Strategic Planning In Higher Education
Strategic planning is at the core of any successful institutional effectiveness effort. The strategic plan needs define the vision and the way forward, but this vision requires execution and management. This is where the department heads (or planning units) are called upon to plan an execution strategy to achieve the vision set forth in the master strategic plan. Strategic Planning Online enables institutions to collaborate about strategic planning while defining objectives, setting goals, and measuring results. We take the process to each department encouraging them to set goals, and develop a list of action items and budget requirements. We make it easy for each department to participate in the strategic planning process and understand the master vision of continuous improvement and institutional effectiveness.
Strategic Planning Online Advantages
- Coordinates Strategic Planning Process
- Involves Department Managers In Strategic Planning
- Develops Zero-based Budget Requests In Line with Strategic Plans
- Provides an Easier and More Collaborative Platform for Sharing Information
Planning and Budgeting for Institutional Effectiveness
Institutional Effectiveness is not simply a process of preparing a compliance report or storing assessment documents in a repository. Institutional Effectiveness involves an ongoing process of evaluating performance and working to improve results over time. Establishing a baseline is important to understand where improvement is required, but to really be effective a plan must be developed to address institutional effectiveness needs and ensure that sufficient resources are available to respond to them. Budgeting in line with the strategic plan guarantees that the most effective plans are funded and enables the institution to measure the results of every dollar spent. Strategic Planning Online guides your institution to plan, budget and evaluate institutional effectiveness results in an open collaborative environment. This is a key part of how Strategic Planning Online differs from any other solution.
How Does Strategic Planning Online Work?
Strategic Planning Online helps your institution invite each department to play a role in institutional effectiveness by being a part of the planning and budgeting process. We enable planning unit managers to participate and have a voice in the institutional effectiveness process. The strategic plan is developed with the contribution of each department developing their own planning objectives. This efficiency and collaboration is coupled with a direct connection to the budgeting process. Department Managers can develop a zero-based enhancement budget for each planning objective while developing a list of action Items to execute the plan. We make this work easier and more collaborative than using paper or other data systems. We guide managers through the process of developing goals, action items, performance projections, and results. We provide a collaborative setting where planning objectives can be shared with other managers and integrated with the budgeting process. We help managers follow up on their progress and work toward continuous improvement. Strategic Planning Online creates a platform for the entire institution to participate in planning and budgeting with a complete solution that addresses every facet of institutional effectiveness.
