Strategic Planning in Education: Conceptual Framework and Implementation

This assignment explores the concept and steps of planning in education, drawing from various sources including UNESCO, academic journals, and organizational reports. The content highlights key concepts such as strategic planning, organization design, and implementation challenges. It also covers topics like educational sector planning, information literacy, and institutional development. The materials provide insights into the importance of strategic planning, its application in different contexts, and the need for effective implementation to achieve desired outcomes.

Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
LO1- Concepts and Tools of the strategic Management.............................................................................3
Porter’s five force model.........................................................................................................................3
Competitive analysis...............................................................................................................................3
Intensive strategy.....................................................................................................................................4
BCG matrix.............................................................................................................................................5
Integration strategy..................................................................................................................................5
SWOT.....................................................................................................................................................5
LO2- Pest Analysis......................................................................................................................................7
LO3 Strategic planning process.................................................................................................................10
Questions and activities.........................................................................................................................10
Questionnaire.........................................................................................................................................10
Policy formulation.................................................................................................................................13
Plan preparation.....................................................................................................................................14
Preparation of the annual operational plans...........................................................................................15
LO4- Implementation and evaluation of the strategies..............................................................................17
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................20
Assessment task 2- Professional development plan (PDP)........................................................................21
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................21
Organization and its current status.........................................................................................................21
Need of restructuring – Problem definition...........................................................................................23
Literature review...................................................................................................................................24
Strategic tools........................................................................................................................................25
Process of PDP......................................................................................................................................26
Role Of Manger in Restructuring..........................................................................................................27
New Improve design of the organization structure................................................................................29
References.................................................................................................................................................31
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Introduction
The education sector plays a very important role in the growth of the nation and it is imperative
to incorporate new strategies as per the changing environment. Strategic management in the
development of the education is the art of managing all strategies, plans, investments and risks of
markets and also involves the asset allocation. Strategic management helps to find the best
plan to the organizations as well as the individuals as per the ability to undertake risks. The main
objective of Strategic management is to reduce the risks and focus on making maximum profits.
All these decisions can be taken to by making and analyzing the different strategies. Effective
organizations have strategies to mark and maintain a viable and feasible market for their products
and services. For fulfilling its aims which generally include profit maximization, an integration
strategy is a must and is of various types and forms. For most of the organizations, the dynamic
process of adapting to market changes and uncertainty of the market environment, organizational
reorganization and integration is an important tool in effectively maintaining and efficient
alignment with the ever changing environment. Marketing is a business process in which the
loyalty of the customers, relationship with clients and the brand value of the company is
established by using different marketing activities.
Also, the survey and the interview activities are conducted in the colleges to to analyze the
strategic planning importance. The participants involved in this survey are the expert
professionals and all the viewpoints given by them on the strategic planning process discussed in
this report
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LO1- Concepts and Tools of the strategic Management
Porter’s five force model
This model is about the various substitutes in education sector, we come to a conclusion with
two aspects. There are two major financers in the field of education and they are public
authorities and private sector. The role of government is more in developing education sector and
the role of private authorities is less as compared to the government or other local agencies. The
industry rivalry is less and the number of educational institutes is less in number as compared to
other countries. The inclination of people towards education is more in today world’s
modernization.. This is the reason the level of competition is less in many countries. The threat
of entry for rivals is more in the developed countries. The individuals are very conscious at
providing their children with best education and getting them admitted in best institutes. It has
been recently seen that the countries are getting inclined towards this sector as well, but it will
take a few more decades to the one city as compared to the other cities to rise up in this sector at
par with the other cities(Chang, 2006).
Competitive analysis
The Education sector is a developing sector and has many good prospects and people are willing
for example the foreign investors are willing to invest in this market to get better output and
provide quality education to students. Many cities like Dubai has recently come up in front in
this sector and has been doing well since 2005 and making changes according to the dynamic
environment of the society. The city has given many good facilities to tits students as students
are considered to be the future of the nation. The number of educational institutes is quite decent
in the city and almost every institute provides best services to the students. The education
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minister after regular intervals keeps on reforming the techniques for improving education sector
and provides best services to the students. Not only the normal students, the city also works for
providing best education to students who are disabled and are mentally not at par with the normal
students(UNESCO, 2010).
