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PART 7 & 8: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE
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PART 7
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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (HRM)
Does your HEI have a HR department/unit?
Yes
No
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If yes, what is it responsible for (multiple choices available)?
Employee benefits design - providing benefits and incentives
Employee recruitment
Training/Coaching/Orienting
Performance appraisal
Planning personnel needs
Managing wages and salaries (rewarding - e.g., managing pay and benefit systems)
Legal and management advices
Resolving disputes (between staff)
Other - please specify:
Total number of employees in your HEI:
1 - 500
501 - 1000
1001 - 5000
5001 and more
How is the number of academic staff and available positions determined?
Determined by the Ministry of Education (or by equivalent unit)
Determined by the Ministry and HEI
Determined solely by HEI (HR unit)
Does your HEI have civil servants?
Yes
No
Is your HEI free to dismiss a non-performing staff?
Yes
Yes, but it is quite difficult in practise
No
Is your HEI free to set salaries?
Set by civil service conditions
Limited margin of movement
Total freedom
What methods does HEI use in the context of employee selection (multiple choices available)?
Psychological tests
Performance tests
Trainability
Professional interview
No choice (seniority transfer for civil servant)
Other - please specify:
What are the sources of recruitment at your HEI (multiple choices available)?
Print Advertisements
Internet/career sites
Placement Agencies/Consultants
Educational institutes
Employee Referrals
Current employees
Own website
Other - please specify
If your HEI has a HRM, please specify to what extend the following statements correspond with your HEI’s HRM:
Fully disagree
partially disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Fully agree
HEI’s HRM executives are fully aware of HEI’s needs and strategies
Efforts are taken to generate awareness amongst the employees about the HEI’s financial position, staff/students’ needs, quality of functioning etc.
The organization’s human resource requirements are systematically ascertained and an Appropriate plan is formulated for satisfying the requirements
The organization has a wide network of computerized human resource information system with the latest software
The organization has a formal policy of career planning and development
The HEI encourages employees to suggest teaching/management improvement
If your HEI has a HRM, please indicate which of the following types of employee training is provided by the HRM:
Management skills
Communication skills
Technical/Knowledge skills
Safety
Career planning/personal growth
Employee motivation
Team building
Time management
Language skills
Health promotion
Other - please specify:
PART 8
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QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA)
Do you have an institutional strategic plan or equivalent document?
Yes, we have a strategic plan (or equivalent) which includes an institutional mission, goals and priorities
Yes, we have strategic plans (or equivalent) at the level of the faculties
No
Other - please specify:
Do you have an institutional quality assurance (QA) policy statement?
Yes, we have an institutional QA policy statement
Yes, we have an institutional QA policy statement, and in addition other document(s) also address the QA policy
We do not have a separate QA policy statement, but it is included in another document (e.g., institutional mission statement, strategic plan, work plan or equivalent)
No, but all or most of the faculties/departments have their own QA policy statements
No, we do not have a specific QA policy statement and it is not addressed in other documents
No, we don’t have any
Other - please specify:
When does your HEI introduce a QA system?
Before 1990
In the 1990's
Between 2000 and 2004
Between 2005 and 2009
Between 2010 and 2015
We are currently designing and/or planning it
How the internal quality assurance system (or equivalent) was introduced within the institution?
The concept is based on the requirement of the national QA agency which developed the standards and guidelines for this.
The concept is the result of various consultation rounds among the academic and administrative staff as well as students.
The institutional leadership decided on the concept, provided instructions, training and support to the units to implement it.
The concept was introduced through pilot projects conducted by some units. Good practices were disseminated based on these experiences.
The concept is the result of various consultation rounds among the academic staff of the institution.
The concept is the result of various consultation rounds among the academic and administrative staff.
It has not been introduced yet
Other - please specify:
Which of these activities do your institutional quality assurance processes cover?
Teaching and learning
Research
Service to society
Student support services
Communication/public information
Governance and administration of the HEI
Other - please specify
Which are the structures supporting the internal quality assurance processes?
The rector/president or specially assigned vice-rector/president is in charge of QA issues.
There is a centralised QA unit, with specialised staff.
There is an institutional level quality committee or equivalent.
There is a unit responsible for pedagogical innovation (or equivalent) that offers support to the teachers in developing teaching methods.
There are contact persons or persons in charge of QA within their unit, who also have other responsibilities.
There are faculty level and/or department and/or programme level quality committees or equivalent.
There is a unit responsible for staff development.
There is a person in charge of QA within the rectorate.
There are QA units in each faculty with specialised staff.
Other - please specify
Do you have an internal evaluation process that provides feedback to the strategic planning in place? Please choose all applicable options:
The institutional leadership evaluates annually the progress made in terms of achieving the goals set by the institution
The faculties (and/or relevant units) conduct regular self-evaluations to analyse their contribution to the achievement of institutional strategic goals
The institution conducts regular surveys among the members of the institutional community (staff and students) to analyse their perception of the institutional strategy and its implementation at grass-roots level
The institution has defined a set of key performance indicators and follows its progress based on them.
The institutional strategy and the achievement of the goals set in it are revisited when the document is revised (every N years)
Other - please specify:
Which of these categories of people do your formal quality assurance processes involve and how? Please choose all applicable options for each category of people:
Academic staff
Administrative staff
Leadership, institutional level
Leadership, faculty/department level
Students
External stakeholders (employers, experts,...)
Alumni
Through formal participation in governance bodies (where members are entitled to vote)
Through formal participation in consultation bodies
Through formal involvement in self-evaluations or other evaluation activities
By informally providing information on the issues at stake or perspectives of development
By responding to the surveys on a regular basis (e.g. at the end of each course, academic year…)
They are not involved
Is your HEI accredited or externally adjudged in relation to quality assurance or enhancement at institutional level?
Yes
No
How is done the external QA at your HEI? (Which organization, methods etc.)
How frequently is your external QA done?
Once per year
Each 2 years
Each 3 - 5 years
More than each 6 years
How do you think your HEI governance could be improved?
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