At present, in the transition from non-public universities to privateuniversities, the education and training tasks of private universities havemany new developments in the scale, scope
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In order to meet the requirements of fundamental and comprehensiveinnovation of Vietnam education in the current context, the issue of trainingand building a contingent of teachers is of utmost importance because "theteaching staff plays a major role in determining the quality of education and
is honoured by society” In universities in general, and in private universities
in particular lecturers are the direct force that determines the quality ofeducation and training The main activity of lecturers is teaching - educating
in order to develop learners' personality according to the defined objectives.Therefore, managing and developing lecturers of sufficient quantity, goodquality and reasonable structure is a decisive issue for improving the quality
of education and training in schools today
At present, in the transition from non-public universities to privateuniversities, the education and training tasks of private universities havemany new developments in the scale, scope and type of training,requiring private universities to have a proper strategy in developinghuman resources in general, and developing teaching staff in particular,
to meet the requirements of education and training tasks of each school
in the new situation, especially in the time when private universities are
in the process of consolidating forces and teaching staff
The teaching staff of social sciences and humanities plays a role
in determining the quality of teaching social sciences and humanities,contributing to the achievement of training objectives andrequirements in private universities This is the main force thatdirectly propagates the Marxism-Leninism, How Chi Minh's thought,the Party's viewpoint in the schools, and is the pioneering force in thetheoretical and ideological struggle, contributing to the firmprotection of the Party's ideological and political battle However,this force in private universities is still thin, and most are visitinglecturers, thus managing lecturers of social sciences and humanities
in private universities is of significant importance and urgent today,especially in the time of the development of information technologyand the resistance of hostile forces in the field of theoretical ideology
Trang 2Currently, together with higher education in general, privateuniversities in Hanoi are conducting synchronous renovation of thetraining process Private universities in Hanoi consider innovation,improving the quality of lecturers in general and lecturers of social sciencesand humanities in particular are breakthroughs in improving the quality ofeducation and training Therefore, in recent years private universities havehad many guidelines to develop teaching staff and have obtained certainresults However, there are still limitations in lecturers, especially lecturers
of social sciences and humanities at private universities in Hanoi in terms ofquantity, quality and structure One of the fundamental causes of theselimitations and shortcomings is that the management of the teaching staff isnot really scientific It is shown that private universities do not have a trulyscientific plan to develop the lecturers of social sciences and humanities;forms to develop social sciences and humanities are not diverse; lecturers ofsocial sciences and humanities of schools are not really proactive in self-fostering to improve their quality and capacity
There have been many scientific works of domestic and foreignauthors on developing lecturers and managing the developing oflecturers However, there have not any detailed scientific works onmanaging lecturers of social sciences and humanities in privateuniversities in Hanoi Because of the above reasons, the authorchooses "Managing lecturers of social sciences and humanities atprivate universities in Hanoi today" as the research topic
2 Purposes and tasks of the research
Purposes of the research
Based on the practical and theoretical basis on management ofthe lecturers of social science and humanities at private universities,the thesis proposes measures to effectively manage the lecturers ofsocial sciences and humanities at private universities in Hanoi citynowadays, making contributions to improving the quality ofeducation and training at private universities today
Tasks of the research
The dissertation clarifies the theoretical issues on the lecturingstaff at universities, management of the lecturers of social sciencesand humanities at private universities
Trang 3The dissertation investigates, analyses and evaluates the actualsituation of the lecturers of social sciences and humanities at privateuniversities in Hanoi city at the present; indicating the actualsituation’s causes.
The dissertation proposes measures to manage the lecturers ofsocial sciences and humanities at private universities in Hanoi city inthe context of education renovation
The dissertation tests and experiments the necessity andfeasibility of the research’s proposed measures
3 Subject, object, scope and scientific hypothesis
Subject of the research: Management of the lecturers at private
universities
Object of the research: Manage the lecturers of social
sciences and humanities at private universities in Hanoi city
Scope of the research:
Scope of content: The dissertation researches on management of
the lecturers of social sciences and humanities at private universities
in Hanoi city at the present
Scope of participants: Officials, lecturers and students of 5
private universities in Hanoi city
Scope of time: Data used are from 2010 to present.
Scientific hypothesis
If the study proposes the solutions appropriate to the theory ofpromoting the human resources, renewing the planning andtraining, fostering, employing and assessing lecturers of socialscience and humanities according to the view of self-control andsocial responsibility; creating favourable environment, building theconnected information network, coordinating the management ofcontemporary lecturers of social sciences and humanities andperfecting the particular treating policy for lecturers of socialscience and humanities, then the management of lecturers of socialscience and humanities at private universities will be effective,contributing to improving the training quality at private universities
in Hanoi city
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Methodology
The thesis is based on the thorough understanding of the materialistdialectics of Marxist-Leninist philosophy and Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts andthe Communist Party of Vietnam’s view on education and training, buildingand promoting the teaching staff At the same time, it bases on researchmethod of education management and different ways of accessing,typically: the system-structure, history - logics; approach to functions andapproach to the standard outcome
Research method
The thesis uses different methods: Theoretical and practical
methods (Analysing, generalizing, and systemizing the relateddocuments, summing up experience, observation, surveyquestionnaire, and interview and experts constancy, method of usingstatistical mathematics, Microsoft Xcel software and testing)
5 New contribution of the research
6 Theoretical and practical significance of the research
The thesis clarifies the theoretical issues on management oflecturers and lecturers of social sciences and humanities at privateuniversities This issue receives great attention of educationmanagers, especially in the international integration The thesis’s
Trang 5findings will contribute to promoting the management in general andeducation management in particular.
