The Strategies of Australia’s Universities: Revise & Resubmit

The Strategies
of Australia’s
Universities
	Preface
	Executive Summary
	Contents
	List of Figures
	1: Australia’s Universities
		1.1	 The Grand Bargain
		1.2	 New Public Management
		1.3	 The Current Report Card
		1.4	 Are Australia’s Universities Top-Heavy?
		1.5	 Why This Book
		1.6	 The Roadmap Ahead
	2: The University Strategy Narrative: Advertisement, Story or Blueprint?
		2.1	 Strategy as Advertisement, Story and Blueprint
	3: University Governance: Weak at the Top
		3.1	 The Chancellor
		3.2	 The Role of the University Council
		3.3	 Council Members
		3.4	 The Challenges Faced by Corporate Boards and Councils
		3.5	 Developing Strategy
		3.6	 The Fish Thinks from the Head7
	4: What Is Strategy?
		4.1	 Strategy Framework
		4.2	 The University and Its Faculties
		4.3	 The University and Its Functions
	5: Strategic Frameworks
		5.1	 Business Models
		5.2	 Economies of Scale, Scope and Focus
		5.3	 Comparative and Competitive Advantage
		5.4	 Sustaining Versus Disruptive Innovation
		5.5	 Rankings: Managing to These Measures
		5.6	 Strategic Reputation Management
		5.7	 Taking Stock
	6: What Are the Strategies of Australia’s Universities? Environment, Competition, Resources and Capabilities
		6.1	 The Strategy Backstory
		6.2	 The University of the Future
		6.3	 Competition and Rivalry
		6.4	 The Internal Environment: Resources and Capabilities
		6.5	 Organisational Culture
		6.6	 Strategic Fit
	7: What Are the Strategies of Australia’s Universities? Mission, Vision and Values
		7.1	 The Theory of a University and Its Telos2
		7.2	 The Missions of Australia’s Universities
		7.3	 The Social Justice Mission
		7.4	 Multiple Missions
		7.5	 Combining Multiple Missions into a Single Strategy
		7.6	 The Value Chain of a University
		7.7	 The Big Strategic Choice
	8: What Are the Strategies of Australia’s Universities? Objectives
		8.1	 Local and More Operational Goals
		8.2	 Hoping for A While Rewarding B
		8.3	 A Challenge
	9: What Are the Strategies of Australia’s Universities? Arenas, Vehicles, Differentiators, Staging and Economic Logic
		9.1	 Arenas
		9.2	 Vehicles
		9.3	 Differentiators
		9.4	 Staging
		9.5	 The Economics of a University
		9.6	 The Funding Game: The Revenue Model
		9.7	 The Funding Game: The Cost Model
		9.8	 The Big Question
	10: What Are the Strategies of Australia’s Universities? Strategy
		10.1	 A Differentiation Strategy
		10.2	 Potential Points-of-Difference
		10.3	 Communicating Points-of-Difference
	11: What Are the Strategies of Australia’s Universities? Organisational Structure
		11.1	 Strategy and Structure
		11.2	 The Managerial Bureaucracy
		11.3	 Postscript
	12: A New University
		12.1	 The Australian Management University
		12.2	 Governance
		12.3	 Mission, Vision andValues
		12.4	 Objectives
		12.5	 Arenas, Vehicles, Differentiation andStaging
		12.6	 Strategy and the Business Model
		12.7	 Operational Structure
		12.8	 Is This New University Possible?
	13: Final Thoughts
	Why We Wrote This Book
	Index