Download or read book Competitive Advantage and Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education written by Kefa Rabah and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competitiveness is an interesting subject nowadays, and today has permeated from local to global business of all sorts. With the current globalization of the markets, basically there is no sector where the competition has not grown significantly including the higher education sector; which has become a classic study of the transition from a benign, stable and non-competitive environment to a highly dynamic, unpredictable one. The domestic HEIs in Kenya is no exception; in most cases, both private and public higher educational institutions tend to duplicate programmes and courses; and under the Module II programme public universities source their private sponsored students from the same pool as the private one - thus increasing the severity of competition among these institutions in the local marketplace - this in most cases does stunt the students enrollment numbers, and hence, a great strain in financial resources and ability to survive in the long run. To cope with this challenges, HEIs that are better equipped to respond to market requirements, and are prepared to make constant improvements in the efficiency, performance, and hence, their academic and administrative affairs, are expected to gain and sustain competitive advantage and in the long-run organizational effectiveness and thus survival. In this study, the researcher used multiple strategic theories: the Porter's theories of competitiveness, the theory resources and capabilities (RBV), the stakeholders' engagement theory to test the competitiveness of Kabarak University and its ability to gain competitive advantage and hence organizational effectiveness in the marketplace. A research survey of senior administrative staff of Kabarak University was undertaken. A total of 45 questionnaires were distributed, from which 33 usable questionnaires were obtained, giving as effective response rate of 73%. Within the nature and scope of this study, many questions were raised; some were adequately answered, with many pending thus opening many more areas for future research study. For the organizational resources perspective: students educational satisfaction, student academic & personal development, capacity to maintain or expand resource base, professional development and quality of faculty, resource for quality programs, faculty and students, and finally ability to acquire, save and use resource effectively clearly came out as the most critical requirements for the University to gain competitiveness. From Porter's generic competitive strategies it seems that the University is kind of "stuck-in--the middle, which in effect is due to the failure to develop strategic directions by the managers: in market share, internal generated capital resources, and overhead controls to be a market leader. From organizational resources undertaking: Under stakeholders engagement two critical factors clearly came out strongly: collaboration with private business/industry enterprise and partnership with other higher education institutions that are need to strengthen its competiveness was found to be inadequate. For organizational effectiveness: staff performance in teaching and academic, institutional reputation and distinctiveness came out as most important factors that would allow the University to gain competitive advantage over its competitors. As a result a series of action can be taken by the University, including: students enrolment and retention strategy, acquiring and retention of competent faculties, advocating for strategic alliance and partnership with high schools and middle-level colleges, advocating for industry-academia collaboration, ensuring curriculum design in line with today's industry requirements, and finally innovation among others. Finally, the study has the potential to contribute to improvement in the strategic management and policy making in both public and private HEIs in Kenya.

Download or read book Differentiate Or Decline written by Brett Andrews and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that organizations competing in mature markets need to set themselves apart from the competition. In Differentiate or Decline, Andrews, Roller, and Migliore show today's colleges and universities how to seize control of their competitive strategy and kick-start enrollment growth by using the same techniques that major corporations use to dominate the competition. The authors make the case that due to disruptions in the market for higher education that the strategic landscape of the industry is irrevocably changed. Thus, a differentiated value proposition is necessary to assist universities in positioning themselves to compete in a global economy. From the Introduction Advance praise for Differentiate or Decline "Bullseye! Andrews, Roller, & Migliore offer clear, sound, and timeless insights to guide administrators through the process of understanding their unique role in the marketplace, creating a compelling organizational strategy, and effectively accomplishing the institution's most important goals. It's the education that higher education so desperately needs." --Ben LeVan, Ph.D., President of Propel, LLC. "This book is required reading for any university leader. The book's contents provide a detailed manual for the development of a solid business plan that is critical to any university's success. Whether you have been leading for years or are in your first leadership assignment, this book has something for you. All leaders work daily to improve their skills. This book will improve both your university and your individual leadership skills. Get the book, read it, implement the contents, and watch great things happen." --Robert M. Myers, DBA, President, Toccoa Falls College "Anyone involved in higher education knows that the paradigm has shifted. Gone are the days of growing enrollment, annual tuition hikes and no concern for competition. In the face of weak financial positions, market saturation, and decline in available students, Christian Higher Education especially needs to find another way. Differentiate or Decline takes a fresh look at these challenges by applying proven strategic management techniques in a new way. There is a lot to learn from our for-profit mentors that just might help your institution differentiate and avoid inevitable decline." --Dr. Jeffrey Fawcett, Dean, School of Business, Grace College "Andrews, Roller, & Migliore make a strong case that private Christian higher education must adapt to continuing changes in market forces, the weakened fiscal viability of higher education, and the market saturation that occurs when old geographic boundaries are removed by a new model of competitive reach. They propose that habitual strategic foresight (detecting early indicators of emerging challenges) must be cultivated as a prelude to strategic planning processes. The book unpacks those processes in detail with cogent higher education examples and provides clear pathways for an institution to follow to identify its competitive advantage and value proposition. This concise book will be helpful to the leaders of any institution that wants to take a fresh look at itself in light of contemporary challenges." --Dr. Mark Stanton, Provost, Azusa Pacific University

