Full Description
Higher Education Strategy and Planning draws together a team of expert contributors from across the sector to offer contemporary descriptions of practice in Higher Education and critical reflections on that practice. Many of the tools and techniques transcend the particular national system within which they are situated and therefore have global relevance for all those interested in strategy and planning in Higher Education.
Containing chapters on each of the major functions or capabilities of strategic planners, critiques of global policy trends, framework examples and explanations of the main league tables both in the UK and globally, the book is divided into five main parts:
• Context and Positioning;
• Integrated Planning;
• Centrality, Co-ordination and Connection;
• Analytical Capacity and Capability;
• Insight and Information.
This text offers a contemporary representation of strategic planning and will be an indispensable guide for all those who work in or study Higher Education, particularly aimed at those who work in strategy, planning and leadership roles.
Contents
Foreword
Preface by HESPA Chair
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Part I: Context and Positioning
Chapter 1: Locating Universities in a Globalising World
Chapter 2: The functions of Strategy and Planning
Chapter 3: Developing Institutional Strategy
Part II: Integrated Planning
Chapter 4: The Planning Cycle - a Strategic Conversation
Chapter 5: Student Number Planning
Chapter 6: Generating a research strategy for sustained success and growth
Part III: Centrality, Co-ordination and Connection
Chapter 7: Leadership, Governance and Decision-Making
Chapter 8: Risk Management
Chapter 9: Finance, Resource Allocation and Income Forecasting
Part IV: Analytical Capacity and Capability
Chapter 10: Data Capability across the Information Landscape
Chapter 11: Business Intelligence and Analytics
Part V: Insight and Information
Chapter 12: Indicators for Measuring and Managing Performance
Chapter 13: Benchmarking and Ranking
Chapter 14: Responsible Metrics
