AL-WIJDyAN: Journal of Islamic Education Studies.
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php/alwijdan Received: Mei 2024 Accepted: Juni 2024 Published: Juli 2024 Implementation of Strategic Management to Enhance Educational Quality:
A Perspective of Postgraduate Students at Malang State Islamic University Bulqis.
Munirul Abidin Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang.
Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang Email: bulqis02@gmail.
com, munirul@bio.
uin-malang.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to find information about the implementation of strategic management to enhance the quality of education from the perspective of postgraduate students at Malang State Islamic University.
The research method used is descriptive qualitative research with a case study design.
Data collection techniques in the form of interviews with the form of unstructured interviews.
The research subjects are postgraduate students in Islamic education management of Malang State Islamic University, selected based on criteria such as having work experience in the field of education, such as curriculum vice principals, student affairs vice principals, and educators.
Subsequently, data analysis is conducted through a series of coding processes and categorization according to theories related to strategic management.
The research findings indicate that in the implementation of strategic management to enhance the quality of education, there are several elements, including environmental observation, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation.
Additionally, there are inhibiting factors and supporting factors in implementing strategic management.
Improving the quality of education is not solely focused on academic outcomes but also involves effective, organized management that is synergistic towards all aspects supporting the enhancement of education quality.
Keywords: Implementation.
Strategy Management.
Education Quality Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui informasi mengenai penerapan manajemen strategis untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dari sudut pandang mahasiswa pascasarjana Malang State Islamic University.
Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan desain studi kasus.
Teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara dengan bentuk wawancara tidak terstruktur.
Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa pascasarjana Manajemen Pendidikan Islam Universitas Islam Negeri Malang yang dipilih berdasarkan kriteria antara lain memiliki pengalaman kerja di bidang pendidikan seperti wakil kepala kurikulum, wakil kepala kesiswaan, dan tenaga pendidik.
Selanjutnya analisis data dilakukan melalui serangkaian proses pengkodean dan kategorisasi sesuai teori yang berkaitan dengan manajemen strategis.
Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam penerapan manajemen strategis untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan terdapat beberapa unsur antara lain observasi lingkungan, perumusan strategi, implementasi strategi, dan evaluasi.
Selain itu terdapat faktor penghambat dan faktor pendukung dalam penerapan manajemen strategis.
Peningkatan mutu pendidikan tidak semata-mata terfokus pada capaian akademik saja, namun juga melibatkan pengelolaan yang efektif, terorganisir, dan sinergis terhadap seluruh aspek pendukung peningkatan mutu pendidikan.
Kata Kunci: Implementasi.
Manajemen Strategi.
Mutu Pendidikan Introduction Education is one of the foremost Data was released by Worldtop20.
aspects crucial to human life and the which collected statistical data from six civilization of a nation.
The progress of a international organizations: OECD.
PISA, nation is inexorably linked to the support of UNESCO.
EIU.
TIMSS, and PIRLS.
From quality education.
Therefore, education this data, it is revealed that the education needs to be constructed and developed to ranking in Indonesia in 2023 was 67th out of 203 countries worldwide.
resources in their respective fields, capable of global competitiveness.
Quality education is conducted following the Education System National Law of 2003.
Article 3, which states that 'National education serves to develop the abilities and shape the character and civilization of a dignified nation to enlighten the life of the nation, aimed at the development of the potential of learners to become individuals who are faithful and devoted to the One Almighty God, independent, and become democratic and responsible citizens.
School principals, educators, educational staff play a crucial role in managing and improving the quality of education, whether it's oriented toward short-term, medium-term, or long-term One effort to improve the quality of education is the need for a strategic management concept.
Quality education is born from quality educational institutions.
Therefore, the improvement of education quality can be realized if educational management correctly.
According to Zainuri & Masduki The quality of education in Indonesia is still relatively low.
This is evidenced by .
, strategic management is a method for managing and organizing a plan to achieve goals and the ways to achieve those Volume 9.
