Factors that influence school organisational innovation in technical institutes and universities

The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence organisational innovation in technical institutes and universities. In order to meet this purpose, the study conducted expert focus groups twice to identify seven facets of organisational innovation for technical institutes and universities. That is, leadership innovation, administration innovation, student affairs innovation, curriculum and instruction innovation, the teachers’ professional development innovation, resource application innovation and campus innovation. Then, the study adopted the techniques of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to solicit opinions from 25 experts through a questionnaire. The results show that leadership innovation is the most important item in the first hierarchies. In the second hierarchies, the vision is the most important item. According to these results, the major recommendation from this study is that the school’s leaders, especially the president, need to delineate the school’s organisation innovation vision and share these thoughts with staff in all faculties.