Design of Strategic Management System for Northern Border University using Unified Modeling Language

All organizations engage in the strategy management process either formally or informally. Strategy management is used to refer to the entire scope of strategic-decision making activity in an organization to ensure its continuous success. Hence, a strategic management system is viewed as an important tool for strategy management. Northern Border University started to initiate its first five-year strategy plan for the year 1435-1439H (2013-2018). However, the strategy plan is managed without having a strategic management system. Thus, the university has a fundamental disconnect between the formulation of the strategy and the execution of that strategy into useful action. There is no integration between the strategy formulation and implementation which are treated separately instead of as an integrated system. Therefore, it is difficult for the university to translate their strategies into operational objectives, processes and activities. This paper presents the design process of the strategic management system for the university, whose main purpose is to manage the university's strategy plan throughout its life cycle. The design of the strategic management system is based on object-oriented approach using Unified Modeling Language. The system will be used to formulate, implement, monitor and control appropriate university's strategy plan to support on strategic-decision making for the university. The solution will thus contribute to the improvement of the university's performance.