Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero-America Region: A Comparative Perspective PDF
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Jairo H. Cifuentes-Madrid Pablo Landoni Couture Xavier Llinàs-Audet E ditors Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero-America Region A Comparative Perspective Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero-A merica Region Jairo H. Cifuentes-Madrid Pablo Landoni Couture Xavier Llinàs-Audet Editors Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero- America Region A Comparative Perspective Editors Jairo H. Cifuentes-Madrid Pablo Landoni Couture Pontifi cia Universidad Javeriana Universidad Católica del Uruguay Bogotá , Colombia Montevideo , Uruguay Xavier Llinàs-Audet Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona , Spain ISBN 978-3-319-14683-6 ISBN 978-3-319-14684-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14684-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015932488 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 T his work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper S pringer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Acknowledgements The editors are very grateful to the members of the Telescopi Network for p ermissions to draw substantially, especially in Chaps. 2 and 3, on the internal reports produced by the different higher education institutions that were participat- ing in the Telescopi Project, which was co-funded by the European Commission. The national teams that worked in the various institutions across 18 countries in Latin America and Europe during the implementation of the Telescopi Project along 3 years were led by the following (in alphabetic order), to whom we would like to express our gratitude: Alejandro Barrera, Atilio Bustos, Joan Cortadellas, Alfonsas Daniunas, Jean Francois Denef, Carlos Fosca, Carlos Greco, Enrique Lau, Vicenzo Libretti, Washington Macías, Maritza Monge, Alsonso Muga, Andreu Oliva, José Carlos Quadrado, Vanya Roca, César Talavera, Leandro Tessler, Luis Castillo, Vicente Durán, Arturo Mora, Alberto Roa, Gaspar Rosselló and Claudia Velandia. We are also thankful to all the members of the Telescopi national teams that were involved in different ways, proving distinctive inputs throughout the project according to their roles and expertise (listed in alphabetic order): Anna María Amerio, Kary Cabrera, Laura Chaves, Carlos Castellanos, Leo Díaz, Christian Duqué, Carlota Fernández, Rosa Gianoli, Mario Greco, Ingrid Grünewald, Milos Lau, Pedro Lizola, Rubén López, Paula Maguiña, Victor Henry Molina, Claudia Milena Muñoz, Anabelle Mora, Isaac Olivares, Pablo Opazo, Mary Esther Parada, Mario Patiño, Rita Pereira, Asta Radzeviciene, Patricia Rodríguez, Roberto Rus, Norberto Sáinz, Sabrina Sauksteliskis, Yennisel Santana, Mónica Serrano, Armand Spineux, Luis Alberto Urra, José Adán Vaquedano and Pablo Villalobos. We would like to put forward our special recognition to Geny Saavedra, the proj- ect manager of the Telescopi Project, who was very helpful in facilitating the com- munication among the national Telescopi teams, as well as in providing full support during the different phases of the elaboration of this book. Additionally, we would like to put a thank you note to Michele Girotto, a corresponding author of this edited book, who was also very supportive in assisting us with the book proposal elabora- tion, the revision phase as well as during the editorial process of this publication, who may be regarded broadly as assistant editor. v Contents 1 Strategic Management in Universities: A Conceptual Framework Based on Ibero- American Higher Education Systems ................................................................................... 1 Claudia Lucia Velandia Gomez and Michele Girotto 2 Trends in Latin American Higher Education Systems ......................... 45 Luis Eduardo González , Oscar Espinoza , and Jasmina Berbegal Mirabent 3 Trends and Dynamics of Strategic University Management in Ibero-American Higher Education .................................................... 69 Michele Girotto , Xavier Llinàs-Audet , and Luis Alejandro Chiaramonte Cipolla 4 Best Practice in University Strategic Management’s Conceptual Framework .......................................................................... 1 29 Jairo H. Cifuentes-Madrid , Pablo Arranz-Vals , and Joaquim Deulofeu vii Contributors Pablo Arranz-Vals Applied Economics, Universidad de Burgos , Burgos , Spain Jasmina Berbegal Mirabent F aculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya , Barcelona , Spain Jairo H. Cifuentes- Madrid General Secretariat, Pontifi cia Universidad Javeriana , Bogotá , Colombia Luis Alejandro Chiaramonte Cipolla Management Department , Universidad Nacional de Cuyo , Mendoza , Argentina Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Barcelona , Spain Joaquim Deulofeu Business Organization at the Barcelona School of Informatics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Barcelona , Spain QUALITAT, Serveis Empresarials, S.L. , Barcelona , Spain Oscar Espinoza Center for Research in Education of the UCINF University, Universidad UCINF , Santiago , Chile C enter for Comparative Politics of Education, Diego Portales University, Santiago , Chile P rograma Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Educación (PIIE), Santiago , Chile Michele Girotto Business Management Department , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Barcelona , Spain EAE Business School , Barcelona , Spain ix
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