Intensive strategy
Market penetration is both a measure and a strategy. A business will utilize a market penetration
strategy to attempt to enter a new market. The goal is to get in quickly with your product or
service and capture a large share of the market. Market penetration is also a measure of the
percentage of the market that your product or service is able to capture. There are many cities is
involved in penetrating itself into the market and has been inviting the other investors to invest in
this market. The city’s every year investment in education sector keeps on increasing year by
year to stay at par with other cities. The company X has been into this sector since a long time
now. They do not have to penetrate themselves into the market but have to keep reforming the
already established strategies to stay in the market for long. The company X is engaged in
intensive market penetration. They are a new player in the industry, but are investing substantial
money into building an education industry(Seong, 2007). The company X believes that the
industry will be worth $700 USD annually so is investing heavily to attract clients from target
several countries (Russia, India, the Gulf, and Nigeria). For now, market penetration is strategy
but they aim to be a product innovator as a point in the future.
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BCG matrix
The company X has been into this sector since long and doing well in the business. The company
X has been using best techniques to stay in the market and develop the children to make them
run with the world. Various expert personnel are appointed to introduce new strategies that suit
the environment of the city and the individuals and after conducting a comprehensive research
programs, various techniques are analyzed(Harray, 2008). The techniques are even analyzed
taking help of various thinking techniques which can be brainstorming, morphological
techniques etc.
Integration strategy
The company X witnesses a vertical integration as it has effective control on the activities of the
people that they acquire their techniques and products from. Since demand in international
countries is high it is necessary to have a higher vertical integration control. In case of
educational facilities there is less of a horizontal integration because each organization has its
own functioning and therefore there is less of any control on similar organizations and since
there are many seen in the many countries education sector it is less seen in the form of
horizontal. There is a lot of backward integration seen in case of other international market since
there is buying of new techniques in the everyday life of the business(Tabatoni, et al., 2012).
SWOT
The weakness of the Company X education sector is that it has not created a platform for
advertising the facilities that they have the potential to offer and therefore they do not promote
their education sector on an international level which leaves the attention of many people who
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would have otherwise chosen X. Also the fee of the institutes is very high and therefore people
who cannot afford so much might have to suffer due to this very cause. The company X faces a
threat from other countries and cities across the globe which provide the same facilities but at a
lower cost. On the other hand, the problem faced by the international countries the problem of
language. So many students fail to get the admission they demand because of the lack of
communication.
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LO2- Pest Analysis
A Business Environment of Company X with regard to compete with the international market
includes the PEST analysis which consists of Political, Economic, Social, technological, factors.
These all factors are the very important part of the strategic management planning as these
factors help to analyze the situation of the market and help to control the business from negative
impacts. External factors are the variables which affect the business of Company X in the
development of the education area by influencing the operations and performance of the
company. PEST analysis is a tool that helps in the analysis of the external factors that affects the
business environment which has been discussed below:
 Political- Legal Factors
The Political and Legal environment of a country has a significant effect on an education sector
which is influenced by the political infrastructure , stability, government support, attitude of the
government, the intervention of the government, provision of the constitutions and foreign policy
etc.The businesses feasibility is dependent on their potential to understand the laws related to
property and to stand by them, and keeping innovation in their marketing activities by not fearing
of the infringement of the laws. Each and every country has its own political and legal system
which poses a threat to the education system for which they have a well defined strategy to
mitigate the country level risk factors. The policy of the United Kingdom government and the
EU directives, such as the planning and environmental issues which consist of sustainability has
a great impact on the education sector. The Company X has established its business in providing
the education worldwide and is well focused on innovative and sustainable development which
meets the requirement mentioned by the EU directives(IIEP, 2010).
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 Economic Factors:
The economic factors have a significant impact on the business which affects the education
sector as well as the infrastructure and growth of the economy.The government of the United
Kingdom has used the taxation as a medium to promote the improvement of the environment.
The increasing level of the education system involves the cost of infrastructure, the academic
fees, the operating costs etc. For achieving this it is significant to understand that how the
improved and better design can help in enhancement of all these costs.
