Strategy Evaluation And Control Methodes In The Education Sector: In Case Of Hope University College Addis Ababa
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2020-02
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Addis Ababa University
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The foundation for any strategic management plan is its firm and rigours evaluation and
control system in place. The main purpose of this study was to find out the strategy evaluation
and control against the set targets of the strategic plan at the Hope University College. So it
aims to discover out the importance of strategy evaluation and control method as well the
challenges come across in implementing the evaluation and control. The primary data was
collected through the use of the interview guide. Through content analysis, it was established
that the performance appraisal and implementation control were the most common practices
used by departments. The findings of the evaluation and control were used as input for planning
and management decision making. The university college evaluated itself every 3 years using
strategic evaluation team but also undertook control on a quarterly basis while some major
functions undertook the practice twice a year. It is believed that continues control and
evaluation has empowered the University College to observer the performance of its various
activities against the set targets of the strategic plan. The evaluation ensured that the institution
was on the right path towards achieving the objectives of the strategic plan and also through
control, the management was able to avoid any deviations from the goals or objectives.
Concluded this assessment the culture of strategic plan evaluation needs to be specified
resource and must give responsibility to all the stakeholders in the university to be more
involved in the strategic evaluation and control. Since the Higher Education Relevance and
Quality Agency (HERQA) and Performance appraisals are the only tools under taken so it is
recommendation from this study, other different evaluation and control tools such as
Benchmarking , ISO and even implementation control for certain objective must be used
needed to be achieve the strategic objective with in the time frame planned
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recommendation from this study, main purpose of this study, strategic management plan