Type of course: |
Compulsory |
Language of instruction: |
Romanian |
Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English |
Name of lecturer: |
Grigore-Dan Iordachescu |
Seminar tutor: |
Grigore-Dan Iordachescu |
Form of education |
Full-time |
Form of instruction: |
Lecture |
Number of teaching hours per semester: |
28 |
Number of teaching hours per week: |
2 |
Semester: |
Autumn |
Form of receiving a credit for a course: |
Grade |
Number of ECTS credits allocated |
5 |
Course aims:
To know and apply the analysis and design techniques in strategic educational management: resource-needs analysis, context analysis, SWOT analysis, PEST analysis, task analysis, discrepancy analysis, cost analysis.
To know and promote the attributes of strategic thinking and other models of thinking compatible with strategic management
To elaborate an institutional strategic plan for a given school institution
Course Entry Requirements:
General management. Conceptual and methodological foundamentals
Course contents:
1. Fundamental concepts
1.1. Strategy, strategic system, strategic management.
1.2. Strategic thinking - decisive factor of strategic management:
2. Analysis and design techniques in strategic educational management
2.1. Education needs analysis
2.2. Analysis and administration of educational resources
2.3. Contextual analysis techniques:the SWOT analysis
2.4. Cost and sustainability analysis of the strategy.
3. Pedagogical design and strategic planning
3.1. Pedagogical design - a component of strategic planning:
3.2. Institutional strategic planning
Teaching methods:
Lecture, Examples, Conversation, Exercise, Algorithmization, Academic controversy
Learning outcomes:
- To Make a paper / presentation on one of the topics or sub-topics in the subjects of the discipline.
- Conduct a case study (“Ideal School”) of a school institution based on the resource-needs analysis of that institution.
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Develop a portfolio of tools and applications in accordance with the specified requirements as outcomes.
Recommended reading:
Anne Campbell & Lin Norton,
Learning, Teaching and Assessing in Higher Education: Developing Reflective Practice, Learning Matters
, London
, 2010
, 5-80
Tony Bush & Marianne Coleman,
Leadership and Strategic Management in Education, SAGE Publications Ltd
, London
, 2000
, 5-120
Allan R. Odden,
Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education: Improving Instructional Practice and Student Learning in Schools, Routledge
, New York
, 2011
, 5-100