Institutional Management : Creating Mega Universities in Developing Countries

This book is designed as a book-wide guide for institutional leaders, policymakers, quality assurance practitioners, and development partners. It brings together leadership theory, institutional management practices, quality assurance systems, financing models, student welfare mechanisms, and infrastructure planning into a coherent and actionable body of knowledge. Rather than treating these areas in isolation, the book adopts a systems-based and policy-aligned approach, recognising that sustainable higher education reform requires coordination across all institutional functions. At its core, the book is grounded in national, continental, and global development frameworks, notably Uganda Vision 2040, the African Union Agenda 2063, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These frameworks are not presented as abstract policy references but are deliberately embedded across all chapters, ensuring that institutional practices align with broader goals of human capital development, productivity, innovation, democratic governance, inclusion, and global competitiveness.