Process improvement for fostering leadership at Higher Education Institutions
- DOI
- 10.2991/icseal-19.2019.52How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Leadership potential, process improvement, Six Sigma, higher education
- Abstract
Process improvement methodology is often crucial for increasing leadership potential. Six Sigma is one of the leading process improvements methodologies that can be closely joined with how well an educational organization implements its strategic vision. As soon as a Higher Education Institutions (HEI) has articulated its mission statement and executed a SWOT analysis, the Six Sigma has the potential to define the areas for improvement and enhance current processes. The methodology assumes to better things within the organization that are real targets of its strategy. It is exceedingly strategy-driven approach and compels for support from the highest levels of university leadership. Besides, Six Sigma accentuates the planning process and makes possible to quantify the expected results. Each step envisaged by the methodology is essential; it is trackable, measurable and shows the impact to the process or procedure you are working on. Basically, if a HEI is willing to make changes and shift into Six Sigma approach in implementing its strategy, the whole educational institution would have to put up with the top down realization of the aims. However, to enjoy the value of the methodology use it should be adopted at all levels of the organization. The HEI should have a strong customer focus, be student-centred, and open to changes. On the other hand, the educational institutions should have robust systems, well-described procedures, and infrastructure to simplify effective collaboration. The paper derives from the analysis of an effectiveness of HEIs, the level of compliance with the results of the educational activities of the mission statement and the level of achievement of the goals and objectives of the organization. Our results and implications show some ways to apply Six Sigma tools and techniques to help Russian HEIs achieve their missions.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Viktor Blaginin AU - Wadim Strielkowski AU - Anna Tarasova PY - 2019/05 DA - 2019/05 TI - Process improvement for fostering leadership at Higher Education Institutions BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social, Economic, and Academic Leadership (ICSEAL 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 335 EP - 339 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icseal-19.2019.52 DO - 10.2991/icseal-19.2019.52 ID - Blaginin2019/05 ER -