There is much that continues to be written about the growing crises within higher education, both from those directly involved in its institutions and those viewing these institutions from outside of the academy. The changing environment and the need for higher education to adapt and change are...

The purpose of this study was to discover whether there was a similar relationship between strategic planning and the process of competitive in higher education institutions. The case study method, in conjunction with an analysis of the literature written by George Keller, Kenichi Ohmae, and...

Resource allocations are among the most important decisions for any organization. Nonprofit organizations are no different than their for-profit counterparts--effective resource allocation is the best way to achieve strategic objectives. While the for-profit goal is primarily shareholder wealth,...

In the decades following World War II American higher education enjoyed a period of unprecedented growth and development. By the 1970s, however, it was clear that the growth curve was flattening. The prospect of fiscal stringency sparked interest in formal planning, and campuses experimented...

As the financial health of institutions of higher education become uncertain, a need exists to assess an institution's short and long-term viability. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a model developed by Leslie and Fretwell (1996) could have predicted the fiscal health for a...

Purchasing Departments in higher education organizations are moving away from traditional single exchange transactions toward an emphasis on creating and maintaining long-term buyer-supplier relationships. As strategic partners, these relationships generate a supply chain that must be managed....

Project 1 . The intent of this study is to measure the factors effecting productivity and develop a multiple linear regression, which produces the relative importance of each factor. Results indicated that annual sales and the ratio of machine to staff had positive and significant impacts on...

This dissertation explores the private-public sector partnership between CVS/pharmacy and the federal/state workforce development system in Minnesota. The study describes how CVS creates partnerships with the federal/state system of one-stop career centers and other partners in the workforce...

Superintendent selection is perhaps the most important work of school boards. The literature describing the role and responsibilities of superintendent is clear to identify the critical importance of the superintendent search process. Although much research and study has formulated the...

For five decades, collective bargaining has been implemented in American public schools (Loveless, 2000). It has protected the rights of teachers; and teacher work conditions issues and compensation have improved (Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006). However, improvements have created adversarial...