tailieunhanh - Strategic Management and Universities’ Institutional Development

Multiple uses of water resources: Chapter 8 deals with the challenges of maximizing efficiency in water use. As demand increases, with availability of water decreasing in most places, competition increases necessitating a more integrated approach to water management. This chapter focuses on water for the environment, for food and for energy as being of critical importance for development and argues that efficiency in water use is essential to alleviate demand. Development impacts of improved water resources management: Chapter 9 examines the impacts of improved water resources management on social and economic development and on environmental impacts. Overall progress on applying integratedapproaches to water resources management, development and use: Chapter 10 summarises the progress with. | t h Strategic Management and Universities Institutional Development by Pierre Tabatoni John Davies and Andris Barblan 3 SSt 4 FOREWORD Andris Barblan 4 AVANT-PROPOS Andris Barblan 5 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT A TOOL OF LEADERSHIP - CONCEPTS AND PARADOXES Pierre Tabatoni Académie des Sciences morales et politiques Andris Barblan EUA Secretary General Strategic planning is different from strategic management Strategic management becomes the educating process of change agents Educating the person as an agent of change Policies and strategies The balance between rationalisation innovation and preservation Contradictions and paradoxes in strategic management Shock management Global and local commitments Technical innovation and culture Internet as a strategic revolution The electronic revolution influences individuals aspirations and reference models Powerful agents of change will probably influence social change 12 CULTURAL CHANGE IN UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF STRATEGIC AND QUALITY INITIATIVES John Davies Dean of Graduate School Anglia Polytechnic University Professor of Higher Education Policy and Management University of Bath Preamble Existing cultures in universities Emerging cultures conducive to strategic quality-related endeavours Maturation of strategic quality-oriented institutional cultures Towards a strategic and quality-oriented culture Leadership strategies Conclusion References 23 AN EXPLANATORY GLOSSARY Pierre Tabatoni Académie des Sciences morales et politiques 29 GLOSSAIRE RAISONNÉ Pierre Tabatoni Académie des Sciences morales et .