Strategic Planning towards a World-Class University

2nd International Conference on Innovation in Engineering and Vocational Education

工业技术;教育

Usoh, E.J.^1 ; Ratu, D.^1 ; Manongko, A.^1 ; Taroreh, J.^1 ; Preston, G.^2

Universitas Negeri Manado, Kampus, Tondano

95618, Indonesia^1

University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan

NSW

2308, Australia^2

关键词: Corporate university;    Exploratory research;    Higher education;    In-depth interviews;    Literature reviews;    Qualitative research methods;    Software analysis;    Thematic content analysis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/306/1/012035/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/306/1/012035

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Strategic planning with a focus on world-class university status is an option that cannot be avoided by universities today to survive and succeed in competition as a provider of higher education. The objective of this research is to obtain exploratory research results on the strategic plans of universities that are prepared to generate world-class university status. This research utilised exploratory qualitative research method and data was collected by in-depth interviews method. Interview transcripts were analyzed by using thematic content analysis through NVivo software analysis and manual systems. The main finding of interview shows that most interviewees agreed that UNIMA has been engaged in strategic planning. Contribution from faculties and schools are acknowledged and inform the planning process. However, a new model of strategic planning should be adopted by UNIMA due to the shift towards a "corporate university". The finding results from documents, literature review and interview were the addition of world-class university characteristics and features to current strategic planning of UNIMA and how to upgrade by considering to use the characteristics and features towards world-class university.