Vision and Mission Statements in Italian Universities: Results of an Empirical Investigation on Strategic Orientation

Giusepponi, Katia; Tavoletti, Ernesto

doi:10.1007/s13132-015-0343-7

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“…Lillisa and Lynch (2014) adopted a documentary analysis approach, based on strategic plans and institutional review reports, combined with interviews with senior managers in charge of strategic planning, to define the current situation about strategic planning in the Irish education system. In Italy, Giusepponi and Tavoletti (2015) studied the strategic orientation of higher education institutions by conducting interviews.…”

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“…Then, fewer studies on this topic have been carried out about the Irish context (Lillisa and Lynch, 2014), the Ukrainian one (Hladchenko, 2016) and the Spanish one (Palomeras Montero et al , 2012). In Italy, universities’ official declarations are not yet completely investigated, because of the recent introduction of strategic planning in higher education, and the only studies about their content are by Giusepponi and Tavoletti (2015).…”

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Sustainable strategic planning in Italian higher education institutions: a content analysis

Fantauzzi

Colasanti

Fiorani

et al. 2021

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Purpose This study aims, first of all, to analyze the extent to which Italian higher education institutions declare their mission statements in their official documents; then, to examine their content; and finally, to investigate whether mission statements include considerations on sustainability dimensions. Design/methodology/approach After a theoretical background on the new strategic approach adopted by higher education institutions and the related disclosure of their mission statements, the study deepens their sustainable perspective presenting the concepts of social engagement and knowledge transfer from a literary point of view. Then, a documentary analysis on the content of Italian universities’ official mission declarations will be conducted, to understand the role they play in society, by individuating their actual interest in sustainable dimensions. Findings Findings suggest that 36% of the 98 Italian universities state their engagement in societal issues, but only 3 of them mention sustainability targets in their mission declarations. Research limitations/implications The study is limited, exclusively based on what higher education institutions share and, in terms of future perspective, the aim can be to investigate further official documents, especially for what concerns sustainability reports. Practical implications Practical implications regard the denounce of weak attention paid by Italian universities to sustainability, with the aim to foster them to increase connections with the external world, aware of the centrality of their role within society. Originality/value In a context that is not yet completely investigated, the originality of the paper regards the intent to study the sustainable propensity that characterizes the Italian higher education system.

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Sustainable strategic planning in Italian higher education institutions: a content analysis

Fantauzzi

Colasanti

Fiorani

et al. 2021

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“…Saichaie and Morphew (, p. 512), for example, found that the ‘beauty, size, and scope’ of campuses were regularly showcased through images of their most attractive areas, such as iconic buildings or quads (also see Hartley and Morphew, , p. 679, for similar findings). Research also finds that academic rigour is touted through the announcement of prestigious academic awards, grants and fellowships acquired by institutional members (Harris, ; Pizarro Milian and Davidson, ), as well as espoused through mission statements which cite institutional ambitions to conduct world‐class research (James and Huisman, ; Kuenssberg, ; Creamer and Ghoston, ; Giusepponi and Tavoletti, ). Rigour is often complemented within promotional materials with what Tobolowsky and Lowery () term as notions of a ‘rich’ life, consisting of a more holistic and enriching experience—including athletics and other social activities (also see Hite and Yearwood, ; Clayton et al ., ; Davidson, ).…”

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What's for Sale at Canadian Universities? A Mixed‐Methods Analysis of Promotional Strategies

Milian

2016

Higher Education Quarterly

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The current fiscal environment has driven Canadian universities to become more entrepreneurial, seeking out and competing over new sources of funding. Despite such intensifying competition, little effort has been made to document the promotional tactics that Canadian universities are using to render themselves appealing to external audiences. This study examines the contents of the home pages of English‐speaking universities in Canada. It finds that, though there are some differences in the tactics that primarily undergraduate and research‐intensive universities employ, both generally strive to emulate the same institutional ‘template’. Moreover, the usage of more unorthodox promotional tactics, drawing on labour market rhetoric or discourses of inclusivity, is limited. These findings are theorised in relation to contemporary work within organisational sociology and strategic management.

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“…A number of studies on entrepreneurship have emerged from European countries (Linan et al, 2011;Nowiński and Haddoud, 2019;Yurtkoru et al, 2014), South American countries (Krauss Delorme et al, 2018;Krakauer et al, 2018;Torres et al, 2017) and the USA (Kadir et al, 2012;Al-Shammari and Waleed, 2018;Ambad and Damit, 2016). Some studies report that universities located in more developed countries tend to have been more entrepreneurial in recent years (Åstebro et al, 2012;Giusepponi and Tavoletti, 2018;Lopes, Antunes and Rodrigues, 2018).…”

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University entrepreneurial intentions: mainland and insular regions – are they different?

Lopes¹,

Teixeira

Ferreira

et al. 2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to involve the differences in the entrepreneurial intentions of student at higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Portuguese regions (mainland and insular). Design/methodology/approach Applying a sample of 594 valid responses, the authors analyzed the data according to linear regression models. Findings The results convey how HEI students generally do not intend to become entrepreneurs in both the mainland and the insular regions. Although HEI students broadly do not aim to launch their own businesses, the results show that students in mainland regions feel they have the skills to start a business and drive it to success. In insular regions, students feel encouraged by their friends and family to set up their own business. When comparing insular and mainland regions, the results demonstrate how in insular regions, there is a greater probability that HEI students become entrepreneurs than in the mainland regions. Furthermore, entrepreneurial intentions in the mainland regions develop in terms of “opportunities” while driven by necessity in the insular regions. Practical implications This furthermore makes recommendations to regional governments and to HEIs in order to enable better encouragement of entrepreneurship in academia. Originality/value This study is original and innovative due to its comparison of the entrepreneurial intentions prevailing in mainland and insular regions and may propose new highlights to the academic scientific literature.

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Vision and Mission Statements in Italian Universities: Results of an Empirical Investigation on Strategic Orientation

Cited by 15 publications

References 46 publications

Sustainable strategic planning in Italian higher education institutions: a content analysis

Sustainable strategic planning in Italian higher education institutions: a content analysis

What's for Sale at Canadian Universities? A Mixed‐Methods Analysis of Promotional Strategies

University entrepreneurial intentions: mainland and insular regions – are they different?

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