"Strategic Planning in the Construction Sector: A Proposed Model for the Strategic Plan to Adopt BIM in Syria." Research Summary: Comprehensive strategic planning for the Syrian state is an inevitable necessity to address the catastrophic effects of
the war that the country has suffered from, and its effects are still ongoing in light of government incapacity and gross failure that has affected all economic, industrial, and scientific aspects. This is reflected in the global development and knowledge indicators. Therefore, the Syrian state must adopt comprehensive planning concepts and strive to make knowledge its primary destination to create a strong economy and a strong industry ready for the upcoming reconstruction phase. It should adopt modern administrative concepts, cognitive and engineering sciences, and seek to incorporate them into its plans. Building Information Modeling (BIM) modeling may occupy the forefront of these sciences due to its great importance in transferring Syrian engineering work in the construction sector to advanced countries. Therefore, the study presented in its chapters the concepts of comprehensive planning and strategic planning on the one hand, and BIM modeling on the other hand, through analyzing and comparing current strategies to adopt BIM technology and the most important global trends and experiences, and identifying the most important obstacles and challenges that faced it. Then, the current situation of BIM technology was studied and analyzed, exploring the extent of its spread in the Syrian construction industry, with the aim of formulating a framework for integrating BIM modeling technology effectively within the life cycle of engineering projects in Syria, and proposing a strategic plan to adopt BIM in Syria. As a result, the research produced a set of findings throughout its chapters as follows: In chapter two, a model was constructed to integrate government plans that contribute to achieving the BIM plan. This was done through a comprehensive study of planning and strategic planning, as well as an examination of the reality of planning and the various government plans in Syria, which revealed weaknesses in both the planning mechanism and plan implementation mechanisms. In chapter three, a comprehensive study was conducted on the current situation of BIM adoption in Syria, and the problems and difficulties that hinder its implementation. The BIM maturity matrix was applied to companies in both the public and private sectors, revealing weaknesses in both sectors in terms of BIM adoption, despite the private sector's superiority in most areas. Based on this, a SWOT analysis was conducted on the current situation in Syria regarding BIM adoption, which indicated strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In chapter four, a proposed framework was developed for implementing the strategic plan for BIM adoption in Syria. This resulted in a roadmap for BIM adoption in Syria from the beginning of 2023 until the end of 2030. In chapter five, the plan was practically applied to a performance management program called BSC DESIGNER, resulting in a strong and robust performance management system for implementing the strategic plan according to a timeline from the beginning of 2023 until the end of 2030. This research is a bold attempt by the researcher to complement various sciences within a comprehensive strategic planning framework. This research aims to reach decision-makers and help put Syria on the global BIM map by translating the plan's vocabulary and goals into practical reality that contributes to shaping the future of the construction industry in Syria. This study recommends coordination and cooperation between decision-makers and stakeholders in the construction sector to implement the proposed BIM adoption strategy through its four axes (policies, technologies, processes, knowledge, and skills) and secure financial support. Keywords: strategic planning, comprehensive planning, building information modeling, performance management, engineering projects, BIM adoption plan, Syria.
This Research Aims To Study The Role Of Strategic Intelligence In
Formulating An Effective Strategy For Organizations, By Studying
Two Important Elements Of Strategic Intelligence: Strategic
Thinking And Strategic Planning As Two Independent Variables
And Their Role In Formulating An Effective Organizational
Strategy That Is Considered A Dependent Variable.
The current research aims to identify the degree of Practicing Strategic Planning of
and the degree of the quality assurance level in faculty of education at Tishreen University
from the view point of the Teaching Staff Members, and also and to stu
dy the relationship
between the degree of Practicing Strategic Planning and quality assurance level in it.
and to achieve the objectives of this research questionnaires were built, the first
about strategic planning included four areas, and consisted (50) items, while the second
about quality assurance consisted (20) items; have been applied on sample (72) Teaching
Staff Members in faculty of education at Tishreen University during the academic year of
(2016 - 2017). Descriptive analytical methodology was used, and Validity of the
questionnaire was established though a jury of (7) of the teaching staff at Syrian
Universities. Pilot sample consisted of (22) Members, Reliability was established by
Cronbach – Alpha Reliability (0.87) to Strategic Planning questionnaire and (0.73) to
quality assurance questionnaire.