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Strategic management can .
titled AuStrategic Management to also be interpreted as a way to organize Improve Education QualityAy, resulted in the people and the application of how to make planning and implementation of strategic and then evaluate decisions that enable the management at MA Syamsul AUlum in Kota organization to achieve future goals.
The Sukabumi being carried out through various quality of education is not a simple endeavor, but rather a dynamic and establishing a vision and mission, analyzing challenging activity.
Education will continue problem-solving.
Ma'had classes, and improving the quality of Therefore, enhancement in line with the increasing evaluation activities at MA Syamsul 'Ulum needs and guidance of societal life.
are conducted through: official meetings this study includes Musnaeni .
with the research titled "The Importance of Strategic Management Improving Education Quality.
" The results of the study depict a requires efforts for improvement and quality Some previous relevant research to surrounding era, as education is a product of Meanwhile, committees, special meetings of school heads, vice principals, teachers, staff, and foundation leaders, and various meetings that result in beneficial activities.
significant improvement in the quality of The education in schools that are well-managed.
NurAAzizah AuStrategic Schools Management Improving Education Study Madrasah Quality (Case educational goals.
The improvement in Tsanawiyah Negeri 2 Ponorog.
Ay states that education quality will certainly impact the Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri 2 Ponorogo, graduates from those schools.
Through in formulating strategic processes, includes strategic management, future opportunities developing vision and mission, identifying can be expanded, and occurring risks can be external opportunities and threats to an Strategic management can be organization, and designing strategies to achieved if all stakeholders directly involved achieve organizational goals.
The institution with the school participate, such as school has implemented strategic management administrators, parents, faculty, and staff.
through programs such as regular, bilingual.
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ICP, and maAhad, as well as Students extracurricular activities.
They also organize UniversityAy.
training sessions, seminars, and workshops for educational staff.
Open evaluation is Malang State Islamic Method Google The method employed in this research Forms, performance appraisals, supervision, and encouragement to continually enhance Descriptive research is a method that describes and interprets objects as they are 9.
education quality.
Qurtubi .
titled AuStrategic Management in Improving Education Quality at MTs YKM3 Daarul QurAanAy concludes that to enhance education quality, the strategies employed by the Madrasah Principal begin with high commitment and responsibility by assessing and utilizing internal school resources such as the Madrasah PrincipalAs experience, human resources, facilities, and infrastructure, as well as existing school Subsequently, they determine plans from the strategies to be implemented involving stakeholders.
The This research is a type of case study.
Furthermore, research conducted by According to Prastowo .
, a case study is an intensive and detailed investigation into a particular case, event, environment, or situation that allows for the revelation or understanding of something.
The data collection technique involves interviews, information through question-and-answer sessions in the form of unstructured Subsequently, data analysis is carried out through a series of coding processes and categorization according to theories related to strategic management.
The subjects in this study are postgraduate students of Islamic Education Management at Malang State Islamic University in their between previous first semester, consisting of 2 females and 1 research and the research conducted by the The selection of research subjects is researcher lies in its focus on the perspective based on the criteria of students who have of postgraduate students at Malang State work experience in the field of education Islamic University.
Thus, this research is such as vice principals for curriculum, vice principals for student affairs, and educators.
AuImplementation Strategic Management to Improve Education Quality from the Perspective of Postgraduate Volume 9.
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Management signifies a process framework comprising activities to guide and direct a group of peopleAs efforts to achieve organizational goals.
Management is the science of organizing, managing, and directing individuals so that they can work toward fulfilling organizational objectives.
According Setiawati .
, semester, year, 5 years, and so on.
Achievements can be in the form of academic test results .
, general exams and national exam.
, as well as achievements in other fields such as sports or arts.
Furthermore, school achievements can also include intangible conditions like discipline, camaraderie, and mutual respect.
In the process of quality education, various inputs are involved.
14, such as teaching materials .
ognitive, strategic management is a series of decisions and managerial actions carried out through teacherAs the process of observing the current administrative support, infrastructure, and other resources, as well as the creation of a future performance, and then implementing conducive atmosphere.
and evaluating to achieve organizational goals and success.
arying All management must be oriented towards According to Wheelen and Hunger in achieving quality.
