(Organizational Culture Analysis: A Research on University Strategic Plans)

Abstract

Purpose –With this study, the organizational culture measurements of universities, which can be defined as complex organizations in terms of structure, mission, inputs, resources, stakeholders and their relations with the environment, it is aimed to reveal what they did with which dimensions and methods by examining their existing strategic plans. Design/methodology/approach – The study group of the research consists of 128 public universities. The research was designed in the document screening model and the document analysis technique was used to try to describe the organizational culture analyzes- as they exist- in the strategic plans of the universities. Findings –In the research process, only 17% of the universities with an active strategic plan made their organizational culture analyzes using the methods proposed in the "Strategic Planning Guide for Universities", while others (83%) included only general evaluation statements without making any measurements. 34 of the 128 state universities (33%) did not include information about organizational cultures in their strategic plans. Discussion – In the strategic plans of universities, the rate of performing the organizational culture analysis in accordance with its purpose remained at a very low level. It will not be possible to monitor the impact of the prepared plans on the organizations, as the indicators that are not measured cannot provide an opportunity for comparative analysis. Topics such as the fact that strategic plans are considered as a necessity and procedure, not having enough information about the gains to be obtained as a result of the proper implementation of strategic planning, a unrealistic approach and uncareful implementation can be counted as the reasons for this result.