Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education

Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education

Stickiness is an economic phenomenon in terms of cost, imposed preferences, policy paradigm and national priorities that caused planning to be inadequate and less responsive. Purpose of study – This study investigates the influence of macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher educa...

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Main Authors: Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Ismail, Yusof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2013
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HF5549 Personnel management
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spelling iium-300512013-05-02T04:30:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30051/ Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi Ismail, Yusof HF5549 Personnel management Stickiness is an economic phenomenon in terms of cost, imposed preferences, policy paradigm and national priorities that caused planning to be inadequate and less responsive. Purpose of study – This study investigates the influence of macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education. Design/methodology/approach – It uses personal interview with academic administrators and representatives of selected academic staff associations to obtain data to accomplish research objectives. Findings – The results show that the informants argued that national unity, economic advantages to attract foreign investment, and sound economic growth influenced the strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education. Research limitations and/or implications –The results of the study are essential to assist policy makers and strategic planners in formulating Malaysia’s higher education policy. Originality/value – Recent study on “macro” level stickiness confirms that policy makers and government confirmed that the government cannot exclude previous policy documents that contained three major elements, i.e., national unity, foreign direct investment and sound economic growth in designing national economic and social policies. International Islamic University Malaysia 2013-04-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30051/1/187-309-1-SM.pdf Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi and Ismail, Yusof (2013) Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education. International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, 20 (12). pp. 51-74. ISSN 0128-006 http://iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/187
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Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
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Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education
description Stickiness is an economic phenomenon in terms of cost, imposed preferences, policy paradigm and national priorities that caused planning to be inadequate and less responsive. Purpose of study – This study investigates the influence of macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education. Design/methodology/approach – It uses personal interview with academic administrators and representatives of selected academic staff associations to obtain data to accomplish research objectives. Findings – The results show that the informants argued that national unity, economic advantages to attract foreign investment, and sound economic growth influenced the strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education. Research limitations and/or implications –The results of the study are essential to assist policy makers and strategic planners in formulating Malaysia’s higher education policy. Originality/value – Recent study on “macro” level stickiness confirms that policy makers and government confirmed that the government cannot exclude previous policy documents that contained three major elements, i.e., national unity, foreign direct investment and sound economic growth in designing national economic and social policies.
format Article
author Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Ismail, Yusof
author_facet Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Ismail, Yusof
author_sort Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
title Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education
title_short Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education
title_full Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education
title_fullStr Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education
title_full_unstemmed Macro stickiness in strategic planning of Malaysia’s higher education
title_sort macro stickiness in strategic planning of malaysia’s higher education
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/30051/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/30051/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/30051/1/187-309-1-SM.pdf
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