Effective Strategic Planning in Australian Universities: How Good Are We and How Do We Know?

Autor/in	Howes, Tess
Titel	Effective Strategic Planning in Australian Universities: How Good Are We and How Do We Know?
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 40 (2018) 5, S.442-457 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2018.1501635
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Strategic Planning; Higher Education; Educational History; Leadership Responsibility; Administrator Role; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Australien
Abstract	Strategic planning was introduced to Australian universities as part of the Commonwealth Government higher education reforms of 1988. The 'Dawkins Reforms' implemented extensive structural reform, changed executive leadership roles and responsibilities, commenced the 'managerialisation' of the Australian university sector, introduced the Higher Education Contribution Scheme and facilitated the transformation of Australian universities from collegial academies to modern, 'enterprise' universities. There is an abundance of published marketing material celebrating 'effective' strategic planning outcomes in the myriad of strategic plans published by Australian universities. Yet, a recent study indicates that strategic planning remains a contested internal leadership function in Australian universities almost 30 years after traditional academic planning was replaced with commercially-focused strategic planning. This paper will review the effectiveness of strategic planning practices in Australian universities guided by the rhetorical question: 'how good are we and how do we know?' (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01