As constantes transformações que ocorrem nas dimensões econômica, social e financeira exigem das organizações ações ágeis e diferenciadas na busca por uma vantagem competitiva. Nesse contexto, a empresa deve ser capaz de inter-relacionar de forma dinâmica as competências organizacionais e a estratégia competitiva. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo identificar e avaliar competências organizacionais, o envolvimento da gestão intermediária e a relação destas com a vantagem competitiva da Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha (FSG), a maior faculdade do Rio Grande Sul em número de alunos no ano de 2014, conforme dados do Censo da Educação Superior, realizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP). A importância deste estudo justifica-se pelo aumento no número de Instituições de Ensino Superior no Brasil, o que tem criado um ambiente de alta concorrência, em que boas práticas de gestão são essenciais para garantir o nível de qualidade no ensino ofertado, assim como na obtenção de vantagem competitiva das instituições. Observa-se que, apesar do crescimento do número de matrículas nos últimos anos, em Instituições de Ensino Superior, o Brasil ainda está aquém das metas estabelecidas no Plano Nacional de Educação (PNE). Ademais, o referencial teórico apresenta uma abordagem histórica do conceito de competências, suas dimensões e seus aspectos, assim como é explorado o conceito vantagem competitiva, sua relação com competências organizacionais e o envolvimento da gerência intermediária. A pesquisa constitui-se de um estudo misto, utiliza como método o estudo de caso com duas etapas distintas: a primeira qualitativa, por meio de entrevistas com quatro diretores; a segunda etapa quantitativa na qual foi enviado um questionário para 114 gestores de nível intermediário, sendo eles: seis supervisores e 28 coordenadores de áreas administrativas, 22 coordenadores e 58 membros de Núcleos Docentes Estruturantes (NDEs) de cursos de graduação, o que representa a totalidade de gestores deste nível na FSG. Dentre os principais resultados, destacam-se: a identificação das três principais competências organizacionais da FSG na percepção da alta direção e o consenso da gerência intermediária quanto a vantagem competitiva conferida à FSG por meio destas, o que corrobora com o entendimento de que, o consenso entre os membros da gerência intermediária com relação às competências organizacionais está relacionado ao desempenho diferenciado obtido pela Instituição. Verificou-se ainda que, apesar do consenso, quanto ao potencial de geração de vantagem competitiva, a robustez destas competências organizacionais é baixa/moderada, o que indica a existência de certo risco no que tange à sua durabilidade perante a influência de variáveis externas como mudanças tecnológicas, econômicas, políticas e/ou sociais. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-11-23T12:48:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Vianei Roberto Mayolo.pdf: 2008951 bytes, checksum: d1004367a54302e3be2b7985371a28f7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-23T12:48:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Vianei Roberto Mayolo.pdf: 2008951 bytes, checksum: d1004367a54302e3be2b7985371a28f7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-23 / The constant changes that take place in the economic, social and financial dimensions require from the organizations agile and unique actions in the search for a competitive advantage. In this context, the company should be able to interrelate dynamically organizational competences and competitive strategy. This study aims to identify and evaluate organizational competences, the involvement of middle management and their relationship to the competitive advantage of the Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha (FSG), the largest college of Rio Grande Sul in number of students in the year 2014, as shown by the Census of Higher Education by Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP). The importance of this study is justified by the increase in the number of Higher Education Institutions in Brazil, which has created a highly competitive environment in which good management practices are essential to ensure the level of quality in the teaching offered, as well as gaining competitive advantage of institutions. It may be noticed that despite the recent growth in enrollment in Higher Education Institutions, Brazil is still below the goals set in the National Education Plan (PNE). The theoretical framework presents a historical approach to the concept of competence, its dimensions and aspects, as well as explores the concept of competitive advantage, its relationship with organizational competences and the involvement of middle management. The research consisted of a mixture study, which uses as a method, the case study with two distinct stages: the first qualitative, through interviews with four directors, and the second stage, quantitative in which a questionnaire was sent to 114 managers intermediate level, respectively, six supervisors and 28 coordinators of administrative areas, 22 engineers and 58 members of Structuring Teacher Nuclei from undergraduate courses, representing all managers at this level at the FSG. Among the main results are: the identification of the three main organizational competences of FSG in senior management's perception and the consensus from middle management as competitive advantage conferred to FSG through these, which corroborates with the understanding that the consensus among members of the middle management in relation to organizational competences are intrinsically linked to the outstanding performance of the institution. It was further found that despite the consensus regarding the competitive advantage generation potential, the robustness of these organizational competences is low or moderate, which would indicate the existence of certain amount of risk when it comes to its durability under the influence of external variables such as technological, economic, political and or social changes.