 Socio- Cultural Factors:
Social- cultural factor is an equallyimportant factor that affects the education sector. The average
number of persons residing in villages and the narrow minded thinking of the people has great
impact on the education development in rural areas The ageing population, an increase in crime,
and well-being of people are a part of the social dimension. The latest research reveals that the
highest number of conflicts and disagreements amongst the people is because of employment .As
the company X also offers the educational services and the social factors focus on the
development of the education system by determining how much the people are ready to spend on
their education (UNESCO Bangkok, 2013).
 Technological Factors:
Changes in technology have posed a great challenge to the companies which need to be
considered significant by the education system. Since the competition in the market is so high.
The advancement in the education and classroom technologies has a great impact on the working
practices in the education sector, building more technologies and presentations for the education
sector. The swift increase in the use of digital tools is one of the developmentwith a great effect
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on the education sector. In view of the fact from 2014, Company X has extended its support for
the digital transformation by progressing out strategic management in the education system in all
of its units. The advancement in the technology helps the company achieve competitive
advantage and also allows better management of gradually more complex projects(Naron, 2014).
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LO3 Strategic planning process
Questions and activities
The strategic plan for the development of the education system involve the first step of
answering main question arises at the time of the strategic planning. The questions and activities
are set by the company X to understand the need and problems faced by the people of our
country and then plan about the education development on the basis of the feedback. The
research and survey involve the following participants and questionnaires and their results.
Questionnaire
Participants:
Seven candidates were identified and accepted to participate in the research. Three participants
were involved at the Administration level; and the remaining four within from the college or
university .The fourth interview was ended early because participants would not be able to
provide any relevant information. The last candidate was not interviewed because they were not
available during the interview period. All of the candidates had more than 15 years’ experience
in providing higher studies in accounting. Additionally, the vice principal and faculty of the
college and the student’s guidance counselor each had experience in guiding to students the right
decisions. Below table summarizes the participants’ profiles.
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Participants Organization Current position Interview time
P1 College Vice Principal 75
P2 Educational Cell Guidance counselor 100
P3 College Vice principal 50
P4 college Faculty member 10 minutes
P5 Educational cell Work counselor 90 minutes
P6 College Faculty Member 60 minutes
P7 college Faculty member questionnaire
The results of the research are depends upon the feedback of the participant through
questionnaire and interview questions asked from the expert and educated personalities.
Education system plays a crucial role in the Australian economy. The employment opportunities
available in the market for the financial accounting, IT, Management influence the students to
study more and build their career. It is very important to get masters in any field because that
represents the specialization of the students and creates more employment opportunities. The
academic difficulties are minimized in Australia and that attracts more students for higher
education. The educational institutes always try to build some strategies to attract the maximum
number of the students.
Results
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The result of the interviews and questionnaire explains the views on the strategic planning
process. On the basis of the research, the participants were asked to give marks out 10 to each
category of the strategic planning in the educational institutes.
Process P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Strategic analysis 9 8 10 9 8
Strategic formulation 8 9 9 8 9
Strategic Evaluation 9 9 8 8 9
Strategic Implementation 10 9 10 9 9
Strategic Monitoring 8 8 9 9 9
The above table shows the results of the survey and the equal importance is given to each of the
steps of the strategic planning process. The experts give much more importance to the strategic
implementation, as all the results or positive outcomes depend on its suitability and
implementation of the plans. The cooperation and the interaction between the management and
the personnel is absolutely important to achieve the long term as well as the short term goals.
The company X should focus on this analysis before formulating the policies of the colleges or
universities. The participant or the experts rate the every step of the strategic planning out of 10
and the importance is given equally to the each activity. The college faculty always builds the
strategic plans like to organize the job fest, personality development classes, annual functions,
placement cell activities, to keep the interests of the students and attract more students in the
organization . The strategic planning of the colleges and educations also taken into consideration
all the staff members working in the education department. Employee satisfaction is very
important. The rewards and the employee appraisal is significant as employees are the one who
will be responsible for all the activities and tasks of the strategic planning process.
