rural communities, can use as a basis for its strategic planning.

Strategy Journeys
Strategy Journeys

Author: David Booth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-14

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1317049292

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Strategy Journeys starts from the premise that strategic planning suffers from a bad press: it can be seen as complex, technical, remote from the day-to-day reality of an organisation, undertaken by an elite specialist executive group, producing threatening changes whose rationale is barely understood – or, perhaps worse still, having no worthwhile impact at all. For many senior executives, strategic planning is too daunting a task, which is why they often seek help from those with the expertise to guide the process: they have a severe lack of confidence in their own ability to design, plan and implement such an important and major project. Yet organisations have never had greater need for a flexible, resilient and engaging approach to strategic planning than now. How do those leading an organisation know where to start, what approach to take and how to go about the process of strategic planning? David Booth aims to help them by demystifying the concept and propounding a ‘first principles’ approach to developing a strategic plan within the context of the individual organisation and with the flexibility to adapt the process to focus on what really matters. He suggests the key questions that should be asked when considering embarking on a strategic planning ‘journey’ to help design and guide the process.

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Author: John M. Bryson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-07-05

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 1118050533

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How can leaders use strategic planning to strengthen their public and nonprofit organizations? In this fourth edition of his perennial bestseller Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Bryson provides the most updated version of his thoughtful strategic planning model and outlines the reasons public and nonprofit organizations must embrace strategic planning to improve their performance. Introduced in the first edition and refined over the past 18 years, the Strategy Change Cycle--a proven planning process used successfully by a large number of nonprofit and public organizations--is the framework used to guide the reader through the strategic planning process. Bryson offers detailed guidance on implementing the process, and specific tools and techniques to make the process work in any organization. In addition, he clarifies the organizational designs through which strategic thought and action will be encouraged and embraced throughout an entire organization. In addition to updated examples, new cases, and additional information on boundaries, distinctive competencies, Actor-Network theory, Bryson will creat an instructor's manual with sample syllabi, PowerPoint teaching slides, and additional cases.

Strategic Management for School Development
Strategic Management for School Development

Author: Brian Fidler

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2002-09-16

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780761965275

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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.

Education Finance for School Leaders
Education Finance for School Leaders

Author: C. William Garner

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This practical, easy-to-read guide explains the "why," "What," and "how" of school finance to those who need to understand the fundamentals of financial management. It allows readers to make the kind of informed, effective decisions that serve both the student body and the school's bottom line. Coverage incorporates the history of school finance and the changes that have come about in recent years; aligns its content to the most recent NCATE standards; and provides enough of the "nuts and bolts" of financing to ensure that the reader will easily grasp the subject. An expansive Resources for Administrators section at the end of the book provides the numerical standards used by all state Departments of Education and a comprehensive glossary of specialized financial terms make this book an excellent resource. A must-have desk reference for administrators in all facets of the education system. This book is also useful for those who sit on Education Boards, as well as those who make decisions about their community's use of resources.