A Conceptual Model of Succession Management at Medical Universities: Experience of Iranian Higher Education Based on Grounded Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Pourmirza Kalhori ◽  
Susan Laei ◽  
Elham Kavyani ◽  
Faramarz Malekian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Environmental Complexity ◽  
Succession Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Research Orientation

Background: The higher education system needs to succession management based on academic environments and its professional dynamics. Objectives: The present study aimed to modeling succession management at medical universities based on grounded theory. Methods: Through reviewing the related texts, articles and 12 semi-structured interviews with faculty members of medical universities in three stages of open, axial and selective coding, the data were analyzed. Results: The results were indicative of twelve general categories as follows: main phenomenon (meritocracy, management skills and strategic management), causal conditions (organizational structure, human resources management, beliefs of senior manager and rules); strategies (career path development, knowledge-based management, productivity management, financial resources management, organizational stability and academic independence); underlying conditions (complexity, research orientation, interactions within the educational groups, the crisis of shortage of capable directors, native provincial management, appointment of directors from within universities, detecting talents, policy-making councils, non-competitive rewards, key positions, organizational misconduct, political atmosphere, and pressures to the university); interventional conditions (organizational culture and environment, managerial experience, physical fitness and knowledge capacity) and consequences (improving satisfaction, ethics management, using academic models, dynamic universities, increasing organizational motivation and the existence of counseling culture). Conclusions: This study suggested a succession management model in medical sciences universities. According to the findings, special differences such as meritocracy, environmental complexity, managers’ scientific and professional maturity, the centrality of science in production, the political sensitivities of the community and the use of proprietary scientific models of succession management in universities can be found between the establishment of succession management in higher education compared to other organizations.

scholarly journals Implementation of a quality approach in Human Resources Management within the Moroccan university

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachid ELKACHRADI
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Hr Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Quality Approach

The university reform in Morocco introduced principles of quality assurance into the Higher Education System. In this regard, the law 01-00 has set up a device which is mainly articulated around the establishment of a system of accreditation of training and the establishment of a global system of evaluation in the whole system. However, Human Resources Management, the keystone of any change project, is not put at the center of the operationalization of reform projects. In our research, we will look at the factors that impede the operationalization of the principles of quality assurance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the HR function. Based on the results obtained within the framework of this exploratory study, we let's propose the key determinants for the implementation of a quality approach in Human Resources Management within Moroccan universities.

scholarly journals Online Courses in the Higher Education System of Iran: A Stakeholder-Based Investigation of Pre-Service Teachers’ Acceptance, Learning Achievement, and Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 117-142
Author(s):  
Reza Dashtestani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
University Instructors

This study focused on the acceptance level of higher education stakeholders of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) of online courses in Iran and pre-service teachers’ learning achievement in online courses. Three cohorts of participants who were teaching or learning in online courses included pre-service teachers of TEFL (n=104), TEFL university instructors (n=23), and heads of TEFL departments (n=10). A questionnaire was designed. The Kruskal Wallis test was used to detect differences among the perspectives of the participants. Semi-structured interviews were also utilized. Results indicated that there were significant differences among the perspectives of the three groups of participants about online courses. The pre-service teachers appeared to be relatively positive about online learning, while the university instructors and heads of departments showed a lower level of satisfaction. The participants pointed out several challenges, including the lack of rigor of online courses, the incredibility of the certificates, the lack of technological infrastructures, technical problems, the impractical content of the lessons, the lack of human interaction, the low competence levels of online learning students, and employers’ lack of interest in employing graduates of online courses. The participants also mentioned that pedagogical and technological training was required for both university instructors and pre-service teachers of TEFL. The comparison of pre-service teachers’ mid-term and final scores in the online courses showed a significant difference and improvement of students’ learning achievement in online courses with medium to large effect sizes. In the interviews, the participants also confirmed that online courses could improve student learning.

