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Successful strategic planning / Michael J. Dooris, John M. Kelley, James F. Trainer, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New directions for institutional research 1536-075X ; no. 123.
- New directions for institutional research, 1536-075X ; no. 123
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Universities and colleges.
- Planning.
- Administration.
- United States.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Planning.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Administration--Case studies.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Planning--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 141 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004]
- Summary:
- This volume of New Directions for Institutional Research serves as a primer on strategic planning in higher education. The editors have four specific objectives. First, the volume is an introduction to strategic planning in general. Second, it describes how colleges and professional schools of various types have used a number of practical planning tools and methodologies that can support strategic planning efforts on other campuses. Third, the volume goes beyond the planning process as an activity in and of itself to emphasize plan implementation and infusion throughout the organization. Finally, the volume encourages planning and institutional research staff to identify and seek out opportunities to engage in and support the planning process.
- Planning reflects the human appetite to better our condition. In the business world, bettering one's condition entails capturing market share and improving profits. In higher education, bettering one's condition means hiring better faculty, recruiting stronger students, upgrading facilities, strengthening academic programs and student services, and acquiring the resources needed to accomplish these things. Since most institutions of higher education share a similar mission and compete for these same objectives, the "strategic" part of strategic planning involves shaping the institution so as to ensure mission attainment by capturing and maintaining a market niche in the competition for resources, faculty, and students. Thus strategic planning has both external and internal faces, and it can be done well or poorly, successfully or unsuccessfully.
- Contents:
- Strategic planning in higher education / Michael J. Dooris, John M. Kelley, James F. Trainer
- Accreditation as a catalyst for institutional effectiveness / Ann H. Dodd
- Strategic planning via Baldrige: lessons learned / John Jasinski
- Applying ad hoc institutional research findings to college strategic planning / Craig A. Clagett
- Linking planning, quality improvement, and institutional research / Daniel Seymour, John M. Kelley, John Jasinski
- Linking planning, quality improvement, and IR: Los Angeles City College / Daniel Seymour
- Strategic planning and budgeting to achieve core missions / Heather J. Haberaecker
- Integrated planning for enrollment, facilities, budget, and staffing: Penn State University / Louise E. Sandmeyer, Michael J. Dooris, Robert W. Barlock
- A team approach to goal attainment: Villanova University / John M. Kelley, James F. Trainer
- Future-search conferences at Cornell University / Chester C. Warzynski
- Strategic planning at Carroll Community College / Craig A. Clagett
- Moving the strategic plan off the shelf and into action at the University of Wisconsin-Madison / Kathleen A. Paris
- Models and tools for strategic planning / James F. Trainer.
- Notes:
- "Fall 2004."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0787977926
- OCLC:
- 57216174
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