INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION BASED ON LEAN MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES: CASE STUDY OF JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

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https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.222814

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lean management, higher education, higher education management, internationalisation process, internationalization indicator

Abstract

 

The paper deals with the phenomenon of lean management in higher education analyzed within the context of internationalisation process in Polish higher education as a means of ensuring inclusive global higher education space. Lean management is looked upon as one of the 21st century models of university management transplanted from the sphere of private enterprises and business companies’ management. The empirical analysis has been conducted with the use of statistical data provided by the official website of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Republic of Poland. The data have been collected in accordance with the following internationalisation process indicators: amount of bilateral Memoranda of Understanding; Inbound Mobility: number of foreign students who have completed the full cycle bachelor's / master's degree; Inbound Mobility: number of foreign students who have completed the full cycle PhD’s degree; Inbound Mobility: participation in Quin Jadwiga Fund granting schemes; Inbound Mobility: participation in Erasmus / Erasmus+ Programme; Outbound Mobility: participation in Erasmus / Erasmus+ Programme; number of outbound mobile students in accordance with bilateral agreements; number of inbound mobile students in accordance with bilateral agreements; number of outbound mobile staff in accordance with bilateral agreements; number of inbound mobile staff in accordance with bilateral agreements. The collected data have shown gradual increase of internationalisation process indicators and allowed concluding that the introduction and support of lean management principles in higher education promotes the intensification of the internationalisation process. 

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Author Biographies

Iryna Myhovych, State Institution "Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University"

Department of German and Romanic Philology, Associate Professor

Vitalii Kurylo, State Institution “Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University”,

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Full Member of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Head of Academic Council

 

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2021-12-29

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Myhovych, I., & Kurylo, V. . (2021). INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION BASED ON LEAN MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES: CASE STUDY OF JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY. Advanced Education, 8(19), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.222814

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