Download or read book What Makes a High Performance Organization written by Andre A de Waal and published by Warden Press. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can today's managers concentrate on what really matters to improve the performance of their organization, to reach outstanding goals? The answer is in What Makes an HPO. The five critical factors of the HPO Framework - Management Quality, Openness & Action-Orientation, Long-Term Orientation, Continuous Improvement & Renewal and Employee Quality - will help you turn your organization into an HPO. This book shows you what to concentrate on, how others have done it, and how to achieve it yourself. The HPO Framework is the result of a global five-year research project into the genuine success factors of High Performance Organizations (HPOs). The HPO Center, led by Dr de Waal, discovered what really works on the ground in every type of organization rather than what managers think should, or might have, worked. In his book André de Waal gives many real-life examples from a variety of sectors including Finance, Retail, Industry, ICT, High Education and Government, all illustrating the successful workings of the HPO Framework in organizations worldwide. Also included are many interviews with HPO leaders at Microsoft, SABMiller, Svenska Handelsbanken, HP, Tata Steel, Umpqua Bank, Unilever and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

Download or read book Higher Education Stratification and Workforce Development written by Sheila Slaughter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work analyses how political economic shifts contribute to competition within higher education systems in the US, EU, and Canada. The authors highlight competition for prestige and public and private subsidies, exploring the consequences of these processes through theoretical and empirical analyses. Accordingly, the work highlights topics that will be of interest to a wide range of audiences. Concepts addressed include stratification, privatization of formerly public subsidies, preference for “high tech” academic fields, and the vocationalization of the curriculum (i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics: [STEM] fields, selected professions, and business) rather than the liberal arts or the Humboldtian vision of the university. Across national contexts and analytic methods, authors analyze the growth of national policies that see universities as a sub set of economic development, casting universities as corporate research laboratories and education as central to job creation. Throughout the volume, the authors make the case that national and regional approaches to politics and markets result in different experiences of consequences of academic capitalism. While these shifts serve the interests of some institutions, others find themselves struggling to meet ever-greater expectations with stagnant or shrinking resource bases.

