Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions
As strengths and weaknesses are regarded as internal features of an organization, the present study focused on strengths and weaknesses of Turkish public universities by analyzing the SWOTs (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) of twenty higher education institutions. By applying qualitat...
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As strengths and weaknesses are regarded as internal features of an organization, the present study focused on strengths and weaknesses of Turkish public universities by analyzing the SWOTs (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) of twenty higher education institutions. By applying qualitative content analytical tools, we tried to make some comparisons, twenty universities, ten ranked at the top and ten at the bottom of the URAP list, were chosen to analyze the strengths and weaknesses. Findings show that all universities top or bottom ones have internal strengths and weaknesses on their own. The strengths of universities differ according to their size, field of service, structure, history and geographical locations. Top universities which are in big size, have a deeply rooted history and situated in a better geographical location can enjoy the strengths as qualified faculty members, organizational culture, internationalization process, infrastructure and good alumni relations. On the other hand, bottom universities which have not got those advantages deal with other strengths such as young faculty members, organizational support and internal communication. As for the weaknesses, top universities need more budget and acceptable rate of faculty member and student. Bottom ones need more qualified faculty members, students and staff. As they are located in disadvantageous regions, they are in need of some promotions to attract faculties, staff, national and international students. In addition, they also should be aware of the contributions of good alumni relations.
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| spelling | doaj.art-15c3be53b2414b989c746f3c4f221fe72023-06-19T08:30:43ZengHipatia PressQualitative Research in Education2014-64182020-02-019110.17583/qre.2020.4111Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education InstitutionsAbdullah Selvitopu0Metin Kaya1Karamanoglu Mehmetbey UniversityBayburt University As strengths and weaknesses are regarded as internal features of an organization, the present study focused on strengths and weaknesses of Turkish public universities by analyzing the SWOTs (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) of twenty higher education institutions. By applying qualitative content analytical tools, we tried to make some comparisons, twenty universities, ten ranked at the top and ten at the bottom of the URAP list, were chosen to analyze the strengths and weaknesses. Findings show that all universities top or bottom ones have internal strengths and weaknesses on their own. The strengths of universities differ according to their size, field of service, structure, history and geographical locations. Top universities which are in big size, have a deeply rooted history and situated in a better geographical location can enjoy the strengths as qualified faculty members, organizational culture, internationalization process, infrastructure and good alumni relations. On the other hand, bottom universities which have not got those advantages deal with other strengths such as young faculty members, organizational support and internal communication. As for the weaknesses, top universities need more budget and acceptable rate of faculty member and student. Bottom ones need more qualified faculty members, students and staff. As they are located in disadvantageous regions, they are in need of some promotions to attract faculties, staff, national and international students. In addition, they also should be aware of the contributions of good alumni relations. https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/qre/article/view/4111universitySWOT analysisstrengthsweaknessesTurkey |
| spellingShingle | Abdullah Selvitopu Metin Kaya Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions Qualitative Research in Education university SWOT analysis strengths weaknesses Turkey |
| title | Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions |
| title_full | Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions |
| title_fullStr | Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions |
| title_short | Looking Inside the Strategic Plans: Strengths and Weaknesses of Turkish Higher Education Institutions |
| title_sort | looking inside the strategic plans strengths and weaknesses of turkish higher education institutions |
| topic | university SWOT analysis strengths weaknesses Turkey |
| url | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/qre/article/view/4111 |
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