Change Management in Higher Education Institutions and the Requirements of their Application as Perceived by Members Teaching Staff

The research aims to identify the reality of change management in educational institutions and the requirements of their application as perceived by members of its teaching. And to identify the differences between the degrees of sample member's responses to a questionnaire of reality of change management depending on the research variables (sex, academic rank, years of experience). The researcher relied on the analytical descriptive method, and used a questionnaire consisting of five areas:(future vision of educational institutions, organizational culture that support change, workers look to the process of change, a strategy of educational institutions in the process of change, financial and technical requirements). The sample consisted of (231) member of the faculity staff in Damascus University. Among the most important findings of the research: 1) There is no statistically significant differences in the significance level (0.05) between the mean of sample member's responses to a questionnaire of the reality of change management and its requirements in accordance to the sex variable. 2) There are differences between the degrees of teachers responses to a questionnaire of the reality of change management and its requirements in accordance to the variable of academic rank according to the faculty staff members. 3) There are differences between the degrees of teachers responses to a questionnaire of the reality of change management and its requirements in accordance to the variable of number of years of experience according to the teaching staff members who have years of experience between (11-20) years. In light of the research findings , the researcher suggests the following: The necessity of opening the door to professors at different administrative levels to participate in the decision-making process by the Ministry of Education. Ø The necessity of strengthen the staff confidence of the evaluation system through the administration work to be the performance estimates more public , not secret. Ø Create an organizational culture and climate encourage the academics and expertise people higher education institutions to move towards excellence, creativity and innovation

نموذج خلايا التكلفة كأداة لتعزيز الميزات التنافسية في المنشآت النسيجية السورية (دراسة تطبيقية في شركة المغازل و المناسج)

هدف البحث إلى استخدام نموذج خلايا التكلفة كأداة لتحليل التكاليف في المنشآت النسيجية السورية بهدف تحقيق الخفض التكاليفي الذي يعد إحدى الميزات التنافسية المهمة في المنظمات. و قد كانت الإشارة إلى مشكلة البحث من خلال السؤال الآتي: هل يشكل نموذج خلايا التكلفة المقترح أداة لتخفيض التكاليف بما يسهم في تعزيز الميزات التنافسية في المنشآت النسيجية السورية ؟ أما منهج البحث فهو المنهج التطبيقي من خلال تطبيق النموذج المقترح على إحدى المنشآت النسيجية السورية العامة، و هي شركة المغازل و المناسج في مدينة دمشق لتحليل تكاليفها و الحصول على معلومات تكاليفية تفيد في معرفة نقاط الضعف و نقاط القوة فيها بهدف تعزيز الميزات التنافسية. و قد خلص البحث إلى عدد من الاستنتاجات من تطبيق نموذج خلايا التكلفة المقترح، من خلال تحديد هيكل واضح و تفصيلي للتكاليف في المنشأة موضوع الدراسة في كل من نشاطات الإمدادات الداخلة و نشاطات الإنتاج و نشاطات الإمدادات الخارجة و النشاطات التسويقية و خلايا التكلفة المقترنة بهذه النشاطات، و تحديد الأهمية النسبية لكل منها و إمكانيات تخفيضها بهدف تعزيز الميزات التنافسية للمنشأة من خلال إستراتيجية القيادة التكاليفية، فضلاً عن مجموعة أخرى من النتائج و المقترحات.

Administrative Employees’ Attitudes towards the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Organizational Structure of Hospitals in the Public and Private sectors A comparative field study in Damascus City Province

The aim of the current study was to identify the nature of employees’ atvitrales (positive or negative) attitudes towards the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational structures of hospitals in public and private sectors in conducting administrative tasks. The study also aimed at investigating the differences in these attitudes according to a group of categorical variables (functional level, administrative affiliation, years of experience, academic qualification). In order to achieve these goals, a questionnaire was designed after checking its standard characteristics (validity and reliability), which included (25) items. The study was applied to a sample of (400) employees, who were equally distributed within (10) hospitals (5 public ones – 5 private ones), that were spread in different areas in Damascus City.