International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The present study was conducted to examine strategic planning models and job enhancement of academic heads of tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study utilized three (3) research questions and corresponding hypotheses. The research design adopted for this study was the ex-post facto design with a population consists 242 academic heads in all the tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria.  The stratified and purposive sampling techniques were adopted for the study and the census was used since the population was not large enough to accommodate a sample representative. A researcher’s developed instrument titled “Utilization of Strategic Planning Models and Leadership job enhancement Questionnaire” (USPMLPQ), was used for data collection, and validated using face and construct validity by three experts in the field of study, Cronbach alpha reliability method was adopted and the co-efficient obtained ranged from .76 to .87. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis were used to test the stated hypothesis using mean, standard deviation, simple and multiple regression analysis and the findings revealed that; strengths weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis, balanced scorecard, issue-based planning does significantly relate with leadership, strategy mapping approach and strategic gap analysis significantly predicts leadership job enhancement among academic heads of tertiary institutions. It was recommended among others that policymakers in tertiary institutions in Cross River State should encourage the use of SWOT analysis as a means to sustainable management reform in its operations

Keywords: Strategic, Planning, Models and Job Enhancement.