EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING ON OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION ISSUES

摘要

The research presented in this paper has been conducted in the scope of the project "Development of a methodological framework for strategic decision making in higher education - a case of open and distant learning implementation" (HigherDecision) supported by Croatian Science Foundation (web: higherdecision.foi.hr). The primary goal of HigherDecison project is to develop an overarching methodology for strategic decision making and monitoring of its implementation in HE. In the first phase of our research, we have investigated which decision making (DM) methods and methodologies are used in the decision making processes in HE related to open and distance education (ODE). Results show the diversity of methods, methodologies and approaches used in the strategic decision making on ODE that proves complexity of the topic and variety of approaches. The most frequently used method is the Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) which is the most well-known multi-criteria decision making method (MCDM).