This Research Aims To Study The Requirements For The
Implementation Of Strategic Planning In The Port Governmental
Company Of Tartous, And The Existence Of Some Of These
Requirements In The Port Governmental Company Of Tartous.
The aim of the research was to find out the role of strategic
planning skills in improving the performance of the general
secondary school principals in Damascus. The researcher used the
analytical descriptive method. The sample consisted of (80)
directors, representing (76.92%) of the original society. (48)
divided on four axes related to the subject of the study.
The purpose of this study was to know the impact of strategic
planning on raising the performance level of the organization from
the point of view of the administrators in Syrian
Telecommunications Company, it was used the statistical program
(spssv20) for hypotheses testing and analyze of the results of the
study sample, which consists of 133 Administrative.
The research aimed to identifying the Opinion of Sample of worker at Tishreen
University in the role strategic Planning importance, Crisis Educational Management, also
to define the differences in Opinion of Sample to these variable the scientific
qualification.
To achieve the objectives of this research, questionnaire has included the role of Strategic
Planning in Crisis Educational Management consisted of (52) items, has been applied
during the academic year of (2015 - 2016) on sample (278) members, The present research
used the descriptive analytical approach. Validity of the questionnaire was established
though a jury of (7) of the teaching staff of educational at Damascus and Tishreen.
The final results showed that the role of Strategic Planning in Crisis Educational
Management were middle degree. In fact there are no found differences between the
sample answers, about the strategic Planning importance, and their role in Crisis
Educational Management according to variable the scientific qualification. The Research
presented suggestions concerning of to adopt strategic planning as a tool for changing and
developing administrative work and specialized workshops in strategic Planning.
This study focuses on the role of strategic planning in improving the performance of organizations, taking the Ministry of Higher Education in the Syrian Arab Republic as a model to develop the higher education sector and plan future educational policies in Syria.
This research aimed to create a Suggested Imagination to active the roll of the
Strategic Planning that the initial stage Schools headmasters in Damascus must use to
manage the educational crises in their institution.
The research society contain
all the initial stage schools headmaster in Damascus
City, that they are (316) headmasters, and the research was implicated on a random sample
contain (242) member.
The researcher depended on the analytical descriptive method, and used a
questionnaire to collect information, so he repaired two questionnaires, the first one about
the most crises the initial stage schools suffer, and the second contains (58) items about the
proceedings which the headmaster must do them, and it divided to for fields, they are:
before the happened of the crisis, planning to management the crisis, management the
crises, the prevention and the capitalize of the crises after it happened.
The results showed that the initial stage Schools headmasters are suffering from
crises related to the students, the curriculum, and the teachers, and their practice degree for
the subtrahend proceedings quadrated to the questionnaire is a median degree, that is
subpoenaed drawing up a suggested imagination to become the Strategic Planning is the
method which used to manage the educational crises and obviated them.
The research aims to identify the role of strategic planning in the private higher
education by highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the private university to help in
choosing the strategy to exploit the opportunities and strength points. A
nd also to avoid or
address weaknesses and threats. So that the private university would be able to achieve
continuous improvements and distinctions epecially in the light of the current
circumstances in Syria. And the Academy inLatakia, has been chosen being one of the first
private universities in Syria. We relyed on the descriptive and analytical approach and the
use of questionnaires for each one who is responsible of strategic planning in the academy
in order to highlight the steps to be followed to prepare a strategic plan for the academy
because it hasn't been following the strategic planning approach in a practical way to
improve the performance of its educational tasks. The most important results that have
been reached are: the academic management interaction with moral and conduct strategic
planning was weak due to the weakness of responsibility towards the process of change
and also because of the constant change in the administrative leadership of the academy
during short periods of time The research has also shown that the faculty teaching
members are not aware of the academy's mission and that is because there isn't a suitable
atmosphere in the academy right now for change and developement especially in the light
of the existing competitions. In the light of these results, the researcher suggested the
following: The management in this branch should provide the right atmosphere to accept
changes by starting awareness campaigns within the scientific and administrative
departments of the academy to introduce the members to the mission of the academy, its
goals and future plans.
