A two-day strategic planning workshop for the heads of departments of the Quaid-i Azam University (QAU) started here on Tuesday.
The workshop is being organised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) under its Modern University Governance Programme for University Management. As many as 30 heads of departments, senior faculty and administration members attended the workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to help the participants understand the concept of strategic planning, its basic principles and processes. Dr Mary Linda Armacost, the former president of two US universities conducted different sessions on academics process, barriers and design of strategic planning. She highlighted the dynamics of the university-based strategic planning. Addressing the inaugural session, she said the consultation exercise would help the heads of departments and senior faculty members set more realistic goals in line with unique higher education needs. She said effective strategic planning was a tool to face the emerging challenges in an innovative way and a structured approach to anticipating the future. “Strategic Planning is a way to set your priorities, goals and monitoring the progress. It ensures the academic quality by creating real engagement among departments, within the departments, with teachers, students, and external constituencies.” she added.
