Institutional Strategic Planning

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the importance of mission, vision, values, goals and objectives in strategic planning for academic institutions. The paper explains characteristics of quality mission statements and external and internal trends which may cause a change in the mission. The paper explores quality vision statements and the manner in which vision statements guide the strategic plan. The paper examines a set of academic institutions and concludes that a proper strategic plan designed in accordance with the institution's resources and needs is the best approach toward achieving long-term success and optimizing the activity of the institution.

Outline:
Introduction
Mission
Vision
Values
Goals
Objectives- Means of Achieving Goals
The Importance of All the Components of a Strategic Plan
Examining a Set of Academic Institutions
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Each organization must devise its plans according to the specifics of its activity. There is not only one correct manner of approaching this matter. It is certain that institutions differ each from the other (even if they conduct their activities in the same branch, higher education) and, in accordance with this, their strategies will also vary."
"The mission of an academic institution is to provide the best educational support for the students who are seeking to develop their professional skills. Due to the fact that a higher education institute is frequented only by the persons interested in further studies (not compulsory), it must offer quality and timeliness information, adapted to the current state of affairs in the domain."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cal U University Core Values, Retrieved on December 8th, 2006 from California University of Pennsylvania web site: http://www.cup.edu/aboutus/index.jsp?pageId=1580830010421122045086225
• Cal U University Goals and Objectives, Retrieved on December 8th, 2006 from California University of Pennsylvania web site: http://www.cup.edu/aboutus/index.jsp?pageId=1580830010421122038191337
• Cal U University Mission Statement, Retrieved on December 8th, 2006 from California University of Pennsylvania web site: http://www.cup.edu/aboutus/index.jsp?pageId=1580830010421122038176710
• Cal U University Strategic Plan 2005, Retrieved on December 8th, 2006 from California University of Pennsylvania web site: http://www.cup.edu/aboutus/index.jsp?pageId=1580830010421122045256789
• Duquesne University- Strategic Plan 2003-2008, (2002), Retrieved on December 8th, 2006, from Duquesne University's web site http://www.mission.duq.edu/

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