Best Practice in University Strategic Management’s Conceptual Framework

Abstract

This article brings forward a defi nition of best practice (BP) in university strategic management, drawing upon the European Foundation for Quality Management's (EFQM) model, exploring the potential contribution of the EFQM model in assessing best practices in the context of university management. The article proposes a conceptual framework that aims to identify, assess and accredit best practice. This conceptual model includes the defi nition of the requirements needed and the assessment dimensions and focuses on the content of good practice: its deployment, impact and the results provided, its evaluation and revision, its innovation and replicability and the various benefi ts of its accreditation.

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“…Information is a relevant issue in the transparency of university governance. Thus, communication and reporting are critical elements in university management because they give accountability and clarity to the processes but are the main barrier to strategy implementation (Cifuentes-Madrid et al , 2015).…”

“…teaching and learning, research and outreach) (López Segrera, 2012). To meet society’s demands and remain in the marketplace, universities, in their autonomous institutional framework, must interlink strategy, budgeting and funding sources (Cifuentes-Madrid et al , 2015). These interlinks are proposed by the strategic university management framework that has adapted approaches, tools and methodologies from business management research (Girotto et al , 2015).…”

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“…Now, we should understand how the university work is. First, we have to state their public nature, assuming responsibilities toward society [44], as well as social, environmental and economic concerns [45]. The formulation of university strategies must take into account these needs [45], including them in the mission, goals, objectives, lines of action and other components that form the strategic plan [46].…”

“…First, we have to state their public nature, assuming responsibilities toward society [44], as well as social, environmental and economic concerns [45]. The formulation of university strategies must take into account these needs [45], including them in the mission, goals, objectives, lines of action and other components that form the strategic plan [46]. In other words, university uses a strategic management process, being particularly important the definition of the strategy, as well as its design, implementation, evaluation and control.…”