As constantes transformações que ocorrem nas dimensões econômica, social e financeira exigem das organizações ações ágeis e diferenciadas na busca por uma vantagem competitiva. Nesse contexto, a empresa deve ser capaz de inter-relacionar de forma dinâmica as competências organizacionais e a estratégia competitiva. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo identificar e avaliar competências organizacionais, o envolvimento da gestão intermediária e a relação destas com a vantagem competitiva da Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha (FSG), a maior faculdade do Rio Grande Sul em número de alunos no ano de 2014, conforme dados do Censo da Educação Superior, realizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP). A importância deste estudo justifica-se pelo aumento no número de Instituições de Ensino Superior no Brasil, o que tem criado um ambiente de alta concorrência, em que boas práticas de gestão são essenciais para garantir o nível de qualidade no ensino ofertado, assim como na obtenção de vantagem competitiva das instituições. Observa-se que, apesar do crescimento do número de matrículas nos últimos anos, em Instituições de Ensino Superior, o Brasil ainda está aquém das metas estabelecidas no Plano Nacional de Educação (PNE). Ademais, o referencial teórico apresenta uma abordagem histórica do conceito de competências, suas dimensões e seus aspectos, assim como é explorado o conceito vantagem competitiva, sua relação com competências organizacionais e o envolvimento da gerência intermediária. A pesquisa constitui-se de um estudo misto, utiliza como método o estudo de caso com duas etapas distintas: a primeira qualitativa, por meio de entrevistas com quatro diretores; a segunda etapa quantitativa na qual foi enviado um questionário para 114 gestores de nível intermediário, sendo eles: seis supervisores e 28 coordenadores de áreas administrativas, 22 coordenadores e 58 membros de Núcleos Docentes Estruturantes (NDEs) de cursos de graduação, o que representa a totalidade de gestores deste nível na FSG. Dentre os principais resultados, destacam-se: a identificação das três principais competências organizacionais da FSG na percepção da alta direção e o consenso da gerência intermediária quanto a vantagem competitiva conferida à FSG por meio destas, o que corrobora com o entendimento de que, o consenso entre os membros da gerência intermediária com relação às competências organizacionais está relacionado ao desempenho diferenciado obtido pela Instituição. Verificou-se ainda que, apesar do consenso, quanto ao potencial de geração de vantagem competitiva, a robustez destas competências organizacionais é baixa/moderada, o que indica a existência de certo risco no que tange à sua durabilidade perante a influência de variáveis externas como mudanças tecnológicas, econômicas, políticas e/ou sociais. / The constant changes that take place in the economic, social and financial dimensions require from the organizations agile and unique actions in the search for a competitive advantage. In this context, the company should be able to interrelate dynamically organizational competences and competitive strategy. This study aims to identify and evaluate organizational competences, the involvement of middle management and their relationship to the competitive advantage of the Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha (FSG), the largest college of Rio Grande Sul in number of students in the year 2014, as shown by the Census of Higher Education by Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP). The importance of this study is justified by the increase in the number of Higher Education Institutions in Brazil, which has created a highly competitive environment in which good management practices are essential to ensure the level of quality in the teaching offered, as well as gaining competitive advantage of institutions. It may be noticed that despite the recent growth in enrollment in Higher Education Institutions, Brazil is still below the goals set in the National Education Plan (PNE). The theoretical framework presents a historical approach to the concept of competence, its dimensions and aspects, as well as explores the concept of competitive advantage, its relationship with organizational competences and the involvement of middle management. The research consisted of a mixture study, which uses as a method, the case study with two distinct stages: the first qualitative, through interviews with four directors, and the second stage, quantitative in which a questionnaire was sent to 114 managers intermediate level, respectively, six supervisors and 28 coordinators of administrative areas, 22 engineers and 58 members of Structuring Teacher Nuclei from undergraduate courses, representing all managers at this level at the FSG. Among the main results are: the identification of the three main organizational competences of FSG in senior management's perception and the consensus from middle management as competitive advantage conferred to FSG through these, which corroborates with the understanding that the consensus among members of the middle management in relation to organizational competences are intrinsically linked to the outstanding performance of the institution. It was further found that despite the consensus regarding the competitive advantage generation potential, the robustness of these organizational competences is low or moderate, which would indicate the existence of certain amount of risk when it comes to its durability under the influence of external variables such as technological, economic, political and or social changes.

