ERIC Number: EJ802959
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-354X
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Strategic Capability Development in the Higher Education Sector
Brown, Paul
International Journal of Educational Management, v18 n7 p436-445 2004
The research adopts a case study approach (in higher education) to investigate how strategic capabilities might be developed in an organisation through strategic management development (SMD). SMD is defined as "Management development interventions which are intended to enhance the strategic capability and corporate performance of an organisation". Causal networks, showing how strategic capability and strategic management processes can be developed, are constructed, and a hypothesis is proposed. This postulates that to be effective, SMD programmes need to be matched with the organisation's level of commitment to strategic management and the degree of maturity of its strategic management processes and competences. This is explored in a tentative typology which shows how four different levels of commitment to strategic management might be matched with key characteristics of SMD programmes. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Management Development, Competency Based Education, Hypothesis Testing, Organizational Development, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Interviews, Skill Development, Training Objectives, Educational Administration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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