scholarly journals Presenting a Green Human Resources Management Model in the Health Sector: A Grounded Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-122
Author(s):  
Leila Pezhman ◽  
Mehraban Hadi Peykani ◽  
Mansoureh Pourmiri ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Resources Management

scholarly journals Grafting New Values into Public Institutions by Reforming the Accounting System: Lessons Learned from the Italian Higher Education System

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Guido Modugno ◽  
Ferdinando Di Carlo ◽  
Manuela Lucchese ◽  
Tommaso Agasisti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Accounting Rules

The paper wants to highlight some accounting practices in the early stage of the adoption of accrual accounting in Higher Education Institutions. The accounting reform was one of the core aspects of a process of enforced hybridization of HE institutions. Exogenous and endogenous (organizational) issues emerge, that undermine transparency and comparability of accounting information. Based on structured interviews in 14 Italian universities, the paper provides evidences of the main aspects that hinder the transparency and the comparability of accounting information with the risk to deprive the new accounting rules of their potential for change. Resistance to change could be observed, resulting in a partial or distorted adoption of the new accounting rules: some practices, in particular, aimed at safeguarding the interests of a particular group. The paper propitiates further research based on case studies aiming at understanding how public organizations tend to design internal accounting procedures that preserve the prerogatives of particular groups within the organization. The research overturns the rhetoric of the adoption of managerial practices for the enhancement of efficiency, effectiveness and economy by showing how organizations shape these practices in order to keep the status quo unchanged.

scholarly journals Human Resources Management in Higher Education Institutions in Poland

Management ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Szelągowska-Rudzka
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The University ◽  
Polish Higher Education

Abstract Human Resources Management in Higher Education Institutions in Poland The paper presents the diagnosis of the human resources management in Polish higher education institutions. The analysis of source literature was applied as a research method. The essence and components of HRM in connection with the university management system were discussed, the theoretical solutions, including those resulting from the provisions of the Law, and their practical implementations, were given a broad outline. The directions of changes concerning HRM that have recently taken place in HEIs were indicated. In conclusion it was stated that the human resources management in Polish higher education institutions still requires improvement, primarily in the areas of motivation and remuneration, evaluation and development of employees. It requires the improvement of the university management system, a reliable development of its mission, vision and strategy, and on the basis of those - the development of personnel strategy, and HRM processes, procedures and tools. It has been suggested that the inclusion of university employees, particularly the research and teaching staff, in the management process (through the participatory management style), can contribute to both improving the process and developing and improving the personnel function.

scholarly journals Challenges of Implementing a Performance and Reward System in Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan: Perceptions of Top Leaders in Contending Regulatory Bodies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayyeb Ali Khan ◽  
Tom Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Track System ◽  
Education Commission ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
A Performance

Abstract This article is a study of the challenges of implementing a performance and rewards management system for academics (Tenure Track System - TTS) in Pakistan over the last decade. The main empirical focus is on the perceptions of the leading implementer, the Higher Education Commission (HEC). These are supplemented by the perceptions of the Provincial Higher Education Commission (PHEC) in Punjab. Semi-structured interviews and document analysis were the two methods used to collect data. The study is based on two perspectives from organizational theory, a structural and a cultural perspective. The main findings highlight how leaders implemented TTS despite its incompatibility with the structure and culture of public universities in Pakistan. The study also revealed tensions between two reward systems – BPS and TTS – as well as the effects of the 18th constitutional amendment on the implementation of higher education programs. This study contributes insights into the reform of the higher education system in developing countries in the context of NPM.

