Proposal for a competency-based management model for higher education institutions

Abstract

Since the creation of the first Higher Education Institution (IES) in El Salvador in 1965, a diversity of options has been generated for the growing student community, seeking the best option based on academic excellence. This poses a series of problems for HEIs, which lie in the role played by their collaborators in achieving academic excellence. These Higher Education Institutions have proposed their competency-based management models for the hiring, training and evaluation of their collaborating staff, with the aim of achieving the missions and visions proposed based on academic excellence.
This situation is analyzed and evaluated in this article, the meaning of which is whether they currently maintain these management models by competencies and their form of application within the IES.
Therefore, opinions were obtained regarding the topic, by administering questionnaires to administrative staff and university professors of the HEIs, and representatives of senior management institutions that monitor the performance of staff were interviewed, which allowed identifying perceptions, criticisms and propositions delving into the visions and challenges of the competency-based management model.