Date of Graduation
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This study employed a method of analysis and development to develop the model of emergent planning. The study was exploratory in nature and therefore directed at uncovering a research process that was sensitive to the unique features of higher education and strategic planning. Triangulation involved the development of concepts from the literature, analysis of analogies, and the analysis of a survey. Fifty concepts were developed based on five principal tenets. These concepts were developed from literature in the social and business sciences. The analogy research was based on the analysis of three primary terms and five secondary terms that have been embedded in strategic planning literature since its inception post World War II. The results showed weak support for the importation of analogies from the business and social science domains into the domain of higher education management. The results pointed to weaknesses in background and foreground relevance as well as vertical and horizontal relations. A survey of executive management in General Baccalaureate, private, not-for-profit educational institutions was conducted. The survey results (n = 127) showed support for twenty five of the fifty principal concepts of the model of emergent planning. These concepts support a model that incorporates theory from the knowledge domains of social constructionism, transformative learning, and planning. The research highlights areas for further research and theory building that is responsive to the unique features of higher education.
Recommended Citation
Urbanowski, Reginald John, "Emergent planning in baccalaureate, general, private, not-for-profit colleges in the United States of America." (2002). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 9929.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/9929