The improvement of quality in educational institutions needs to elements of strategic management are be supported by the managerial abilities of Environmental the school principal and other school Zahro Kotu Strategy Strategy Implementation.
Evaluation, and Control.
management needs to be implemented in an educational institution to strengthen the In the Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, internal and external systems related to the AumutuAy is defined as the measure of the management of strategic decisions that will good or bad quality of an object, condition, affect the institutionAs existence in the long level, or degree .
uch as skill, intelligence.
In education, quality refers to the outcome of education which refers to the achievements attained by a school within Volume 9.
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Table 1.
Research Findings Supporting Factors & Hindering Factors Supporting Factors:
Strong leadership and loyalty Community including parents or school component organizers.
Adequate human resources Support from partnerships and Internal institutional strengths, especially human resources such as teacher and staff competencies, as well as effective leadership.
Consistency in backgrounds to avoid uneven treatment.
Analyzing SWOT to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses existing in the institution.
Focusing on the highest priority based on analysis of internal and external factors.
Holding meetings to discuss internal and Observation external issues.
Conducting study visits to schools that have management to improve understanding of effective strategic management.
Formulating the vision, mission, and objectives of the school.
Providing services based on the values and Strategic aspirations of the madrasah in the long term.
Management Formulating policies and strategies for Formulation achieving the schoolAs objectives.
Improving Emphasizing to school members the Education importance of collaboration to achieve the Hindering Factors:
Quality Limitations in facilities and madrasahAs goals.
Selecting new students through the Social and cultural conditions admissions process and assigning educators according to needs and competencies.
Incompatibility with local needs.
Creating and developing extracurricular Weakness in human resources and lack of awareness of existing Implementation 3.
Implementing professionalism, discipline, opportunities and potentials.
and responsibility in tasks.
Conducting deliberations in decision-making by school component organizers.
Building trust and mutual understanding among school members.
Evaluation Measuring the performance of educators and monitoring all results obtained for improvement steps.
Conducting internal and external evaluations.
Identifying strengths and weaknesses of the processes undertaken.
Re-evaluating planning by referring to presentation reports.
Gathering school component organizers to identify and rectify issues.
Seeking solutions through deliberation for the improvement and development of programs that support education quality Motivating educators and staff.
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Formulation.
Implementation.
AuConducting benchmarking studies implemented strategic management to enhance insights and knowledge about good strategic managementAy.
Evaluation.
Based on the above interview Environmental Observation Efforts conducting environmental observations that consider opportunities and threats management in improving education quality is as follows:
Analyzing SWOT to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses present in externally, pay attention to internal the institution.
strengths and weaknesses, and then observation in the process of strategic quality must be forward-looking by .
Focusing on the most important opportunities and address challenges, and priorities based on analysis of internal weaknesses held by the institution to and external factors.
achieve the desired goals.
Holding meetings to discuss internal evidenced by the research findings through interviews with postgraduate Malang State and external issues.
Conducting study visits to madrasahs that have successfully implemented Islamic strategic management to enhance University, as follows:
understanding of effective strategic AuAnalyzing what strengths the weaknesses present in the institutionAy.
SWOT
commonly used to analyze in achieving As explained by Sodikin & AuFocusing on the most important Gumiandari .
SWOT Analysis is a priorities by considering internal and method that includes strategic planning external factors, then holding meetings to discuss the issues and shortcomings opportunities, and threats that can be present internally or externallyAy.
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clear picture for implementing the role of internal factors.
can be concluded that the formulation of Strategy Formulation Strategy formulation is the process of developing long-term management concepts aimed at minimizing threats In this strategy formulation, it will reflect on the vision, mission.
Based on the above interviews, it Malang State Islamic University are as development of desired values, and employees to achieve the madrasah's long-term goals.
interviews with postgraduate students at objectives is a process in strategic The results of the research through institution formulates its vision, mission, observation is conducted first to assess which strategies will be pursued next.
AuFormulating the school's Vision.
