Higher education institutions' organizational structures in the context of management by objectives approach

<p>So what is happening within Higher Education where the turnover impacts have contributed to workplace costs in 2008 of 68 million dollars? This review will focus on the multiple influences of staff turnover within Higher Education Institutions and those that are affected. The research findings provide evidence of multiple impacts associated with administrative turnover. This phenomenon crosses all institution types, disciplines, genders, races and ethnicities. Some of the hidden influences can be found among the existing employees that stay behind. As a result these employees experienced the sense of a shared loss and a decrease in their work productivity.</p>This review hopes to provide clarity on the issues which are impacting organizational structures within Higher Education Institutions resulting in low administrative and faculty retention. The implications for practice are significant and the solutions offered will strengthen the internal operations for Higher Education institutions.

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Sustainability governing entities in higher education throughout Chile

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/ijshe-04-2020-0119 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Claudia Mac-lean ◽

Luis Santiago Vargas ◽

Gonzalo Uribe ◽

Cristian Aldea ◽

Lorna Lares ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Survey Design ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Organizational Structures ◽

Campus Network ◽

Content Type ◽

Aggregated Data ◽

The Creation ◽

Global And Local

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a panoramic and systematic view of 10 Sustainable Campus Network (SCN) universities’ internal entities in charge of the sustainability effort – such as offices, committees, units, programs, or other, showing how some institutions have gained increasing deployment and momentum. However, their appearance and growth pathways have had significant disparities. Design/methodology/approach Global and local agendas have had a strong influence on Chilean higher education institutions. A relevant signal has been the creation of the SCN, formed by 21 Chilean universities, whose vision is to help shape a fair and environmentally healthy civilization contributing from the higher education realm. This work adopts a survey design methodological approach. It describes the following resulting components obtained from the aggregated data: (a) emergence processes and environments, (b) governance models and operational mechanisms, (c) networks and collaboration, and (d) final products generated, for sustainability governing entities within universities in Chile. Findings The main findings indicate that at the institutional level, the Cleaner Production Agreement for higher education institutions and the creation of the SCN have been key drivers in the formalization of several entities leading the sustainability efforts within Chilean universities. Also, regarding the degree of commitment to sustainability, the most active internal stakeholder corresponds to students. Originality/value The present work represents a pioneering effort in the Chilean context to identify and systematize the challenges, organizational structures, and key accomplishments of sustainability governing entities in higher education nationwide.

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Integrating sustainability in higher education: a Swedish case

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/ijshe-10-2019-0292 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 1131-1150

Author(s):

Daniela Argento ◽

Daniel Einarson ◽

Lennart Mårtensson ◽

Christel Persson ◽

Karin Wendin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Intrinsic Motivation ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Research Question ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Organizational Structures ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Institutional Work ◽

Content Type ◽

Long Run

Purpose This paper aims to unveil how sustainability is integrated into the courses/programmes of higher education institutions. The research question addressed is: how do academics representing different disciplines cooperate and engage in the work of integrating sustainability into their teaching programmes. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws upon the notions of practise variation and institutional work from institutional theory and empirically focusses on the case of Kristianstad University (Sweden). This case is based on an autoethnographic approach and illustrates the experiences shared by six colleagues, representing different disciplines, engaged in implementing sustainability in their courses/programmes. Findings The findings highlight how academics representing different disciplines, with specific traditions and characteristics, face the sustainability challenge. Despite being bound by similar sustainable development goals, differences across disciplines need to be acknowledged and used as an asset if trans-disciplinarity is the ultimate goal. Research limitations/implications Although the intrinsic motivation of individuals to work with sustainability might be a strong driver, the implementation of sustainability within courses/programmes and across disciplines requires joint efforts and collective institutional work. Practical implications By highlighting how academics engage in the work of integrating sustainability, this study emphasizes that managers of higher education institutions need to account for the time and additional resources needed to ensure that academics effectively cope with sustainability. Intrinsic motivation may not last if organizational structures and leadership are not supportive on a practical level and in the long run. Social implications With the successful implementation of a holistic approach to sustainability, students will have better insights and understanding of both themselves and the surrounding society, laying the ground for an inclusive future society. Originality/value This paper emphasizes the gradual approach to be followed when sustainability becomes part of an organization-wide discourse. Dialogues within and across disciplines are needed to overcome silo thinking and stimulate cooperation within a trans-disciplinary approach.

