POLİS YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM KURUMLARININ VİZYON İFADELERİNİN ANALİZİ YOLUYLA GELECEKTEKİ ÖNCELİKLERİNİN ANLAŞILMASI

Abstract

Vizyon ifadeleri, kuruluşların uzun vadeli hedeflerini ve arzu edilen geleceğini ifade eden kısa ve özlü beyanlardır. Daha spesifik olarak, vizyon ifadeleri bir kuruluşun gelecekte ulaşmak istediği noktayı, yani hedefini tanımlar. Bu çalışma, polis yükseköğretim kurumlarının vizyon ifadelerinde öne çıkan temaları belirleyerek bu kurumların gelecekteki önceliklerini araştırmaktadır. Çalışmanın örneklemini, AEPC (Avrupa Polis Akademileri Birliği) üyesi 17 polis yükseköğretim kurumu oluşturmaktadır. Bu yükseköğretim kurumlarının vizyon ifadelerine internet üzerinden erişilmiş ve toplanan veriler içerik analizi yoluyla incelenmiştir. Bu çalışma, polis yükseköğretim kurumlarının vizyon ifadelerini analiz ederek, mevcut literatürdeki önemli bir boşluğu doldurmaktadır. Bulgular, vizyon ifadelerinin on ana tema altında gruplandığını ortaya koymuştur: sosyal sorumluluk, güvenlik stratejileri ve yaklaşımları, eğitim, araştırma, yönetsel, ortaklıklar, kalite güvencesi, liderlik, değerler ve insan kaynakları.

Keywords

• Vizyon
• Vizyon ifadesi
• Polis yükseköğretim kurumu
• Gelecek
• Hedef

UNDERSTANDING THE FUTURE PRIORITIES OF POLICE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR VISION STATEMENTS

Abstract

Vision statements are brief and core declarations that communicate organizations’ long-term goals and desirable future. In more specific terms, vision statements describe where an organization would like to be in the future - the destination. This study explores the future priorities of police higher education institutions by figuring out the prominent themes in their vision statements. The sample of the study consists of 17 institutions that are all members of AEPC (The Association of European Police Colleges). Statements of these higher education institutions were accessed over the internet, and the data collected were analysed via content analysis. This study fills an important gap in the current literature with regard to police higher education institutions by analysing their vision statements, which has not been done before. The findings highlight that vision statements are grouped under ten main themes: social responsibility, security strategies and approaches, educational, research, administrational, partnerships, quality assurance, leadership, values and human resources.

Keywords

• Vision
• Vision statement
• Police higher education institution
• Future
• Goal

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