Maximizing Institutional Research Impact Through Building Relationships and Collaborating Within the Institution

Abstract

Building and maintaining relationships within the institution with shared goals for preserving compliance and presenting an accurate portrait of the institution is critical for effective external reporting. It can also provide immeasurable internal benefit to information stakeholders.

Role of knowledge management in developing higher education partnerships: Towards a conceptual framework

“…Although there are numerous studies investigating elements of KM in HEIs or in the context of HE collaborative initiatives (see Table 1), the existing body of literature appears to limit its discussion on issues related to operationalization of managerial activities within or between HEIs. This paper acknowledges the complexity of HEIs and the landscape they operate in and argues x x Alavi & Leidner, 2001;Aliasghar et al, 2019;Ardichvili, 2008;Bratianu, 2011;Bratianu & Bejinaru, 2019Dalkir, 2013;Davenport & Prusak, 2000;Hansen, 2002;Hislop et al, 2018;Husted & Michailova, 2002;Rhee & Choi, 2017;Srivastava et al, 2006;Tiwana, 2002;Wiig, 2012 x x Hauptman Komotar, 2019; Jiang et al, 2015;Khvatova et al, 2016;Kim & Rehg, 2018;Lilles & Rõigas, 2017;Uslu et al, 2019 x x Barnes & Phillips, 2000;Bennell, 2019;Bhayani, 2015;Gray, 2016;Gregory, 2008;Kirby & Floyd, 2016;Osborne, 2006;Woolcott et al, 2020 x x x Lee, 2018;Lioukas & Reuer, 2015;Nasim et al, 2020;Natek & Zwilling, 2014;Zhang et al, 2019 x x x x Gold et al, 2001;Goodman & Schieman, 2010;Gast et al, 2019;Grotenhuis & Weggeman, 2002;…”

“…Sharing and transferring knowledge between partners is an institutional endeavour. However, several studies (Kirby & Floyd, 2016; Lee et al, 2010; Natek & Zwilling, 2014; Srivastava et al, 2006) have highlighted the impact of institutional culture and discussed the role of leadership and management in developing and promoting an institutional culture that supports knowledge sharing in collaborative undertakings. Elrehail et al (2018) explain that an institutional culture that empowers leadership has a positive impact on team climate and significantly influences individuals in their knowledge sharing behaviour.…”

Institutional Research and External Reporting

“…Much more can and should be done, however, to align these data with other internal data generated in the course of other processes such as planning and budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, performance management, quality assurance and compliance and marketing. Kirby & Floyd (2016) argue that institutional researchers should make better use of other internal constituencies and that they should utilize external relationships to provide more appropriate and higher-quality external reporting. LoGrasso (2016:65) also supports the more efficient use of resources for external reporting.…”

Leading Gainful Employment Metric Reporting

“…Regardless of how the data are retrieved (i.e., custom query/report or use of a standard report), assistance from multiple departments by their subject‐matter expertise for review of the information at the student level and in aggregate is needed. “Because institutional data are often affected by collection mandates and storage issues that are specific to the institution or to a certain area of the institution, it behooves IR professionals to learn as much as possible about the procedures and storage issues at hand” (Kirby & Floyd, ). Thus, building relationships with key departments is critical to the successful and accurate reporting of GE data.…”