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Peer reviewedCope, Robert G. – Planning for Higher Education, 1985
A contexual model is introduced to simplify planning, to provide an understanding of institutions as interpretive systems, to guide the implementation of better strategic planning, and to provide a research paradigm that may integrate research findings for a better understanding of how the strategic variables are related to one another.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMorrison, James L.; Cope, Robert G. – Planning for Higher Education, 1985
The ways in which a futures and strategic planning preconference workshop provided an environmental scan to identify a number of issues facing higher education are described. Exercises designed to rank and evaluate these issues are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Planning, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedCope, Robert G. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1986
College and university information is poorly developed for the purpose of making strategic choices and management guidance. A strategic triangle, with critical success factors at each vertex, can help model appropriate information. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
Download full textGroff, Warren H.; Cope, Robert G. – 1987
A description is provided of the Snowmass Institutes on "Strategic Planning and Management," a series of week-long workshops designed for college personnel who want to develop a strategic approach to planning and managing their department, division, college/school, institution or system. The basic institute is designed for persons at…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education
Cope, Robert G. – 1981
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…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Role, Decision Making
PDF pending restorationGroff, Warren H.; Cope, Robert G. – 1985
Basic and advanced workshops on strategic planning and management for college personnel were held in 1985. Strategic planning and management includes: (1) assessing an institution's external environment to determine opportunities/threats; (2) auditing an institution's internal environment to determine strengths/weaknesses; (3) using these two sets…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, College Planning, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedCope, Robert G. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1981
The technique of scanning the college environment (on economic, social, technological, and political dimensions for strategic planning purposes) can help identify crucial issues, formulate goals, increase intrainstitutional understanding, and open opportunities. Internal and external communication will be increasingly important in higher education…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Planning, College Role, Futures (of Society)
Cope, Robert G. – 1980
Management aids required in strategic planning are divided into three categories: (1) assessing the environment, (2) providing a process for reaching decisions, and (3) presenting criteria to evaluate strategic decisions. A model for scanning the environment has four dimensions that concern economic, social, knowledge-technology, and public policy…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, College Planning, College Role
Cope, Robert G. – 1987
Appropriate and inappropriate uses of the strategic planning concept are identified, and significant literature on the subject is reviewed that gives both conceptual and practical guidelines. Included is a series of very simple to more complex planning models that colleges and universities can adopt or modify, depending on their circumstances, to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Cope, Robert G. – 1986
Patterns that emerged from reviewing four syllabi for courses on management information systems are discussed. These courses are offered as part of graduate level studies in the field of higher education administration. A proposed outline for a syllabus is also provided. Courses addressing the information requirements for colleges and universities…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Course Content, Course Descriptions