Download or read book Knowledge Management in Higher Education Effectiveness Success Factors and Organisational Performance written by Armel Djangone and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In today business environment, Higher education institutions are facing a common challenge in the wake of rapid changes due to substantial drops in public funding for public colleges and universities, a larger number of calls for transparency, rapid expansion of the global business. To survive, organizations of higher education must improve their performance continually. Researchers reported that knowledge and effectively managing knowledge can help HEIs improve their performance by solving many of these problems and acquire and sustain competitive advantage. It is beneficial to explore the factors that impact the effective implementation of knowledge management within higher education institutions. These factors are organizational culture, and leadership styles. Additionally, it is essential to investigate the leadership style that best supports effective implementation of knowledge management. This study sought to examine the relationship between organizational culture (mission, adaptability, involvement, consistency), leadership styles (transformational and transactional), knowledge management effectiveness, and organizational performance. The study also analyzed the mediating role of organizational culture on the relationship between leadership styles and knowledge management effectiveness. Based on existing literature, eight hypotheses and a conceptual model were developed regarding the relationships of the five constructs: organizational culture, transformational and transformational leadership, knowledge management effectiveness and organizational performance. All constructs are measured by multi-items scales. For this study, organizational performance and knowledge management effectiveness were taken as dependents variables. Leadership styles of transformational and transactional and organizational culture were taken as independent variables. Organizational culture (mission, consistency, adaptability, and involvement) served as mediator variable. A questionnaire was used to collect data; this questionnaire was administered to 251 faculty and administrative leaders employed at 20 universities and colleges across the United States of America. Only 136 were entirely completed and deemed useful for the study. Structural equation modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis within SEM were adopted for data analysis. Results were presented using frequency distribution tables and graphs. Key findings suggested that organizational culture and transformational leadership impacted knowledge management effectiveness. But transactional leadership did not. Consequently, knowledge management effectiveness impacted organizational performance. While organizational culture mediated the effects of transformational leadership on knowledge management effectiveness, no mediating effect of organizational culture was found on the effect of transactional leadership on knowledge management effectiveness. Organizational culture has the largest positive impact on knowledge management effectiveness. These results may inform the successful implementation of KM practices, which in term improve the performance of higher educational institutions across the United States of America." -- Abstract (leaves iv-v)

Download or read book ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION written by Dr. Shefali Pandya and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing the Big Picture in Colleges and Universities written by Richard L. Alfred and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to serve as a road map for strategy creation and execution for leaders and decision makers who, by choice or by necessity, are looking to use strategy to optimize the development of their institutions. It is the first book of its kind to focus exclusively on strategy as it applies to postsecondary education. As the authors explain, strategy is a systematic way of positioning an institution within a context of community stakeholders. In today's competitive environment, higher education leaders must become adept at differentiating their institutions from competitors to obtain the resources necessary for growth and sustainable advantage. The book begins by explaining the concept of strategy and its application. The authors describe the evolution of modern strategy and how it is has been applied and developed by strategy theorists and practitioners. The book also explores how strategy is shaped by critical factors related to the mission, control and culture of the institution. For example, strategy that is appropriate in a liberal arts college may be completely inappropriate for community college or a teaching university. Real-world cases are employed to illustrate the applications of strategy in three different settings: a private liberal arts college, a comprehensive public institution, and a special purpose institution. The last section moves to the hands-on world of strategy formulation and implementation inside the institution. The authors end with an outline of key concepts for building a plan for implementing strategy and provide a framework for evaluating its impact.

Download or read book Knowledge Management and Competitive Advantage Issues and Potential Solutions written by Chilton, Michael A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines current research in support of knowledge management by focusing on how knowledge resources can be used to create and sustain competitive advantages, combining imitation and innovation theories"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Innovative Strategy Making in Higher Education written by Mario Martinez and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to offer higher education leaders, scholars, consultants, and observers a full range of strategy tools that can be applied to the higher education industry. This is accomplished by a) introducing new concepts and tools to give a comprehensive view of strategy making in higher education, beyond strategic planning, b) demonstrating the value of the concepts and tools through description and application for different types of institutions (universities, community colleges, for-profit colleges, etc.) and at different levels within institutions (institutional, college, department, etc.), and c) providing guidance on the appropriate uses of the various tools. The last point is especially important, as applying business-like principles to higher education often receives heavy criticism. The book helps readers decipher the appropriate uses of different strategy tools to the higher education industry, but the book also points out dangers and weaknesses. All of this is done within today’s context of political, economic, demographic, and global realities.

