Research model
Since higher education institutions are frequently structured around faculties, a model
is proposed for the relationships between vision components and faculty performance.
Although relationships among the various characteristics of visions and higher
education institution performance are not yet well understood, Figure 1 depicts a model
proposing a link between vision – faculty performance, derived from the vision,
business strategy, leadership, and higher education institution performance literature.
Relationships among vision attributes, vision content, vision communication,
organisational alignment, motivation and empowerment, and the four outcomes of
learning and faculty satisfaction, process improvement, student satisfaction and
growth, and financial stability are not yet well understood. Based on the literature
review, Figure 1 depicts a structural model showing hypothesised relationships among
vision attributes, vision content, vision communication, organisational alignment,
motivation and empowerment, and the faculty outcomes of learning and faculty
satisfaction, process improvement, student satisfaction and growth, and financial stability.