Opportunities to Improve Interaction Between Employees and Educational Institutions

New Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions to Train Employees?

Higher education institutions are confronted with a declining growth in the number of students in initial education. At the same time, the market for training of employees has increased significantly. Between 1993 and 1999, the total training volume on this market has doubled. However, at least in the Netherlands, higher education institutes altogether have only a small and stable share in the ...

Knowledge Management and Higher - Educational Institutions : Challenges and Opportunities

The effectiveness of Knowledge Management (KM) activities is in large part dependent upon employees’ attitudes toward knowledge in general and to KM processes in particular. This chapter reports the results of a small-scale (N = 10) interview study of the “ways of knowing and knowledge sharing” of academics in three Slovene universities. The chapter presents an analysis of the responses from in...

Knowledge Management Trends: Challenges and Opportunities for Educational Institutions

While the pressure of public accountability has placed increasing pressure on higher education institutions to provide information regarding critical outcomes, this chapter describes how knowledge management (KM) can be used by educational institutions to gain a more comprehensive, integrative, and reflexive understanding of the impact of information on their organizations. The practice of KM, ...

The Relationship among Organisational Climate, Job Satisfaction and Happiness of the Employees of Educational Institutions

Sharing simulation-based training courses between institutions: opportunities and challenges

Background Sharing simulation-based training (SBT) courses between institutions could reduce time to develop new content but also presents challenges. We evaluate the process of sharing SBT courses across institutions in a mixed method study estimating the time required and identifying barriers and potential solutions. Methods Two US academic medical institutions explored instructor experienc...