Download or read book Competitive Advantage written by Cam Caldwell and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As firms struggle in the modern era to achieve financial success, many recognize that a global economy has made their task more challenging than ever before. Universal access to the latest information and the ability to duplicate technological capabilities make it difficult for firms to sustain previously existing competitive advantages.Business leaders understand that the challenges that they face require a new and much more behavioral approach to managing their companies than has been successful in the past. In this volume, we address the quest for success in a world where innovation and constant change threaten the status quo.Today's successful leaders recognize the importance of creating organizational cultures that build trust, treat employees as valued partners, and provide those employees with the resources to constantly learn.Emphasizing a value-based and behavioral approach to managing employees, many of the chapters of this book address the importance of a strategic approach that is committed to both organizational excellence and the best interests of a company's employees.Nearly eighty years ago, Chester Barnard emphasized that successful organizations both pursue a worthy purpose that benefits society and strive to satisfy the individual needs of its membership. This volume endorses the importance that successful organizations today are committed to values that inspire others, work for the best interests of the global community, and demonstrate a commitment to constant improvement.The theme of this volume is that competitive advantage can best be achieved by leaders and companies that are constantly learning, looking for more effective and efficient ways to assist customers, and those who are dedicated to innovation and the pursuit of excellence.

Download or read book Performance written by Richard L. Alfred and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding performance requires asking fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of an organization: What is its business? Whom does it serve? What do stakeholders want and expect? What do they get? How does the organization conceive of and measure results? How do stakeholders feel about results the organization is generating? Answers to these questions require a framework for analysis comprised of three essential ingredients: stakeholders, results and improvement strategies. Organizational performance is given segmental treatment in literature and research. Numerous articles and books have been written on related topics such as outcomes assessment, organizational effectiveness, and cost-benefit analysis, but each approaches the subject from a singular perspective. In this book, organizational performance is viewed through multiple lenses so that its different dimensions can be understood and appreciated. The view is broad and far-reaching in the beginning and specific toward the end, where actions organizations can take to improve performance are described. Recognizing that performance is context specific, colleges and universities are used in this book as the medium for examining performance. This book is written for current and future leaders in profit and non-profit organizations who find scholarly books unimaginative, protracted, and detached from practice. Senior executives, while familiar with many of the basic concepts, will find exceptions to current conceptions of organizational performance and practices used to measure and report performance. Performance: The Dynamic of Results in Postsecondary Organizations will be particularly useful to: college and university administrators; corporate executives and managers; managers in non-profit,policy making and advocacy organizations; graduate program faculty and students; and management consulting organizations.

Download or read book Strategic Planning Management and Decision Making written by Robert G. Cope and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent applications of the strategic planning approach in colleges and universities and techniques necessary for its application are reviewed. In addition, the intellectual roots of strategic planning are traced, and strategic planning is defined and contrasted with long-range planning. It is suggested that strategic planning addresses the total institution and attempts to address the total environment. Five areas of the strategic planning process are identified: establishing the mission, role, and scope of the institution; analyzing data on the internal operations; analyzing data on the external environment; matching institutional mission and strengths in order to capitalize on opportunities for alternative formulations of policy; and choosing the strategies that are consistent with the institutions' values, are economically justifiable, are politically attainable, and are consistent with serving social needs. Among the most substantial modern roots of the concept of strategic planning, in chronological order of development, are the following: geopolitical theory; field theory; general system theory; transdisciplinary, management school policy studies; the concepts and technique of marketing; and the concepts of organizational effectiveness. Approaches to scanning environmental information include: tracking new ideas that appear in the higher education literature; using a cross-impact paradigm that integrates national trends, local trends, values, and institutional sectors; developing a probability-diffusion matrix for events and trends; force-field analysis; and using value profiles.

Download or read book Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage written by Bertrand Moingeon and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1996-10-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines a dynamic, learning-centred approach to strategy, establishing the link between learning processes and competitive advantage, and examining the 'resource-based view of the firm' with reference to its importance for strategic change.

Download or read book Enhancing Academic Research and Higher Education With Knowledge Management Principles written by Zyngier, Suzanne and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge management principles, strategies, models, tools, and techniques have been proven in government, business, and industry. More recently, knowledge management has emerged as an essential enabler for the successful pursuit of scholarly activities in higher education. Knowledge management has significant contributions to make in capturing, storing, processing, and disseminating knowledge between and across these stakeholder entities and their processes to better support these interrelated processes and activities. Given the impetus provided by the United Nations Global Knowledge Economy Policy, institutions worldwide are actively pursuing the use of knowledge management in all facets of social and economic development. The importance of knowledge management research and application in academia is a critical element of this multifaceted endeavor. Enhancing Academic Research and Higher Education With Knowledge Management Principles is a compendium of cutting-edge research on the use of knowledge management in higher education and provides original, theoretical, and application-oriented research within this domain. The book will also provide insights on the management of expertise, knowledge, information, and organizational development in different types of work communities and environments. By including research on global perspectives, the implementation of knowledge management at universities, current trends in the field, and the results, this book is a valuable reference work for professionals and researchers working in the field of information and knowledge management in various disciplines, and academics, analysts, developers, students, technologists, education consultants, higher education administrators, academicians, stakeholders, and practitioners seeking to learn, improve, and expand their theoretical and applied knowledge of knowledge management tools and techniques, models, processes, and systems in higher education.

