Starting up the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University: Critical Success Factors and Questions of Balance
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
This chapter follows the initiation and start up of the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University. Critical success factors for the startup and subsequent operation of this new college are identified. Challenges in the forms of managing stability and innovation, leadership succession, governing, and visibility are examined. The chapter closes with personal learning.
Keywords
vision, recruiting, success factors, personal learning, challenges, new institution, curriculum
Discipline
Asian Studies | Computer Sciences | Databases and Information Systems | Higher Education
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
Organizational Learning Contracts: New and Traditional Colleges
Editor
Paul S. Goodman
First Page
139
Last Page
163
ISBN
9780199738656
Identifier
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738656.003.0008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City or Country
Oxford
Citation
GOODMAN, Paul S. and MILLER, Steven M..
Starting up the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University: Critical Success Factors and Questions of Balance. (2011). Organizational Learning Contracts: New and Traditional Colleges. 139-163.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/237
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738656.003.0008