Integrating strategic planning and performance management in universities: a multiple case-study analysis

Lucia Biondi () and Salvatore Russo
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Lucia Biondi: University of Roma Tre
Salvatore Russo: University Ca’ Foscari of Venice

Journal of Management & Governance, 2022, vol. 26, issue 2, No 5, 417-448

Abstract: Abstract Over time, public universities have been involved in a process of modernisation based on a new concept of governance and managerial methods for increasing efficiency and effectiveness, as well as transparency and accountability. This paper aims to investigate the link between strategic planning systems and performance management systems in Italian universities by answering the following research question: to what extent do strategic planning tools contribute to performance management systems and, vice versa, to what extent can performance management systems help in the reshaping of universities’ strategies? To this end, we adopt a qualitative approach by conducting a multiple case-study analysis in the Italian context. Data are gathered through documentary analysis and interviews as primary research methods. Since scholars have mainly focused their attention on strategic planning or performance management in universities in isolation, the originality of this research lies in the attempt to connect these two important research fields, whose mutual interdependences are still to a certain extent unexplored. The implications of this study concern recommendations and suggestions for universities’ governance bodies to support their decision-making processes in the definition of their long-term objectives and performance management systems.

Keywords: Strategic planning; Performance management; Public governance; University (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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