GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY BASED CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR RESTRUCTURING THE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION SYSTEM

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Abstract

With the sudden changes brought about with the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily the new legitimacy of online education, the traditional college and university boards are all actively discussing how the institutions can reform themselves in a strategic sense. This article presents a conceptual framework for viewing education institutions as an open system using the General Systems Theory (GST) and discusses how it could help improve the higher education system. The author concludes that the education institutions must carefully select the institution's components; should carefully and strategically manage the internal and external stakeholder network including all communications and informed decisions; accept that change of student perceptions is a norm and promote agility in the system operations, and also highlights that it is natural for systems to have specialized, outperforming departments/sections. The concepts discussed here could be further researched and would hopefully be of use for policy makers and administrators of higher education systems, while the author also wishes to spark a conversation amongst the citizens.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 ASEM Virtual International Annual Conference "Engineering Management and The New Normal"
PublisherAmerican Society for Engineering Management
Pages221-229
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9798985333404
StatePublished - 2021
Event42nd International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management: Engineering Management and The New Normal - Virtual, Online
Duration: Oct 27 2021Oct 30 2021

Publication series

Name2021 ASEM Virtual International Annual Conference "Engineering Management and The New Normal"

Conference

Conference42nd International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management: Engineering Management and The New Normal
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/27/2110/30/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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