1 “ Human Competencies Development” Vision For The Fulfillment Of An Administrative and Academic Role For The females ’ Campuses In Saudi Universities

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“

Human Competencies Development

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Vision For The Fulfillment Of An

Administrative and Academic Role

For The females’ Campuses In Saudi

Universities

Dr. Asia H. YarkandiAssociate professor, Curriculum and Teaching

Methods

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Introduction* Since all higher education Academic Institutions in all their types and manner compose the top of the Educational pyramid in all Educational System in Saudi Arabia; then College Education in all its types, is considered as a productive operation responsible for developing human competencies which in return contributes in developing talents and national capacities in the society.

*If these were the targets of the university, then the executive management and staff of university should hold the necessary capabilities required to develop knowledge and understand the changes in the environment and involve positively in these changes. This confirms the crucial presence of regulations of human development of University members who are responsible for developing human resources in the society.

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When following up universities we will find that their

organizational chart includes

two persistent

folds in one system

(Administrative Staff) It is considered one fold of developing

team work abilities in general, thus, they need training and developing their

capabilities.

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(2 )(Academic Faculty Staff )

The university existence

depends on Faculty Staff members; therefore,

university instructors need continuous profession

development .

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When taking an overview of the higher educational base of Saudi females we find that:

• The process took its natural path through the continuous efforts of our government to develop the education of female nationals as the female plays a vital role quality and quantity wise in the development of the whole country.

• Each university in Saudi Arabia has a private Females' campus. This is derived from the awareness of the importance of these campuses to fulfill the requirements of economical and social requirements in fields which require preparing and developing Female entities in accordance with programs and plans which aim to the females' contribution of the overall development of society. This is due to the fact that females are considered the other half of society which completes and unites in one special working system defined by distinguished vision and strategies and one goal.

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With reference to the above mentioned points, this study raises the following

question;

What are the practical and scientific visions necessary

to develop a positive administrative and academic

role of members of females' campuses in Saudi Universities

in line with the requirements of this era?

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The Visions1. Administrative Staff

SO It is noticed that

administrative staff are not less important

than academic staff for academic staff

cannot perform their duties without a competent and

qualified administrative staff.

Members of Administrative staff

need development and training of their skills and utilization of their energy and role in order to be

able to achieve required targets .

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With reference to the fact that the development of administrative staff members in university affects

the caliber of education, Researcher recommends the following:

Categorize administration in job categories suitable to their

qualifications, capabilities, and personality and not solely of work

needs. These categories are;

1.1 .Administrative Staff

1.2 .On Field Administration

Provide training courses specialized in the above

mentioned categories with the aim of infinite

development of human capacities as follows:

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Requirements for Developing The Administration System In The University

Competent Leadership able to conduct a strategic plan in line with the requirements of the era to increase the competency of performance.

Initiation of an administrative information center

This requires

Human Resources qualified in the field of administrative tasks

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Continuation of developing human competencies in the field of administrative tasks and organizing methods of motivation ensuring creation of bond

between motivation and distinguished performance.

This requires

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Procedures and characteristics of developing human competences in the

field of administrative tasks Dealing with Computers and

information technology

Time Management

Overcome obstacles and

difficultiesRealizing the tasks and

responsibilities which her job requires

Use of Web E-mail in administrative

tasks.

Gain methods of self education in order to

increase job performance

Enforce loyalty to workplace

Training and Retraining

of staff to increase skills and

capabilities competency of:

Employee not previously

trained to work tasks

Employee not previously


Employee previously


Employee previously


Quick Training Quick Training

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Expansion of Training Programs for staff members in administrative departments

Achieves continuous career development and increases efficiency of staff

performance to

Provide high quality services to Faculty Staff, students,

audience related to university.

Speed of accomplishing tasks in simple brief procedures to take the human side of administration into

consideration.

Positively affects the performance of university.

Filter administrative procedures from time to time to overrule procedures not in line with the current updates.

