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Franco Praussello- Franco Praussello-
University of Genoa- ItalyUniversity of Genoa- Italy
FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – FASQUAD (22th -26th April 2009) – University of University of
EkaterinburgEkaterinburg
Quality Assurance within the Institutional Management
A General Framework for QA: 1 UNESCO definition of Quality Assurance:
“An all-embracing term referring to an ongoing, continuous process of evaluating (assessing, monitoring, guaranteeing, maintaining, and improving) the quality of a higher education system, institutions, or programmes”.
Vlãsceanu et al., 2004: QA scope concerns not only accountability
and improvement of University performance, but also
providing information and judgments (not ranking) through an agreed upon and consistent process and well-established criteria,
taking into account the presence of both internal and external quality assurance checking mechanisms
A General Framework for QA: 2
Prerequisites
Focus on a better definition of:
◦ Quality
◦ Institutional management
Dimensions of Institutional Management Mission and Institutional Project
Strategic Planning
Governance and Leadership
Resources
Mission and Institutional Project Pertinence and clearness of the project Mechanisms for sharing, communicating
and updating the project Commitment by the University community Timely changes in Mission
Strategic Planning
A. Planning◦ Institutional and participating process◦ Methodology: devising, implementing, following
up and assessment ◦ Ability to adjust and flexibility ◦ Commitment by the Central Management
B. Qualitative and quantitative goals◦ Goals defined in a consensual way ◦ Setting up of success indexes ◦ Link with available resources
Strategic Planning
C. Commitment ◦ Visibility◦ Time sheet◦ Optimization, effectiveness ◦ Linked to priorities◦ Mechanisms for resources use
Governance and LeadershipA. Decision making procedures
◦ Linked to the planning◦ Coherence between intentions and goals ◦ Using effectively information◦ Ability to set up institutional studies within a given
background
B. Leadership◦ Legitimacy, orientation and shared governance ability Organization climate / culture.
C. Organization structure ◦ Flexibility and adaptation skills ◦ Ability to face strategic challenges
Resources
A. Economic and human resources B. Technological Infrastructures C. Physical Infrastructures
◦ Optimization, effectiveness, ◦ linked to priorities
Thank you for your attention