Environmental Scanning in Support of Planning and Decision Making [microform] : Case Studies at Selected Institutions of Higher Education. AIR 1990 Annual Forum Paper / Mark S. Pritchett
- Bib ID:
- 5520349
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Pritchett, Mark S
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED321693
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 50 p.
- Summary:
-
This paper presents a comprehensive case analysis of formal environmental scanning processes in three different institutions of higher education. The study focuses on how environmental scanning activities are organized and used to support institutional planning and decision-making. Special emphasis is placed on describing how environmental circumstances influenced the development of the environmental scanning process and analyzing how environmental scanning information is utilized within various institutional sectors. The research questions addressed at the case study sites are: (1) What events and circumstances led to the development of the environmental scanning process at the case site? (2) How is the environmental scanning process currently structured and organized within the case site? (3) How are the environmental domains defined and scanned by the organization? (4) How is environmental scanning information incorporated into the planning and decision making activities of the case site? (5) What is the perceived effectiveness of environmental scanning upon the planning and decision-making efforts at the case site? Results indicated that support from the chief executive officer was a necessary but not sufficient step in establishing a credible environmental scanning process; that decision makers were looking for ways to reduce environmental uncertaintly; and that scanning information was used for several functions including strategy formulation, problem identification, decision selling, and goal and objectives setting. Contains 39 references. (GLR)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research (30th, Louisville, KY, May 13-16, 1990).
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- Researchers.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- The reconstruction of economics : an analysis of the fundamentals of institutional economics / Allan G. Gruchy ; foreword by Donald R. Stabile and Norton T. Dodge
- The New institutional economics : a collection of articles from the Journal of institutional and theoretical economics / introduced and edited by Eirik G. Furubotn and Rudolf Richter
- The founding of institutional economics : the leisure class and sovereignty / edited by Warren J. Samuels
- Institutionalist theory and applications : essays in honour of Paul Dale Bush / edited by Sasan Fayazmanesh and Marc R. Tool
- The frontiers of the new institutional economics / edited by John N. Drobak, John V.C. Nye