Strategic management of the scientific-research and postgraduate activity at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering

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professional training, strategic planning, management, scientific-research activity, continuing education

Abstract

Objective: This paper aims at constructing a frame of reference for the strategic management of the scientific-research and postgraduate activity at a university faculty, resulting from the systematization of good practices and the evaluation of results achieved at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Universidad de Oriente.

Methods: The research followed two main stages: exploratory and explanatory. At the first stage, analysis-synthesis and historical-logical methods attain to share relevant political, strategic, theoretical and institutional referents to the strategic management of the scientific research and post-graduate activity, facing Cuban universities main challenges. At the explanatory stage, by integrating the systemic-structure approach and action-research methods, the fundamental characteristics of the projection of the strategic management of the scientific research activity and postgraduate is explained; the empirical methods as documentary analysis and interviews with executives, teachers, and students were used to assess the results obtained before and after the application of good practices.

Results: The fundamental result of the study is the proposal of a projection of the strategic management of scientific-research and postgraduate activity.

Conclusions: The adequate strategic management of the scientific-research and postgraduate activity in a faculty, mediated by the entrepreneurship of executives and scientific/academic leaders, guarantees the improvement of the human capital formative process outcomes at the universities.

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  • Orvelis Alba Castellanos, Universidad de Oriente. Santiago de Cuba, Eastern University. Santiago de Cuba

    Doctor in Pedagogical Sciences, Full Professor and Vice Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Universidad de Oriente. He has more than 20 years as a university professor, carrying out various responsibilities related to scientific-research activity and collaborating with international higher education institutions in postgraduate training. He is the author of several books and publications on special didactics of technical subjects in the Electricity specialty, the training of professional skills, educational evaluation and the impact of vocational training.

  • Rosa María Pérez Silva, Universidad de Oriente. Santiago de Cuba, Eastern University. Santiago de Cuba

    Graduate in Chemistry, Master in Biotechnology, Doctor in Technical Sciences and Full Professor at the Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences of the Universidad de Oriente. He has more than 20 years in higher education, in activities related to science and technology. She currently works as Director of Science, Technology and Innovation at the Universidad de Oriente. She is the author of more than 40 articles in indexed journals, and co-author of seven book chapters.

  • Nurman Colón Mustelier, Universidad de Oriente. Santiago de Cuba, Eastern University. Santiago de Cuba

    Graduate in Spanish-Literature, Assistant Professor and Master in Didactics of Spanish and Literature. He is currently a Specialist in Selective Dissemination of Information in the Scientific-Technical Information Directorate of the Universidad de Oriente. He is a member of the research project “Scientometry Observatory. Bibliometric and scientometric studies of the scientific production of the Universidad de Oriente.

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2024-06-05

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020): |ENERO-ABRIL|

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Alba Castellanos, O., Pérez Silva, R. M., & Colón Mustelier, N. (2024). Strategic management of the scientific-research and postgraduate activity at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Transformación, 16(1), 33-48. https://transformacion.reduc.edu.cu/index.php/transformacion/article/view/147