Module 3

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INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governance, in general, is about formulating policies to guide and dictate the appropriate, adequate, and necessary actions to achieve the determined goals and objectives at the various levels, including national and service providers.

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Module Overview

A nation's governance and management of higher education is vital to enable an effective and efficient service that could achieve the determined visions and objectives and pave a smoother way forward. Though good governance and management practices are preferable, it is not accomplished easily as service providers’ interests and priorities could conflict with those of nations. Good governance and management include striking a balance between these interests and priorities that require regulators and service providers to deliberate and reach a consensus that could benefit the nation and industry. Governance and management of higher education require regulators to formulate and produce practical yet productive strategies and policies. Mechanisms already exist to achieve such an objective. Admittedly, good governance and management of higher education nationally could facilitate good governance and management among service providers. Governance, in general, is about formulating policies to guide and dictate the appropriate, adequate, and necessary actions to achieve the determined goals and objectives at the various levels, including national and service providers.

Hence, higher education policy formulated to support sustainable, quality-driven service providers’ growth must be adopted and applied whenever mandated or necessitated. To support the good governance and management initiated, further policies, rules, and necessary regulations should be formulated respectively at the service providers’ level that needs to be managed. Policies could then be interpreted to organise programmes and activities to meet multiple requirements at all levels. These programmes and activities must be planned strategically for efficient and effective operations by governors, managers, and operators whose decisions could make or break performance and achievements. Practices of informed decision-making are highly recommended in good governance, which requires thinking managers and operators in the industry, including service providers. Regulatory requirements limit the growth of service providers’ goals whose activities and practices sometimes promote unhealthy practices affecting the quality of products and services that are promoted and valued. Hence, an understanding and knowledge of regulatory requirements are highly critical and recommended to middle-level managers and operators to optimise resources, including funds, staff, capacity, and capability to meet multiple good governance requirements.