Title: Strategic Management Techniques for Refocusing Higher Education as Solution Bearing Centers in South East, Nigeria.
Abstract: The study was designed to unveil the strategic management techniques for refocusing Higher Education as solution-bearing centre in South-east, Nigeria and to improve the internal process mechanisms of organizations. In line -with the objectives of, the study, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The population of the study consisted of eight (8) tertiary institutions in south-east geopolitical zone. A total of five (5) tertiary institutions constituted the sample size of the study. The respondents were 60 Heads of Departments and 20 Deans of faculties. The instrument used for the study was Strategic Management Techniques for refocusing Higher Education Questionnaire (SMTRHEQ) and the reliability coefficient was computed at 0.68. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and z-test statistic was used forest the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that adequate provision of interconnectivity devices in the offices and modern gadgets accounts for the favourable condition for application of strategic management techniques in Higher Education. Some recommendations were put forward among them are that institutions should adjust towards internationalization to enable them face global competitiveness, and also that centres and faculties of Entrepreneurial/vocational training be accredited in Universities and adequately funded by the government.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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