Submitted in full requirement of Degree of Master of Management Sciences Specialising in Hospitality and Tourism , Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Sfrica. 2015. / There is a considerable gap between what is provided by tourism education providers and the needs expressed by the industry. Literature pertaining to private higher education institutions based in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) curriculum provision is very limited. Therefore, this study sought to determine whether tourism qualifications offered at registered private higher education institutions in KZN are aligned with the needs of the local tourism industry. This study accordingly identified and investigated the gaps between the needs of the local tourism industry and the core tourism curriculum offered at private institutions. In addition, the study closely examined the curricula offered by analysing and comparing the similarities and differences between the tourism curriculums of each private institution. In order to provide solutions and recommendations for future curriculum development, stakeholder’s views on what a tourism curriculum offered at private higher education institutions should entail was evaluated. Respondents comprised of managers from selected sectors of the local tourism industry, tourism graduates, tourism curriculum designers and tourism academics of the selected private higher education institutions. To achieve the first and third objective, a mixed-methods approach was adapted. This empirical study utilised electronic surveys to obtain a sample of 164 participants. A document analysis entailing thematic analysis was also complied to address the second objective. The findings revealed that there are more similarities amongst the education providers’ formal curriculum content than differences. However, the tourism curricula on offer by all the sampled private higher education institutions were observed not to align with the needs of the local tourism industry. Therefore, this study identified numerous gaps between the needs of the local tourism industry and the provisions by private higher education institutions. The misalignment was found to be attributable to multiple factors for which recommendations are made. / M

The purpose of the project was to develop a training manual for new Corinthian College school presidents. This manual presents guidelines detailing how to perform required operations for new school presidents throughout the first year of employment.

L’évolution de la mission de l’université à travers les années a conduit plusieurs pays à entreprendre d’amples réformes au niveau de leur système d’enseignement supérieur, afin de contribuer davantage au développement économique et social.Ainsi, il semble inévitable de faire l’état des lieux de la gouvernance universitaire au Liban et de son apport à l’enrichissement de l’environnement des affaires. D’où, la question principale de notre recherche : quels modèles pertinents de gouvernance les universités privées libanaises doivent-elles adopter en vue d’une meilleure insertion professionnelle ?Sachant qu’il n’existe qu’une seule université publique au Liban, notre méthodologie a consisté donc à évaluer les pratiques actuelles de gouvernance de deux universités, l’une suivant un système francophone, l’autre anglophone, à faire un benchmark, à mener des enquêtes et des entretiens afin de distinguer les meilleurs pratiques de gouvernance qui pourraient contribuer à l’amélioration de l’insertion professionnelle.Nos résultats montrent que même si les universités au système anglophone apparaissent plus performantes que les francophones, cependant toutes les universités libanaises se caractérisent par des insuffisances notables en matière de dispositifs de gouvernance.En conclusion, dans un contexte assez complexe et inhabituel, où la politique, le confessionnalisme et la corruption règnent, notre étude montre l’incapacité d’adopter un seul modèle adéquat de gouvernance à toutes les universités, mais plutôt proposer une meilleure pratique des mécanismes de gouvernance. Nous avons ainsi formulé des recommandations aux parties concernées et manifesté des souhaits visant le gouvernement afin d’aboutir à une meilleure insertion professionnelle. / The evolution of the university's mission over the years has led many countries to undertake far-reaching reforms in their higher education system to further contribute to economic and social development.Thus, it seems inevitable to take interest in the university governance in Lebanon and its contribution to the enrichment of the business environment. Hence, the main question of our research: which relevant models of governance should Lebanese private universities adopt in order to improve professional integration?Knowing that there is only one public university in Lebanon, our methodology consisted in evaluating the current governance practices of two universities, one following a Francophone system, the other Anglophone, benchmarking, conducting surveys and interviews in order to identify the best practices in governance that could contribute to the improvement of the employability.Our results show that even though universities with the Anglophone system appear to perform better than the francophone ones, however, all Lebanese universities are characterized by significant weaknesses in terms of governance arrangements.In conclusion, in a rather complex and unusual context, where politics, sectarianism and corruption reign, our study shows the inability to adopt only one adequate model of governance for all the Lebanese universities, but rather to propose a better practice of the mechanisms of governance. We have made recommendations to the concerned parties and expressed wishes to the government in order to achieve a better professional integration.

