Building Organizational Capacity

Strategic Management in Higher Education

J Douglas Toma author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Published:12th Nov '10

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Every university or college president envisions bold initiatives-big projects intended to change the nature of an institution with significant implications across all sectors. How can leaders and senior managers charged with implementing reforms effectively frame their work and anticipate potential pitfalls? No organization can maximize its capacity, defined as the administrative foundation essential for establishing and sustaining initiatives, without considering its core elements individually and in concert, according to J. Douglas Toma. This book examines eight essential organizational elements-purposes, structure, governance, policies, processes, information, infrastructure, and culture-and illuminates their influence in strategic management through case studies at eight institutions. Building Organizational Capacity situates strategic management within the context of higher education, providing practitioners with the tools to better understand institutional challenges in accomplishing its missions and realizing its aspirations. Toma's clear and well-integrated review of the latest research, as well as his advice for decision makers applying the book's lessons in practice, ensures this volume's place in the growing literature on strategy and management in higher education.

Toma achieves the stated goal of the book. With practical concepts and real-world examples, he convincingly proposes Building Organization Capacity as fundamental for creating and sustaining initiatives to improve institutions of higher education. -- Jeffrey W. Alstete Review of Higher Education

ISBN: 9780801897634

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm

Weight: 522g

280 pages