In: Higher education, 2011, vol. 61, no. 2, p. 157-178
This paper contributes to the debate on strategic capability of academic organizations by presenting three case studies of Swiss Higher Education Institutions. Strategies are conceived as instruments by which universities manage their organizational processes and deal with their environments in order to select a portfolio of activities and find an appropriate position in the higher education...
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In: Higher Education, 2011, vol. 61, no. 2, p. 157-178
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2011.
Strategy in universities has been a controversial issue in scholarly debate. On one side higher education institutions have been considered specific organizations whose essential nature hinders strategy and the coordination and control functions thereby entailed. On the other side, new public management reforms requiring strategic capability to be developed have been the object of critical...
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