In addition, the thesis will serve as the base for privateuniversities to build and develop lecturers of social sciences andhumanities, meeting the requirement for training the high qualitypedagogic resources in the new situation It can also be used asreferences for managing officials, lecturers and students
7 Structure of the thesis
The thesis includes: Introduction, 4 chapters, conclusions, list ofscientific works of the author related to the dissertation, list ofreferences and Appendices
Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH SITUATION
RELATED TO THESIS TOPIC 1.1 The works on university lecturers
* The works in the world
In the work “Modular Design in TAFE courses” [108],OsDonnel presents the role and responsibility of teachers; “Effectivestrategies for lecturers and educational leaders in the global era” [45]
by Lee Little Soldier; “The management of teacher competence”[119], Tom Bisschoff and Bennie Grobler state that schools need toencourage teachers to promote their competence and help each other
In the work “How Teacher Education Matters” [105], LindaDarling-Hammond asserts that there are no well-known universitieswithout good lecturers
* The work in Vietnam
In the work “Guidebook to improve competence and quality forlecturers” [5], Dang Quoc Bao, Do Quoc Anh, Dinh Thi Kim Thoa,touch upon the general issues on teachers’ quality and competence inthe new context; Nguyen Van De [24], focuses on 5 basic factors(humanity - society; technology mastering; quick adjusting; goodhealth; creativity) to build the quality model of university lecturers inthe new period; “Education quality - practical and theoretical issues”[10] by Nguyen Huu Chau; “Assessment on lecturers’ activity andteaching quality at university” [59] by Tran Thi Tuyet Oanh
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* In the world
Here are typical works: Learning to teach (Richard I.Arends,1998), Education portal and distance learning project (AndrewScryner, 2004), Information technology training Programs forstudents and teachers (Hary Kwa, 2004); “Towards Strategic StaffDevelopment in Higher Education” [92; p.92] by Blackwell R andBlackmore P (1992), (2003) “What Works in Schools” [112] byRobert J Marzano; "Higher Education: Action research as a form ofstaff development in higher education" [97] by David Kember andLyn Gow Generally, these works touch upon the development of thelecturers thoroughly by analysing the related theory and thepublished works on management of human resources
“Solutions to managing lecturers of People’s police University” [22]
by Vo Thanh Dat; “Promoting the lecturers at training schools ofMinistry of Home Affairs meeting the requirements of humanresources of Home Affairs nowadays” [84] by Vu Thanh Xuan;
“Promoting the lecturers and correlating issue between the scale andquality of tertiary education” [42] by Phan Van Kha; “Promoting thedancing lecturers in Vietnam in the international integration” [16] by
Vu Duong Dung These works point out the role of lecturers; theirfeatures, quality requirement and competence in the internationalintegration process; analysing and assessing the actual situation oflecturers and development of lecturers in the whole country so as topropose solutions to promoting lecturers
1.3 The works on private universities, managing and promoting lecturers at private universities
* The foreign works
“International Trends in Funding for Higher Education,International Higher Education” [100] by Aitbach Philip G (2003);
“Private higher education in Asia and the Pacific-Final Report” [120]
by Tong-in W and Wang Yibinh (1999); “Higher education Faculty
Trang 7in East Asia” [96] by David W Chapman (2009); “Personnel/HumanResource Management” [107] by Carrell, M.R These authors statethat private universities in the world are developing rapidly,contributing to the development of higher education system Privatetertiary education institutions need to build the link between publicand private education in order to fully utilize the national resourceand the support of lecturers at well-known universities.
* The domestic authors
“Management of training quality at private university in theCentral part of Vietnam [76] by Do Trong Tuan (2016); “Educationmanagement based on information technology and communication atprivate university in the Central part of Vietnam” [29] by Nguyen Le
Ha (2016); “Developing human resources at private universities inHanoi city” [23] by Nguyen Trong Dang (2017); “The link betweenquality insurance and cultural quality at university: a comparisonbetween publish and private university” [62] by Do Dinh Thai(2015); “Managing the lecturers at private universities in Vietnamnowadays” [21] by Nguyen Thi Anh Dao (2014); “Contemporarylecturers - important factor ensuring the quality of lecturers at privateuniversities in the Central” [77] by Do Trong Tuan These worksshow that the training quality largely depends on the quality oflecturers and touch upon the issue of exploiting and using theavailable sources of permanent and contemporary lecturers in order
to perfect the work of developing the lecturers and conduct thetraining program, guaranteeing the quality of the outcome
1.4 An overview of the published works and the issues need further addressing in the thesis
1.4.1 An overview of the published works
Generally, these works research on managing and developing thelecturers thoroughly by reviewing the theory on human resourcesmanagement There have been some works on lecturers of socialsciences and humanities in general but not at private universities Thereare few works on private universities, managing and developinglecturers of social sciences and humanities at private universities
The literature review shows: there are several works on universitylecturers and their management but not under the perspective of educationmanagement in terms of university lecturers’s quality, competence and
Trang 8model, especially lecturers at private universities and developing theircompetence in the 21th century There are few works on privateuniversities and management of lecturers at private universities.