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As per the analysis, it is clear that the all the external factors are very important to analyze to
know the current conditions of the country and in the same way the research is also vital to
analyze the perception of the people. The strategic planning always successful if it meets the
expectations of the people working in the organization and the company X also builds the
strategic plan as per the demand and the needs of the people to develop the education system in
the country. The strategic formulation, evaluation, implementation and the strategic monitoring
are the important activities that need full analysis and attention to get the success. The
performance measures indicators need to adopted to track the performance of the employees and
to identify the progress of the plans. The Company X need to diagnose the situation and then
formulate the plan accordingly(Hinton, 2012).
Policy formulation
Policy formulation involves the long term goal of the company X and makes strategies to
achieve the goals. Sector analysis is the result of policy formulation and it depends on various
new education policies.These policies formulation are easy process rather than complex process.
These plans are easy in making polic ies because it includes the review and proper analysis of the
existing policies. The most important thing for making new policy design, there should be
serious relation between the planning experts and political decision-makers. It is very important
to review the policy after formulating the strategy for achieving a goal. The company X needs to
analyze the current situation of the education system of the country and then make the strategi9es
accordingly(Darche, et al., 2009).
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Plan preparation
This task of the strategic management includes both medium term as well as the long term plans.
The first task of this strategic management in the development of the education sector is to build
the medium goals. The medium goals of the company are as follows;-
 Dividing the long term goals into the short term objectives to achieve in the given time
period
 Designing the programme for achieving the goals
 Analyzing the resource available like financial resources and human as well as physical
resources
Logical framework is used to build the designs of the programme or plans. With the innovation
of new product development strategy, one can avoid wasting money, time, and other business
resources. A strategy related to product development will help you to organize your product
research and planning, hold your customers' demands and expectations, and accurately make
planning regarding the product. The strategy will also help you avoid overestimating and
misreading your target market, launching a poorly designed product, or a product that doesn't
meet the needs of your target customers, incorrectly pricing products, spending resources you
don't have on higher-than-anticipated development costs, exposing your business to risks and
threats from unexpected competition. There are several important steps you will need to plan into
your strategy. Introducing a new product in the market involves a huge expenditure. The
products in the field of education sector involves infrastructure for the schools, universities and
colleges that includes installation of various equipments in the laboratories and other equipments
required for the practical work(Earle, 2009). For example - The city of New York has been an
established player in the market and a long time back, e-classrooms were introduced. Three of
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the cities have many plans to offer educational facilities into new geographical areas since three
of the cities are competing to become one of the best and most desired destination for education
and learning. This preparation of the plans closely related with the formulation of the strategies.
It is therefore is the task that requires the strong bond in the planners, policy makers and the
stakeholders.
Preparation of the annual operational plans
Strategic planning is the continuous process and it is not only limited to the preparation only. It
also deals with many other plans also like annual plan and the operational plan. An annual
operational plan is basically a detail of the business operation and activities to be performed to
achieve the long term as well as medium term goals for the period of 1 year. It is the yearly
based reports that depicts the numeric values and does not contain much text in this annual
operational plan. It is almost similar to the designing of medium term plans. This helps to
analyze what are the areas where there is the need to utilize more capital and what are the areas
which are lagging behind and need to be worked upon in order to overcome the weaknesses
which are hampering the growth of the industry in the market(Kohtamäki, 2010). This tool has
been proved to be really successful and has been beneficial to the industries which are striving to
achieve success and growth in the market to remain at par or above their competitors. Various
new strategies are developed from time to time to keep changing as per the dynamic environment
of the society and to meet the demands of the consumers as consumer is considered to be the
king in the market.
 Annual reports explain medium term program practices as below:-
 Specific targets of the year
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 To reach the expected output, the activities need to be performed
 The specific departments responsible for these activities
 Timings of each business operation
There are several implications of this plan:
 Firstly, when it is found the difference in the years, then the fiscal year is taken as the
reference year in the operational plans.
 Secondly, there should be balance between the plan and the budget of its activities in
order to make sure there is no difference take place in the cost and the allocation of the
activities(UNHCR, 2012).