This is also based on the theory of Sagala Mission, and Objectives is crucial in the that the formulation of vision, mission, and objectives is done to assess the environment, namely the needs of the basic education environment that can be institution's future goalsAy.
responded to by the school.
Specific AuHaving direction or policies to objectives are formulated through the achieve the desired goals.
In addition, the detailed implementation of the vision and madrasah can also provide services based Subsequently, strategic plans are on the values to be developed and the made through a series of programs as aspirations of the madrasah in the long strategic activities.
termAy.
Strategy Implementation AuWith After the process of strategy objectives, it can remind employees to be next step aligned and supportive in realizing the implementation of strategic management Volume 9.
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The final component in the series According to Abin .
Strategy of strategic management processes is Evaluation is conducted to behavior process as a result of strategy identify the issues and constraints faced formulation in the form of programs, by the institution.
It also aims to policies, and procedures.
Additionally, according to Qori .
Strategy implementation, policies, and procedures.
implementation is the process of realizing In the evaluation process, there is a various strategies and policies through actions such as developing programs, management to improve the previous budget designs, and procedures.
research findings conclude that the implemented strategies are as follows:
Selecting new students through the admissions process and assigning educators according to needs and postgraduate students at Malang State Islamic University, it is as follows:
AuIn management evaluation, the first step is educational staff, monitor all outcomes.
As the findings from research In line with these theories, the .
Creating involve conducting periodic evaluations and providing motivation to educators or extracurricular programs.
staffAy.
Implementing discipline, and responsibility in tasks.
AuInternal and external evaluations are conducted.
Internally, the school .
Conducting deliberations in decisionmaking .
Building Evaluation rectifies them, identifying strengths and principal gathers school stakeholders for weaknesses in the processes undertaken.
Meanwhile, bodies or school supervisory agencies evaluate administratively or objectivelyAy.
AuReviewing the planning that has Volume 9.
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Solutions are educational quality.
Motivating educators and staff.
The implementation of this evaluation must sought through deliberation on which be carried out routinely, as according to programs need improvement or new Fadhli .
the school principal and programs need to be established to teachers, must regularly and on a support educational quality.
In the schedule carry out evaluations of the evaluation process, regular meetings are strategies that have been implemented.
held every morning at 7 a.
and after Very fast and dynamic changes in school hoursAy.
educational institutions have a big Based on the interview results influence on the success of achieving above, it can be concluded that the evaluation involves following steps:
Improving the quality of education is .
Measuring outcomes but also involves effective, well- organized management that synergizes all outcomes for corrective measures.
Conducting This includes optimizing environments, good school management, supervision of the learning process by teachers and students, and support from .
Identifying parents and the community.
Based on the research findings, there are supporting and .
Re-evaluating planning by referring to presentation reports.
strategic management for educational quality .
Gathering school stakeholders to identify and rectify issues.
improvement according to postgraduate students in Islamic Education Management at Malang State Islamic University, as .
Seeking solutions through deliberation inhibiting factors in the implementation of Supporting Factors .
Strong and loyal leadership.
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Community participation, including formulation phase starts with designing parents or school stakeholders.
programs that reflect the school's vision, mission, and objectives.
The implementation .
Adequate human resources.
Support admissions (PPDB), assigning educators according to needs and competencies, developing extracurricular programs, and .
Internal making decisions through deliberation.
The especially human resources such as next phase is evaluation, which involves competent teachers and staff, and identifying strengths and weaknesses to capable leadership.
develop and improve subsequent programs .
Consistency in backgrounds to avoid uneven treatment.
through regular meetings every day at 7 a.
and after school hours.
Inhibiting Factors .
Limitations and strategies.
Evaluation is conducted Supporting implementation of strategic management include loyal leadership, active community participation including parents and school .
Social and cultural factors.
stakeholders, adequate human resources, .
Inadequacy in addressing local needs.
On the other hand, inhibiting factors .
Weak human resources and lack of infrastructure, social and cultural factors, awareness of existing opportunities weaknesses in human resources, and a lack and potentials.
of awareness of existing opportunities and Conclusion Based on the above description, it can be concluded that the implementation of References