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What is E-Management Portal

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An e-management portal is an electronic platform for the management process and quality assurance. The implementation of the strategic plan and the continuous improvement of quality assurance are described in the action plan of the portal.
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Management Information System in Higher Education
Juha Kettunen (Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch071
Abstract
The communication and implementation of a strategic plan is typically based on various measures in educational institutions. The balanced scorecard approach has in the 1990s attained an important role worldwide in private and public sector organisations. Large organisations have different organisational levels, where it is useful to apply the balanced scorecard. This emphasises the need for the automation of the measuring system. The information is typically collected from various data sources. These characteristics underline the need to plan a management information system (MIS) to support the management process. Strategic management is bridge building between the perceived present situation and the desired future situation (West-Burnham, 1994; Wheale, 1991). Strategic management involves taking stock of the educational policy, local economy, and other factors in the organisation’s environment. It adapts the organisation to its environment but, on the other hand, tries to exert a positive effect on the development of its local community (Bush & Coleman, 2000; Kettunen, 2003; Middlewood & Lumby, 1998).
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