El régimen de dotación y cobertura de plazas de profesorado universitario tras la legislatura 2011-2015

2016 ◽  
pp. 23-65
Author(s):  
Carlos-Alberto AMOEDO-SOUTO
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Replacement Rate ◽  
Border Line ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
Spanish Higher Education

LABURPENA : 2013an, Alba Nogueira López irakaslearekin batera, lehen une haietan (2012 urtea) unibertsitateko irakasleei oinarrizko berriztapen-tasa aplikatzeak sortzen zituen arazo juridikoak gai hartuta argitaratutako lan bati jarraipena emanez, artikulu honetan, lanpostuak kudeatzeko esparru berri honetan 2012-2015 legegintzaldi osoan zehar izandako bilakaera aztertzen da. Ondorioztatu da a) unibertsitateko irakasleei dagokienez, erreforma langileen arloko gastuaren murrizketa soila baino harago joan dela, bai ordainsari-murrizketen bitartez eta bai sarrera berriko lanpostuak debekatzearen bidez, argi eta garbi barneratuz hornikuntza- edo estaldura-araubidean; b) unibertsitateko lanpostuetako gastu publikoa kontrolatzeko aparteko neurriei amaiera eman ordez, legegintzaldiak, azkenean, neurri horiek unibertsitateko araudi estrukturalean txertatu dituela. Ondorio horietatik abiatuta, zalantzan jartzen da langile arloko politika honen eta Espainiako unibertsitatea erreformatzeko helburu estrategikoen arteko koherentzia, eta hurrengo urteotan gure ekosistema akademiko partikularraren bilakaerak izango dituen gakoak identifikatzen saiatzen da. RESUMEN: Continuando un trabajo previamente publicado en 2013 con la profesora Alba Nogueira Ló pez sobre los problemas jurídicos que suscitaba en aquellos primeros momentos (año 2012), la aplicación de la tasa de reposición básica al profesorado universitario, el presente artículo analiza la evolución experimentada por este nuevo marco de gestión de plazas a lo largo de toda la legislatura 2012-2015. Se concluye así que a) en materia de profesorado universitario la reforma ha ido más allá de la simple reducción del gasto en personal, bien a través de recortes retributivos, bien a través de la prohibición de plazas de nuevo ingreso, adentrándose claramente en su régimen sustantivo de provisión o cobertura; b) lejos de constituir el punto final de las medidas extraordinarias de control del gasto público de las plazas universitarias, la legislatura ha concluído con su consagración normativa estructural. A partir de estas conclusiones, se discute la coherencia de esta política de personal con los objetivos estratégicos de reforma de la universidad española, intentando desentrañar las claves de probable evolución de nuestro particular ecosistema académico durante los próximos años. ABSTRACT : Retaking a paper previously issued in 2013 with professor Alba Nogueira López about the legal problems raised at the time (2012) by professor´s replacement rate in spanish higher education sector due to staff cuts policies, the present paper reviews the evolution of this new legal framework in the provision of new academic positions, both non tenured and tenured, in Spanish universities, during the term of X legislature (2012-2015). We conclude that a) in this subject, the reform has been gone further than a simple budget cut, crossing the border line of covering job positions; b) far from being the end point of excepcional package of budget cut measures, this legislature has concluded with its permanent setting throughout Universities Law. Drawing from this conclusions, we discuss the consistency of that human resources management with reform politics of spanish higher education, triyng to highlighting the keys of upcoming changes in our particular academic environment.

Leadership and higher education fundraising: Perspectives from Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Adrian Paul Jarvis ◽  
Pradip Kumar Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Education System ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Transformational Leader ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Drivers

Funds raised from philanthropic giving have become a key element in the long-term finances of higher education institutions around the world, presenting leaders, primarily principals, with a range of novel challenges that have not, hitherto, been key drivers of leadership. This article explores the problem by reporting on qualitative research that looked at how fundraising is carried out in the Malaysian higher education system, which has recently experienced profound changes to its financial landscape. Data were generated by semi-structured interviews with fundraisers from a range of higher education settings. It was found that for fundraising efforts to succeed, they must be spearheaded by an active principal who adopts the stance of transformational leader towards potential donors, forming a long-term relationship based on a shared vision. He or she is likely to be supported by a fundraising team that will be more transactional in approach and style.

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