Download or read book Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage During Economic Crisis written by Ordoñez de Pablos, Patricia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategy management has always been a crucial business aspect that a company must understand to remain successful in the business world. However, there are a number of different approaches that a company can employ in order to differentiate themselves from the competition. Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage During Economic Crisis brings together the various approaches that affect the superiority of a company’s organizational performance and the gains they can make over their competitors. By focusing on concepts such as organizational learning and intellectual capital, this book is an indispensable reference source for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and business managers interested in understanding what approaches are necessary to ensure superior organizational performance.

Download or read book Beyond Performance written by Scott Keller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret of achieving and sustaining organizational excellence revealed In an ever-changing world where only a third of excellent organizations stay that way over the long term, and where even fewer are able to implement successful change programs, leaders are in need of big ideas and new tools to thrive. In Beyond Performance, McKinsey & Company's Scott Keller and Colin Price give you everything you need to build an organization that can execute in the short run and has the vitality to prosper over the long term. Drawing on the most exhaustive research effort of its kind on organizational effectiveness and change management, Keller and Price put hard science behind their big idea: that the health of an organization is equally as important as its performance. In the book's foreword, management guru Gary Hamel refers to this notion as "a new manifesto for thinking about organizations." The authors illustrate why copying management best practices from other companies is more dangerous than helpful Clearly explains how to determine the mutually reinforcing combination of management practices that best fits your organization's context Provides practical tools to achieve superior levels of performance and health through a staged change process: aspire, assess, architect, act, and advance. Among these are new techniques for dealing with those aspects of human behavior that are seemingly irrational (and therefore confound even the smartest leaders), yet entirely predictable Ultimately, building a healthy organization is an intangible asset that competitors copy at their peril and that enables you to skillfully adapt to and shape your environment faster than others—giving you the ultimate competitive advantage.

Download or read book BASA 2019 written by Prasetyo Adi Wisnu Wibowo and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceeding contains selected papers of The International Seminar On Recent Language, Literature, And Local Culture Studies “Kajian Mutakhir Bahasa, Sastra, Dan Budaya Daerah (BASA)” held on 20-21 September 2019 in Solo, Indonesia. The conference which was organized by Sastra Daerah, Faculty of Cultural Sciences Universitas Sebelas Maret and Culture Studies Postgraduate Program of Universitas Sebelas Maret. The conference accommodates topics for linguistics in general including issues in language, literature, local cultural studies, philology, folklore, oral literature, history, art, education, etc. Selecting and reviewing process for the The International Seminar On Recent Language, Literature, And Local Culture Studies “Kajian Mutakhir Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya Daerah” was very challenging in that it needs a goodwill of those who were involved in such a process. More than ten experts were invited in reviewing, giving suggestions for revision and at last selecting the papers. On that account, we would like to forward our appreciation and our gratefulness to such invited experts for having done the process. The committee received more than 180 papers from the participants and based on the results of the review, only 141 papers were declared fit to be presented at the seminar and subsequently published in the proceedings of BASA#3-2019 Papers in the proceeding are expected to give academic benefits, especially in broadening the horizon of our understanding in language, literature, and local culture studies. We realize that what we are presenting for the publication is till far for being perfect. Constructive criticism is very much welcome for improvement. Finally, the committees thank for the participation and congratulate for the publication of the papers in the proceedings of BASA#3-2019. The committees also thank all those who have supported and actively participated for the success of this event. Hopefully these Proceedings can be used as references in developing technology and improving learning activities in the fields of education, social, arts and humanities.