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Gender
 
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Female
 
 
 
Organisational planning role:
 
Senior Executive
 
Executive Dean
 
Executive Director / Director
 
Executive Officer
 
Head of School
 
University planning specialist / manager
 
Other
 
 
 
 
The definition closest to my understanding of governance is:
 
Governance is the process by which authority is conferred, by which rules are made, and by which those rules are enforced and modified.
 
Governance is the organisational framework that defines expectations, grants power and verifies performance through which accountability and transparency in an organisation’s relationship with its stakeholders is assured.
 
Governance is the establishment of policies, and continuous monitoring of their proper implementation, by the members of the governing body of an organization.
 
Governance is the exercise of authority under rules and practices that articulate the rights and responsibilities of various actors, including the directives by which they interact.
 
 
 
The definition closest to my understanding of planning is:
 
Planning is a scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective.
 
Planning is the process of linking strategic goals and key objectives to tactical objectives. It provides details of deliverables and explains how the strategic plan will be put into operation during a given operational period. It is the justification of an annual operating budget request.
 
Planning means to decide the objectives clearly and to prepare a plan. Thereafter to take suitable steps for the execution of the plan.
 
Planning is the process that involves the formulation of detailed plans to meet strategic priorities and organisational needs within available resources.
 
 
 
The definition closest to my understanding of strategy is:
 
Strategy is the university’s high-level statement of the means by which it will achieve its long-term or overall aim.
 
Strategy is where the university’s internal environment meets its external environment.
 
Strategy is a pattern in a stream of significant resource allocation decisions.
 
Strategy is a shared model of the university senior executive on organisational purpose, the broad external and internal environmental impacts and the major activities undertaken to achieve organisational purpose.
 
 
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The university governance is optimised by the university structure and system
 
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The university planning is optimised by the university structure and system
 
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The university processes recognise the alignment between the planning framework and their operations
 
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Hello
You are invited to participate in our survey assessing regional university planning frameworks. It will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

The Office of Sustainable Business Management & Improvement at the University of Southern Queensland is undertaking a review of its planning framework and as such, is conducting a survey for both internal and external participants.

The questions investigate the perceptions of stakeholders of their university planning process(es) and their respective roles therein. The study seeks to make an evidence-based collaborative contribution towards continuous improvement efforts related to planning at USQ, and potentially other Australian regional universities. The outcomes of study will contribute towards the development and reporting of a conceptual 'best practice' regional higher education planning framework.

The survey data analysis will inform a consensus construction of knowledge informing the review and improvement of a higher education planning framework.

1. Procedures

Participation in this project will involve

• An online survey consisting of 18 questions.
• Both the internal and external survey data will undergo analysis using descriptive data analysis and multivariate data analysis techniques.
• The Analysis of Survey Results from USQ Planning Specialists will be provided to internal participants
• The Analysis of Survey Results from Regional University Network (RUN) Planning Specialists will be provided to external participants
• The purpose of the study is to consider survey results and further improvement to planning as to an evaluation of performance.

2. Voluntary Participation

Participation is entirely voluntary. If you do not wish to take part you are not obliged to. If you decide to take part and later change your mind, you are free to withdraw at any stage during the survey.
Your decision whether to take part or not to take part, or to take part and then withdraw, will not affect your relationship with the University of Southern Queensland and the Regional Universities Network member universities:
University of Ballarat
University of New England
Southern Cross University
University of the Sunshine Coast
Central Queensland University

Should you have any queries regarding the progress or conduct of this research, you can contact the principal researcher:

Mrs Sandra Carswell
Sustainable Business Management & Improvement
University of Southern Queensland
+61 7 46 31 2660 or 0429350002
Email: [email protected]

If you have any ethical concerns with how the research is being conducted or any queries about your rights as a participant please feel free to contact the University of Southern Queensland Ethics Officer on the following details.

Ethics and Research Integrity Officer
Office of Research and Higher Degrees
University of Southern Queensland
West Street, Toowoomba 4350
Ph: +61 7 4631 2690
Email: [email protected]

Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your responses will be coded and will remain confidential.

Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.