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LO4- Implementation and evaluation of the strategies
Strategy Implementation: - Strategy implementation is the last stage of the planning process and
it is the process of implementing the strategies into practice and the main goals to achieve the
objectives in the education sector. It is very significant to gather the information about the
necessary resources required for the implementation of the strategies. The company X is
implementing the strategies by creating budgets, Plans to meet financial and operational goals.
The cooperation and the interaction between the management and the personnel is absolutely
important to achieve the long term as well as the short term goals.
There are many pitfalls that can occur at the time of the strategic implementation. The first
barriers to the implementation of the strategies is the lack of ownership. If the people who
implement this plan are not important or their decisions no matter to the organizations, then it
will be frustrating for the rest of the team. Moreover the communication is very important as the
all the information about the plan need to be intimated to the employees to understand their role
in the strategic planning. The plan implemented should have a clear vision and mission as there
is no benefits of implementing the meaningless plans. The annual review of the strategy is very
essential. Apart of it, there is no method as such to check the progress of the plan and the
performance of the employees which is a drawback in the process of the implementation.
Strategy Monitoring: - After the implementation of the strategies in the education sector, its
evaluation process takes place. The evaluation of the strategies is also called the monitoring of
the strategies. The monitoring of strategy takes place to evaluate and to determine the actual
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results in comparison to the anticipated results. This monitoring process is really helpful in
determining the flaws and make changes in the strategies and plans accordingly with the change
in the trends. The monitoring and the evaluation in the strategic management helps to analyze the
strength and weaknesses to take the necessary actions. The necessary actions or the corrective
actions will help to make changes in the strategic planning and redesign the strategic
management (Thani & Al-Mahmoud, 2012).
Recommendations for the Education sector strategic planning
The training given to the students that is educational or vocational training is still not fully
developed in the city and efforts should be made to develop strategies to make improvements in
this field and hire more expert professionals to give such training and the training in today’s
world has become very important to prepare the students for the real world and ease them by
giving them required knowledge. (Barca, 2009). The scholarships should be increased in number
and every year more and more should be given to the brilliant and needy students to help them
study in good schools and it is recommended that great check should be given on those who
provide scholarships as well on those who get the scholarships. The faculty appointed should be
permanent and if appointed on a temporary basis should be for a short period of time and should
be made permanent after a certain period to give them job security as well as it is good for the
students as well as it built the brand value of the respective school or college. The placement
programs should invite good companies which can provide good packages and which is good for
the livelihood of the students and more investment should be made by the educational
institutions in this area as it is very important to invite high brand companies to help the students
settle in. The accommodation given to the students should be economical and no extra charges
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should be taken from them which are unnecessary and not required and the students should not
be overburdened with work and not to make their life full of stress and funds should be invested
in good accommodation service with all the facilities(Chukwumah & Ezeugbor, 2015).
It is very important now days to introduce e-classrooms in schools and colleges to help the
students study more effectively and with full energy. The usage of videos, pictures, etc. help the
students learn more effectively and help them to retain things in the long run. Various power
point presentations, models are used to help the students learn properly. This is basically done
when the field is a science. Various equipments are now installed in labs which help the students
study well (Messah & Mucai, 2012).
The government has recommended to add more funds for the improvisation of the education
sector and appoint good faculty for teaching the students as youth is the future of the nation and
it is important to develop the youth. It is suggested to open more educational institutions who are
not normal or who are suffering from any mental or physical disabilities and provide them
education for free as well as other incidental services for free too, and help them learn things and
motivate them to stand with the other normal students at par (Klebansky & Fraser, 2013).
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Conclusion
In this report, the concepts of the strategic management are discussed in detail. The report
concluded that the it is very important to develop the education by formulating the strategic
plans and implementing those plans to achieve the long term goals. The company X is chosen
which is taking steps to develop the education system by making proper planning process and the
questionnaire also explained the feedback of the people and the drawbacks of the country on
which attention of the government and organization is required. The strategic management and
the planning are the best source to improve the education system and to achieve the long term
goals of the organizations.
Also, the survey and the interview activities are conducted in the colleges to to analyze the
strategic planning importance. The participants involved in this survey are the expert
professionals and all the viewpoints given by them on the strategic planning process discussed in
this report. The strategic planning process explains each and every stage of the strategic
management and its implementation and the evaluation with proper analysis of the business
environment like political, economic, social and technological factors.
