Strategic Management and Leadership of Education: Central and Local Perspectives in Turkey - Vol 14 - Issue 3 - Abstract

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This study assesses how Turkey’s Ministry of National Education implements strategic management and planning by examining upper-level administrators’ views across the Ministry’s central and provincial bodies. Using semi-structured interviews with 10 upper- and middle-level administrators, the research applies descriptive analysis to responses. Findings indicate that top-down reforms and legal obligations do not ensure adequate, effective practice implementation. Administrators report that a strategic management culture has not been established, making the process weakly formal and increasing workload rather than functioning as an effective tool. The study argues for transforming it into a cultural process and coordinating every stage comprehensively.

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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 14, Issue 3 September 2019 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) Strategic Management and Leadership of Education: Central and Local Perspectives in Turkey Esra Karabag Kose & Mehmet Fatih Kose To cite this article Kose, E.K. & Kose, M.F. (2019) . Strategic Management and Leadership of Education: Central and Local Perspectives in Turkey. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 14(3), 347-365. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2019.208.16 | Published Online | September 29, 2019 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 9 single - 26 cumulative | | Article Download | 43 single - 58 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.208.16](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.208.16) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [96.253.105.162](96.253.105.162) [2 times] Chesterfield / United States on Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:52:15 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) Strategic Management and Leadership of Education: Central and Local Perspectives in Turkey Esra Karabağ Köse 1 Kırıkkale University Mehmet Fatih Köse2 Ministry of National Education Abstract This study seeks to assess how Turkey’s Ministry of National Education has implemented strategic management and planning by examining the views of upper-level administrators employed in Ministry’s central and provincial administrative bodies concerning the strategic management which is a legal obligation for all educational institutions across the country. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 upper-and middle-level administrators. The findings on participants’ responses to the research questions were subject to descriptive analyses. The findings ofthe study are interesting as reveal that the top down reforms and legal obligations do not guarantee adequate and effective implementation in practice. Upper- and middle-level administrators emphasize that a strategic management and planning culture has not been established in Ministry of National Education and the strategic management and planning process has become a weak formality, which increases the workload rather than being an effective management tool. The study revealed that instead of strategic management and planning being to a technical process, measures need to be taken to facilitate its transformation into a cultural process. Strategic management and planning needs to consider together as a whole every stage of each process. The centralist approach should be abandoned and local mechanisms’ areas of influence need to be increased. It is an important research area that more comprehensive evaluation of the centralist strategic management approach based on strategy transfer from the center to the local level. Key Words: Strategic leadership, Strategic management, Educational policies, Upper-level education administrators. DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2019.208.16 1 Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, Kırıkkale University, ORCID: 0000-0003-1367-7793 2 Dr., Human Resourses, Ministry of National Education, ORCID: 0000-0002-2297-8152 [Correspondence:](Correspondence: m.fatihkose@gmail.com)[ m.fatihkose@gmail.com](Correspondence: m.fatihkose@gmail.com) 347 This document downloaded from [96.253.105.162](96.253.105.162) [2 times] Chesterfield / United States on Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:52:

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What does the study investigate about Turkey’s Ministry of National Education?

It examines how the Ministry implements strategic management and planning through the perspectives of upper-level administrators in central and provincial administrative bodies.

How was the research conducted?

The study used semi-structured interviews with 10 upper- and middle-level administrators, and applied descriptive analysis to participants’ responses.

What do the findings suggest about current implementation?

Top-down reforms and legal obligations do not guarantee adequate and effective implementation in practice, and the process is described as weak formality that increases workload.

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