Establish new administrative methods able to cope with fast change challenges

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The target of career development

to a college instructor is refine

skills and competency to be in line

with job requirements provided

that it is done as follows:

*Training programs with clear specific

objectives and organized procedures

described as continuous, integrated

and related.

*Programs should not be done on

a temporary basis without

organization. These programs

should be a vital part of the plans of

the university as a whole.

Focus on taking care of females' campus can no longer be done if

campuses are regarded as:

*Academic institution responsible for preparing and provide graduates with competent skills capable of competing and distinguishing in different fields

only.

*Or Consider these campuses as research centers to conduct scientific

research only.

*Disregard role of these campuses in the society and limit them to academic

surroundings.

The Visions2. Academic Faculty Staff

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Some university female members

call for a complete separation of males' campus but the researcher contradicts with this separation which results in redundancy and waste of time, efforts, expenses and experiences.

S0 the systems should run

as follows:

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A( Recommendations related to factors assisting

in career competency development

1. Consider the females' campus as an essential indispensable part of the university in management of academic, financial and administrative affairs and not a branch of it. This should be done in a manner that gives the females' campus a complete entity timely aligned in all university projects; buildings, facilities, quality assurance and accreditation, benefit from the technological development of telecommunication and information transmission.

Taking into consideration the following:

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• Female faculty staff members should be members of Academic Departments committees to discuss topics related to members of departments and take decisions in accordance with Policy and Procedures of university which will be forwarded if necessary for approval of college committees in which female chairmen of departments should be members. university committees in which the female dean should be a member.

• Females faculty staff members should be members of other committees, university administrative and educational centers to be involved in the decision making process with coordination between both campuses. This involvement should be an effective not a passive one.

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2. The plan to develop human competency must be initiated from females; campus internally not externally to be able to fulfill its role and be of positive effect because the targeted group is more capable to interpret requirements and solutions to increase self skills to cope with the advancement of the era.

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3. Take into consideration when conducting the fiscal year budget the number of students and faculty staff members in both the male and females campus and hence separate the budget of females' campus in this prospect equally to ensure quality of performance, operation and outcome in females' campus.

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B( Recommendations related to implementing career competency

development programs

First:) Teaching and Required Tasks(

(1) Initiate a center for Educational Development and

training of Faculty Members in universities where such

centers are not available. Give instructions to such centers

to organize random training courses to develop faculty

members scientifically, culturally, and technically in line

with the requirements of the new era and its changes and

the skills of the knowledge society for all job levels.

Establish a minimum number of training courses each

faculty member of associate professor level should attend

per year.

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)2( Training fields should be extended to life values in the higher education which strengthen the sense of patriotism in faculty members and is reflected in; self development, high ethics and morals, adopt a descent manners, humanity, respect work, obedience to ruler, development and preserving the country. These characteristics frames the performance of faculty members within an educational sense through being role models for students which contributes in strengthen the sense of patriotism in students.

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)3( Adopt the system of faculty exchange on university

level to work for a specific period )one semester( in one

of the local universities on a frequent basis for a period

of 4 to 5 years to participate in teaching, research and

training activities. This will provide a chance to

exchange and gain experiences and get acquainted with

strategies of different universities to be able to

implement a positive change in light of the experiences

provided by the exchange program.

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)4( Organize periodical visits to universities adopting new

teaching techniques according to the requirements and

advancement of the new era such as; Online

universities, open universities, Hypothetical

universities, distance learning, etc. The aim of these

visits is for the females campuses to be ready to

compete in providing an educational environment in line

with the new advancements but still maintaining

traditional and Islamic values and identity.

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)5( Pay attention to the medium of education

available in females' campuses such as classrooms,

labs, workshops, libraries equipped with

technological equipment, and in specific buildings,

yards, and facilities. This is due to the fact that the

medium of education is a vital factor in the

educational system chart as per the following

diagram:

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First: ) Teaching and Required Tasks(Chart System Entrance& Educational System

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)6( Modern library Services which is considered the

entrance gate to researcher when starting a research. The

library in females' campuses in universities does not meet

with the standard of research and reference requirements

of faculty members for courses. Hence, the demand of

equality of services distributions for females' and males'

campuses each separately will require multiple cost and

effort. Therefore, all theses efforts should be united in

establishing one central library which:

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* High proficiency according to international

standards .