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Assessment task 2- Professional development plan (PDP)
Introduction
The professional development plan is very much different from the personal development plan
and as in assessment task 1, it is already discussed about the strategic planning with the help of
personal development plans that involves, Pest analysis, Porter’s five forces, policy formulation
and their implementation. The professional development program of the company X that deals
with the education includes the planning related to restructuring of the organizational design to
support everyone in the company and to take best possible decisions with regard to the education
of the students and gain recognition and appraisal of their knowledge and abilities. The PDP is
built to achieve the strategic objectives of the organization. The professional development plan
focuses more on the role of the managers in the restructuring of the design. The purpose of this
report is to analyze the relation of the academic theories with the professional or managerial
goals.
Organization and its current status
The company X is chosen for making professional development that provides the educational
services to the students as well the young generations. New facilities are introduced by the
company X in order to provide best education to the youth and government is also spending
more on education sector since past few years. E-classrooms have become significant these days
for providing better classrooms to children. For such classrooms, expert personnel are required to
be appointed to deal with such machinery equipped in e-classrooms. Students find it easy and
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convenient to study in such environment as it is full of life and enjoyment. Talking about the
current position of the company X, then the company is facing some of the problems because of
the poor organizational design and introduction of the new technologies in the education systems
(Mintzberg, 2010).
Currently, the design of the organizational chart For X company is shown below as it consists of
the CEO, MD and managers. Every organization possesses the different culture and similarly the
company X also have the team of board of directors, management team and other Managers to
take the correct decisions. The board of directors and the CEO are responsible for making
strategic plans for the company. This organizational depicts the way of working and the level of
authority. The overall working of the organization can be reflected through the design of these
organizational charts.
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Need of restructuring – Problem definition
In this report, the current trend of the education systems and the technology used in the education
sector is discussed. According to many researchers, the design of the organization structure
should be well managed and all the activities of the planning should be delegated to the team in
perfect way for the successful implementation of the plans. Every client of the Company X looks
for the new creative ideas and the modern approach. In this report, all the strategies and concepts
used for education system will be explained. The problem that the company is facing is all about
to demonstrate the existing technology used in education system and their review. The company
is lacking in demonstration and this problem is big as the company would not be able to offer a
better solution if it failed in demonstrating the existing designs. However, the company mission
is to provide better services and solutions (UC Santa Cruz, 2017). Moreover, many researchers
found some of the contemporary design for interior but it again difficult for the readers to
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understand and combine them to depict the overall picture.This research report also clearly gives
the answers for the questions related to the research: -
I. What is a current trend of the education system?
II. What are the impacts of the education sectors in the growth of Australian people?
III. How does technology influence the education system?
IV. What is a good organizational design?
V. What does the students of the Australia expects from the education system?
To get the satisfying answer of these questions it is very important that the company considers all
the concepts and combine them with all the subjects like strategic management, planning and
designing of the organizational structure. The concept of organizational design and structure,
management activities, promotion of the services need to be apparent to understand the concept
of building professional development plans.
Literature review
There are many authors give their point of view with regard to the organizational designs in the
strategic plans. The authors Lex Donaldson and Greg Joffe in the article “The key to
organizational design” talks about the importance of the organizational designs in the strategic
management planning and it will help to build the professional development plans. As per the
viewpoints of all the participants, the strategic plans are the key to success and the
implementation of the strategies is very important. Also “Time management is the key” said by
all the experienced participants and students need to utilize that time and build their successful
career in the field of Accounting, IT and management (Joffee, 2014). At the time of higher
education, students are able to get the information about the professional accounts. All the basic
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concepts of the subject will be cleared when the student chooses higher study and learn more.
The participants make it clear that the Australian education system is very different from other
countries in the terms of Australian qualification framework (AQF). This framework was started
in the year of 1995 that includes the education from the tertiary education sector in addition to
the secondary school and senior secondary education. The Australian qualification framework is
a one national system that includes 10 levels and linked schools colleges, vocational
qualification. The benefit of this framework is that a student can easily move from one level to
another level and from one college to another also. Thus the strategic management or planning
should also be different in nature (College of Policing, 2010)s.
