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Papers by Kang Sovannara

Change is an ever-present and essential part of life, and the university a constantly evolving or... more Change is an ever-present and essential part of life, and the university a constantly evolving organization. While this can make it a dynamic and vibrant place to work, change can present challenges for individuals and groups, and needs to be expertly managed if we are to realize the benefits of making changes at any scale. The management challenge facing contemporary universities refers to the multiple roles assumed by universities and the extraordinary increase in the number of subject fields, heightening in turn the complexity of the university environment. The main objective of this paper is to examine the evolutionary changes and challenges facing with the National University of Management, discussion and recommendation will be presented in the study. Questionnaires along with interviews with deans, departments, faculties, staff and students were conducted in this study. The success of change for the university included improving physical infrastructure, upgrading technology, developing curriculum, building capacity of human resources, improving research activities and publication, improving work conditions, and redefining internal rules and policy. Current management of the university, however, still criticized by some faculty staff and students as well as public clients on the improvement of quality, the implementation of vision and strategy, insufficient communication, lack of commitment and empowerment, do not clear the roles and responsibilities to implementation of change and lack of control mechanism. To overcome the change challenges, some recommendation was proposed for successful implementation of the changes for the university.

Change is an ever-present and essential part of life, and the university a constantly evolving or... more Change is an ever-present and essential part of life, and the university a constantly evolving organization. While this can make it a dynamic and vibrant place to work, change can present challenges for individuals and groups, and needs to be expertly managed if we are to realize the benefits of making changes at any scale. The management challenge facing contemporary universities refers to the multiple roles assumed by universities and the extraordinary increase in the number of subject fields, heightening in turn the complexity of the university environment. The main objective of this paper is to examine the evolutionary changes and challenges facing with the National University of Management, discussion and recommendation will be presented in the study. Questionnaires along with interviews with deans, departments, faculties, staff and students were conducted in this study. The success of change for the university included improving physical infrastructure, upgrading technology, developing curriculum, building capacity of human resources, improving research activities and publication, improving work conditions, and redefining internal rules and policy. Current management of the university, however, still criticized by some faculty staff and students as well as public clients on the improvement of quality, the implementation of vision and strategy, insufficient communication, lack of commitment and empowerment, do not clear the roles and responsibilities to implementation of change and lack of control mechanism. To overcome the change challenges, some recommendation was proposed for successful implementation of the changes for the university.