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Strategic University Management in the Context of Digitalization: The Experience of the World’s Leading Universities
Wadim Strielkowski
Visiting Professor, University of California (303 Giannini Hall, Berkeley 94720, United States), Senior Researcher, Cambridge Institute for Advanced Studies (23 King St., Cambridge CB11AH, United Kingdom), Senior Researcher, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (129 Kamýcká, Prague 16500, Czech Republic), Ph.D. (Econ.), Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-3841, Scopus ID: 36620065300, Researcher ID: J-6112-2017, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena N. Korneeva
Associate Professor of the Department of Mass Communications and Media Business, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (49 Leningradskiy Prospekt, Moscow 125993, Russian Federation), Associate Professor of the Department of Master’s Degree (Business Programs), Togliatti State University (14 Belorusskaya St., Togliatti 445667, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2735-6299, Scopus ID: 57190658874, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Anna A. Sherstobitova
Head of the Department of Master’s Degree (Business Programs), Togliatti State University (14 Belorusskaya St., Togliatti 445667, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-0386, Scopus ID: 56644656600, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alexandr Yu. Platitzyn
Ph.D. Candidate of the Department of Master’s Degree (Business Programs), Togliatti State University (14 Belorusskaya St., Togliatti 445667, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-7302, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. The research paper’s aim is to study the ongoing digitalization in all spheres of economy, which inevitably impacted on the strategic university management. It explains how universities and higher educational institutions strategically positioned themselves and searched for the novel pathways for innovation and development, which was further reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the digital surge it brought.
Materials and Methods. The authors analyzed the strategic university management in the context of digitalization using the literature review and their own analysis. They focus on the experience of the world’s best universities for inspiring the institutions of higher education in other countries and regions, helping them to improve information and communication technologies and digital skills.
Results. Our results corroborate the ongoing digitalization in all spheres of economy and social life which was pushed further by the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the transformation of the higher educational institutions challenging them to embark upon the path of in-depth transition, restructuring, and re-thinking their role and their mission with regard to the new challenges and novel technologies that are available on the market
Discussion and Conclusion. The outcomes present interesting possibilities for their application in practice for some countries, most notably Russia. They can be of a special interest not only for the government officials responsible for fostering higher education and devising guidelines for the strategic management of universities and higher educational institutions, but also for the academic environment with its researchers and lecturers who seek to innovate based on the most recent and advanced trends in higher education (e.g. ministries and national authorities responsible for science, research, and education in different countries, such as the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Ministry of National Education, Ministry for Research, as well as National Educational Authority or the World Bank, just to name a few).
Keywords: universities, digitalization, higher education, strategic management, information systems
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Strielkowski W., Korneeva E.N., Sherstobitova A.A., Platitzyn A.Yu. Strategic University Management in the Context of Digitalization: The Experience of the World’s Leading Universities. Integration of Education. 2022;26(3):402–417. doi: https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.108.026.202203.402-417
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 24.01.2022; approved after reviewing 22.04.2022;
accepted for publication 27.04.2022.
Contribution of the authors:
W. Strielkowski – scientific management; development of methodology; critical analysis and revision of the text; the presentation of data in the text.
E. N. Korneeva – literature review; critical analysis; data analysis; visualization; preparation of the initial text; computer works.
A. A. Sherstobitova – data visualization; selection of statistical information; critical analysis of the sources; working on revisions; improving the paper; drawing implications and conclusions. A. Platitzyn – literature review; assistance in developing of the methodology; visualization; presentation of findings and outcomes within the text.
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