Strategic tools
There are many strategic tools that are used by the companies to analyze the problems and
challenges faced by the company and what are the main factors affecting the restructuring of the
organizational designs. The contingency planning is very important in case of any emergency.
The different type of tools that are used in strategic planning are-
1. Pest analysis
2. Mckinsey 7 step model
3. Porter’s five forces model
4. BCG matrix
5. SWOT analysis
Another reason for adopting strategic planning at colleges is that it meets the expectations of the
international companies for the jobs. Through the strategic planning, the large organization
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focused on the fact that the candidate should be post graduate as it fulfills the eligibility criteria
for the job. So the Australian education system helps in fulfilling the job requirements of the
company by implementing the accurate plans. For example- For any students who have
accountancy as their professional degree, they have various opportunities to work around the
world. The college needs to organize the personality development plans to improve their
personality for the jobs and suggest them the best suitable career for them as per their interests..
In the entire world, the necessity of the accountant is always on the top. The students should
motivate towards their career by organizing job fest in the college.
Process of PDP
The process of professional development plans involves the four steps-
1. Planning- The first step in the process of PDP is to plan with the discussion of line
Managers. The company X need to plan before restructuring the design of the
organizational structure. The successful planning of the company X is done by
discussing the problem with the management team. Being a manager, it is the
responsibility to inform and take suggestions from the other workers or the students or
faculty members to take the best decisions and to generate development plans (NIKHEF,
2013).
2. Doing- After Planning the new structure for the organization, the next step is to analyze
the impact of that plan on the organizational performance. This step involves the day to
day work of the company X.
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3. Reviewing- The professional development plan is reviewed by the managers by looking
into the feedbacks and by conducting PDR (professional Development review). The
feedback of the employees as well as the clients of the company X plays a crucial role to
review the plans.
4. Reflecting- The last step or the duty of manager is to communicate the plans to the
employees for its successful implementation to promote the educational services in
Australia.
Role Of Manger in Restructuring
On the basis of research and the survey, the managers of the company X need to diagnose the
challenges and the problems faced by the country with regard to the education system. The plan
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can be initiated after the identification of the problem. The different used for this step are
scanning, analysis, assessment, etc. The mangers of the company X need understand that the
analysis of the education sector should not be limited in scope, but the environmental analysis
should include where the system is operating currently. The analysis of the environment already
discussed above as the demographic trends, economic system. The analysis of the problems and
challenges faced by the company is really important. There are some programs in educational
institutions for which the time period is very long, so it is suggested to the managers of the
institutes to shorten the time period and save the time of the students so they can utilize it in
other areas, thereby saving the precious time of the students and helping them make their career.
Extracurricular activities should be organized by the managers of the company X to reduce the
boredom and various motivational programs should be conducted to motivate the students and
apart from those other activities related to sports or any cultural activities or any seminars on
meditation should be organized to help the students keep working (School, 2008)s.
The manager is playing an important role in the placement programs that should invite good
companies which can provide good packages and which is good for the livelihood of the students
and more investment should be made by the educational institutions in this area as it is very
important to invite high brand companies to help the students settle in. It is suggested to open
more educational institutions who are not normal or who are suffering from any mental or
physical disabilities and provide them education for free as well as other incidental services for
free too, and help them learn things and motivate them to stand with the other normal students at
par.
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New Improve design of the organization structure
In the beginning, the company had a simple horizontal organizational chart and taking care of all
the decisions being made. As company X grow as a company and start getting more profits as
company expand their business, it is better to have more organized, well-defined and dedicated
departments, each working under the supervision of the head and performing the designated
duties. The below chart give a brief idea of the various departments and their organizational
hierarchy. Previously the company X have the poor structure and design of the organization as
there were no separate departments made for the different operations. The need to restructure the
organizational design arises because of the increasing workload and the increasing demands of
the customers. The company X should focus to provide the best services by dividing the
activities into different departments and thus by making changes in the design of the
organizational structure (PWC, 2009).
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At last, it is concluded that the professional development plan is different from the personal
development as it is focused on the factor that how to fit the design of the organization structure
into the plan.
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