* Acquire different references and advanced

technology with high standards and an intranet.

* Provide online libraries which enables the use of

library from both campuses )females and males(

and use of all provided services to maximize the

utilization of theses services without limitation of

time to females' campuses as it it’s the case the

right now.

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B( Recommendations related to

implementing career competency


Second: ) Research ))1( The initiative of research centers in each university by

proposing research topics through strategic partnership with social corporations and assign a team faculty members, according to specializations, to pursue research and provide a distinguished research atmosphere and financial, reference and emotional facilities all the way giving equal opportunities to all faculty members to participate without focus on a specific group and establish responsibility and authority will serve two purposes:

A. Fulfill the call for research in the university .

B. Establish positive motives in faculty members to conduct research especially in those not interested in research,

provided that these research are systematic and practical and are in line with the general targets of the

development plan of Saudi society in general and the females' community in specific.

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Second: ) Research ))2( Provide appropriate motives to research leave for faculty members to be able to perform her role completely in the research provided that :

*the faculty member will present a scientific program in which she will use resources such as research centers and high caliber universities to keep track with the latest directions in her specialization.

This is in line with the prospect stating that the separation between education and research in

higher education has a negative impact

since the university instructor is a scientist in the first place.

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Second: ) Research ) )3( Females' campuses carry the responsibility of organizing conferences and seminars in all steps of planning, organizing, supervising and execution.

*Moreover, facilitate participation of faculty members in local and international conferences and

seminars and provide the needed support to ensure a valuable

participation.

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development programs Third: ) Community Service(

)1( Initiate an office responsible of establishing strategic

methodologies for community services projects and systems

to execute plans providing a quantity and quality wise

infrastructure of financial, artistic and human resources.

*This office could be a part of the deanship of community

service.

*This office will work on establishing a strategic partnership

with social corporations.

*Create channels of communication between females'

campuses and all aspects of social life;

to be able to identify in a realistic vision the nature of

development requirements of the society which will enable

the utilization of different university majors to study the

problems of society and perform actions with positive

impact on local development.

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)2( Females' campuses could Contribute in community

service through:

*Consultation and supervision of executing projects.

* Training Courses .

* Research which shed light on important issues in the

community.

* General counseling for all levels of females of the

community using different methods.

These services could be free of charge or with

minimum charges or profit charges according

to the beneficiary of these services.

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)3( The office shall instruct on the nature of these services to encourage the society to seek assistance of the university and make use of experiences and skills of faculty members. An equal attention should be given to identify these ideas in the females' campus through:

• Explain the concept of community service and environment development and the role of female faculty members in this process.

• Place announcements of university programs regarding community service activities which all female faculty members could take a look at.

• Give all possible assistance to female faculty members in the field of service of her choice.

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Final Recommendations

- Establish a strategy for Rewards for:

Teaching Excellence

Research Excellence

Community Service

Devotion

Rewards could be financial or psychological which motivates faculty

members to feel appreciated and strive in career development both scientifically

and in job level.

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Final Recommendations

- Organize an annual meeting for academic and administrative staff in

females' campus to:

*Discuss progress of development in various areas.

* Identify areas of strength and weaknesses. The aim of this meeting is to put a strategic future plan to develop the system of females' campus in

university in light of the international transformation and its appropriateness to local

conditions to increase the proficiency of scientific performance to establish a knowledge community

in the society in general and the female community in specific to create balance between

the two parts of the society. and create necessary specialized

committees, executive committees, and utilization of administrative systems.

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1 “ Human Competencies Development” Vision For The Fulfillment Of An Administrative and Academic Role For The females ’ Campuses In Saudi Universities