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TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CATEGORIAL-CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Ukrainian Journal of Applied Economics ◽

10.36887/2415-8453-2019-4-15 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 129-140

Author(s):

Inna DYBACH

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Education Institution ◽

Organizational Structures ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Higher Education Institution ◽

Conceptual Apparatus ◽

Organizational Structuring ◽

The Status

Introduction. The confrontation of Ukrainian higher education institutions with the modern challenges and threats caused by the implementation in higher education of market economy principles and laws is possible under the conditions of appropriate organizational structuring. However, at present, scientific literature and practice do not have a generalized approach to the interpretation of basic concepts and categories of oorganizational structuring problems of higher education institutions in the conditions of development and formation of the education market. The purpose of the work is to specify the status and content of the categorical-conceptual apparatus of organizational structuring in the context of corporatization of higher education institutions. Results of work. The article deals with the basic provisions of structuring higher education institutions on the basis of corporatization. The peculiarities of applying a systematic approach to organizational structuring of higher education institutions are considered. The basic system para-meters of the higher education institution as a socio-economic system are described. The etymo-logy of the term «organization» is explored and the modern meaning of the term «organizational structuring» is clarified. Higher education institution is considered as a socio-economic organi-zation. Characteristics of organizational structuring of domestic higher education institutions are studied. Factors that have a significant influence on the organizational structuring process of higher education institutions are investigated and the functions of such structuring are analysed. The tools for organizational structuring of higher education institutions have been defined. The tendencies of organizational structures improvement of higher educational institutions have been worked out. The features of economic transformation that have a significant impact on the organizational structuring of educational institutions have been studied. Conclusions. The defined categorical and conceptual apparatus of organizational structuring of higher education institution is the basis for the system formation of characteristics of organizational structures, which quantitatively and qualitatively allows to obtain direct and indirect parameters of the existing structural construction in the process of designing, as well as for a structure that corresponds to the process of planning organizational changes in strategic development. The results obtained will help to clarify the understanding of the institution management in higher education the prerequisites of organizational structuring in terms of corporate governance. Keywords: education, educational services, institutions of higher education, organizational structure, structuring, factors of organizational and managerial structuring.

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SETTING GOALS AND DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE CONDUCT STRATEGY OF ART HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN UKRAINE

East European Scientific Journal ◽

10.31618/essa.2782-1994.2021.2.69.51 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (5(69)) ◽

pp. 18-23

Author(s):

Ya. Martynyshyn ◽

O. Feicher

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Goal Setting ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Educational Practice ◽

Organizational Structures ◽

Domestic Economy ◽

Subsequent Formation ◽

Higher Education System ◽

International Dimension

The article actualizes scientific issues related to the development of effective goal-setting activities of art higher education institutions in Ukraine, which are aimed at ensuring sustainable development of art higher education and it will contribute to the development of the domestic economy in the international dimension. The priority directions of development of the system of art higher education with the subsequent formation of alternative management decisions on their successful realization are singled out. It has been noted the key role of innovative support of the organizational and economic mechanism of management of higher education institutions with art profile and bringing them in line with the progressive challenges and bold demands of modern markets of educational services and human capital. The applied significance of the article is to present management cases from European educational practice with the possibility of its approbation in the domestic system of higher art education. This will contribute to a more efficient and sound development of appropriate areas for improving organizational structures and processes, as well as appropriate subsystems of functional support of the mechanism of management of the higher education system in Ukraine.

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Using global environment trends for adaptating the higher education to changes and increasing the investment attractiveness of the region

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201821208018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 212 ◽

pp. 08018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nadezhda Kaluzhnova ◽

Elena Ogarkova ◽

Mikhail Osipov

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Organizational Structure ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Organizational Structures ◽

Global Environment ◽

Sociological Study ◽

University Training

The work is devoted to the analysis of the possibilities of adaptation of the Russian system of higher education to changing global environment. The main trends of these changes are singled out and characterized. The results of a sociological study of the correspondence of the existing organizational structures of higher education institutions to the needs of students and the requirements of the time are presented. Measures to improve the system of university training with the aim of forming a modern and adaptive organizational structure are proposed in the paper.

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APPLICATION OF LEAN TECHNOLOGIES OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS CONTROL UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY

Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Economics and Law ◽

10.35634/2412-9593-2021-31-2-196-203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 196-203

Author(s):

G.N. Vasilieva ◽

T.V. Pletneva ◽

E.V. Bornyakova

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Corporate Culture ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Educational Process ◽

State University ◽

University Management ◽

Lean Principles ◽

Management By Objectives ◽

Quality Costs ◽

High Level

The article discusses the relevance of the implementation of lean production principles in higher education institutions and their impact on the educational process in pandemic conditions. The SQDCM format is considered as an effective model providing management by objectives, connection with safety, quality, costs, and corporate culture. Value is seen as the most important category of lean management, which serves as a basis for self -organization of faculty and staff, and students in higher education institutions. The authors pay attention to the process of lean principles’ implementation in educational process, with Udmurt State University setting an example. Since having formed the values over the recent years, Udmurt State University has been able to effectively change educational processes in the settings of epidemiological uncertainty that has arisen in pandemic in Russia and around the world. The authors conclude, that lean approaches to building a university management system allow to maintain student involvement in educational activities, to see new opportunities for interaction in organizing the educational process and to master new valuable competencies, thus, to maintain a high level of education quality.

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