(in English) The thesis deals with information literacy of students of private universities in the Czech Republic and presents the results of a survey of information literacy conducted in four libraries of private universities. The introductory chapter presents a brief introduction to the topic. The second chapter then deals with private higher education and the status of academic libraries of private universities in the Czech Republic. The third chapter is devoted to information literacy and presents international definitions and standards of an information-literate university student. The current status and activities in the field of information literacy in the Czech Republic are mentioned as well. The core of the thesis consists of four case studies of academic libraries of private universities (The University of Finance and Administration, Skoda Auto University, The College of Nursing, and The Metropolitan University Prague) and the results of the survey for each of them. The conclusion summarizes the results of the survey.

Al año 2021, 49 universidades peruanas habían sido denegadas del licenciamiento otorgado por la Superintendencia de Educación Superior Universitaria (SUNEDU); organismo regulador adscrito al Ministerio de Educación del Perú. El servicio brindado por estas instituciones se encontraba por debajo de los estándares de calidad establecidos por el organismo. Esto abre una interrogante con respecto a la calidad del servicio ofrecido por parte de las universidades en el país y la urgencia por analizar esta variable en el sector educativo. En esta instancia, el presente trabajo de investigación tiene por objetivo el estudio y análisis de la calidad del servicio percibido como variable independiente en el ámbito de la educación superior peruana. Además, se busca profundizar en la relación que tiene con otras dos variables relacionadas al marketing educativo: la imagen de marca y la satisfacción de los estudiantes. Esta investigación se llevará a manera de un estudio correlacional; trabajándose con un enfoque cuantitativo transversal. Para esto, se aplicaría un cuestionario asignado a una muestra no probabilística conformada por un total de 400 alumnos de pregrado de universidades privadas de Lima Metropolitana. Asimismo, los resultados serían analizados mediante correlaciones; mientras que, el programa a usar sería IBM SPSS Statistics. / By the year 2021, 49 Peruvian universities were denied the licensing granted by the Superintendence of Higher University Education (SUNEDU); a regulatory organization attached to the Ministry of Education of Peru. The service provided by these institutions was below the quality standards established by the state organization. This raises a question regarding the perceived service quality offered by the universities in the country and the urgency to analyze this variable in the education field. In this instance, the present research study aims to study and analyze perceived service quality as an independent variable inside of the Peruvian higher education system. Furthermore, this investigation seeks to deepen the study of the relation of this variable with two other related do educational marketing studies: brand image and student satisfaction. This research will be carried out as correlational study, working with a cross sectional quantitative approach. For this, the study will be worked with a questionnaire applied to a non-probabilistic sample of 400 undergraduate students from private universities in Lima. In addition, the results would be analyzed through correlations; while, the program to use would be IBM SPSS. / Trabajo de investigación

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The South Africa higher education environment has been regulated through the enactment of policies promulgated by the governments of the day since the establishment of South African higher education. Even in the early days, the higher education sector comprised both public and private higher education institutions. Since South Africa’s democratic election in 1994, the higher education environment has been altered by the current government by means of policy enactment. Limited research has been conducted on the impact of the current regulatory context on the management of a private higher education institution. Therefore, the focus of this study was to determine how a private higher education institution within the current higher regulatory context in South Africa is managed. A qualitative research methodology was used to study the phenomenon. For this purpose, a case study, an accredited and registered private higher education institution was identified and individual interviews conducted with its six managers. The study adhered to ethical principles and techniques to enhance the validity/trustworthiness of the findings. The study found that the current regulatory enactment that was initiated under the new democratic government elected in 1994 had far-reaching implications for the private higher education sector. As a consequence, management structures, policies and procedures, quality assurance processes and procedures and management functions were altered. However, some of the regulatory criteria still have an impact on the management functions as private providers still struggle for full recognition by the government. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Education Management)