There are few works on managing and developing the lecturers
of social sciences and humanities at universities, especially there is
no single work on managing the lecturers of social sciences andhumanities at private universities
1.4.2 The issues need further addressing in the thesis
Firstly, building a systematic and scientific theory on managing
lecturers of social sciences and humanities appropriate to the objectsand features of private universities in Hanoi in the trend of changingfrom public university to private university
Secondly, clarifying the position, role and new requirement for the quality and competence of university lecturers of social sciences and
humanities at private universities The concept of university lecturers ofsocial sciences and humanities at universities has been paid attention to
by scientists However, the concept of the concept of university lecturers
of social sciences and humanities at private universities and new
requirements for their quality, competence and model has not beenspecifically dealt with This thesis’s author will present the concept and
specific model for lecturers of social sciences and humanities In addition, the thesis clarifies the concept of managing lecturers of social
sciences and humanities and indicates the contents of managing lecturers
of social sciences and humanities at private universities.
Thirdly, the scientists have researched on the actual situation of building and developing lecturers of social sciences and humanities
at universities in general However, there have been no basic andsystematic works on the actual situation of managing lecturers ofsocial sciences and humanities at private universities
Fourthly, the synchronous and basic measures to manage lecturers of social sciences and humanities at private universities in
Hanoi nowadays; at the same time, the experiments should beconducted to test the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposedmeasures in the reality
Conclusion of Chapter 1
Trang 9There are several foreign and domestic researchers touching uponthe lecturing staff Although there have been a number scientific works
on university lecturers and managing university lecturers, there is nowork dealing with this issue systematically in the perspective ofeducation management in terms of university lecturers’ quality,competence and personality model as well as promoting the competence
of university lecturers at private university in the context of developingthe modern education and training nowadays
Chapter 2 THEORIES ON MANAGING LECTURERS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AT PRIVATE
UNIVERSITIES 2.1 Lecturers of social sciences and humanities
2.1.1 Lecturers of social sciences and humanities at private universities
* Lecturers
Lecturers are teachers of higher education institutions who havestandards, responsibilities, tasks and powers as stipulated by the State ingeneral and specific regulations of educational institutions in particular
Trang 102.1.2 Characteristics of teaching staff and requirements for lecturers of social sciences and humanities at private universities
* Characteristics of teaching staff of social sciences and
humanities at private universities
Firstly, teaching staff of social sciences and humanities at
private universities is not very stable, the number of faculty members
is low, and they are mainly visiting lecturers from different highereducation institutions
Secondly, teaching staff of social sciences and humanities at
private universities are usually in charge of 2 to 3 subjects
Thirdly, there is a shortage of leading experts and good deans of
faculties in teaching staff of social sciences and humanities(especially faculty members) at private universities
Fourthly, foreign language and informatics skills of lecturers are
inadequate compared to the requirements of teaching and scientific research
* Requirements for lecturers of social sciences and humanities
at private universities in the new context
- Requirements of political, moral and professional qualities
- Requirements of knowledge and professional competence
- Requirements of method, working style
- Requirements of quantity and structure
2.1.3 Activities of teaching social sciences and humanities at private universities
The teaching of social sciences and humanities at privateuniversities is a combination of purposeful activities aimed at equippingknowledge of society, people, thinking and views of Marxism -Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thought, and the viewpoint of the CommunistParty of Vietnam; on that basis, develop the ability to think reasonably,educate the necessary qualities for students, thereby performing well thedefined training objectives and requirements of each school
2.1.4 Personality model of lecturers of social sciences and humanities at private universities
The current model of personality of lecturers of social sciencesand humanities is: Pedagogy + scientists + political - social activistsand the persons who are active in international integration
Trang 112.2 Managing human resources and teaching staff of social sciences and humanities at private universities under the model
of human resource management of Leonard Nadler
2.2.1 Managing human resources
Human resource management is the process of a purposeful,planned and systematic impact of a management entity on people inorder to achieve the organization's goals and at the same time makepeople become employees with new and higher capabilities, qualitiesmeeting the requirements of socio-economic development
2.2.2 Managing teaching staff of social sciences and humanities at private universities under the model of human resource management of Leonard Nadler
* Management
Management is a conscious, organized impact, with the direction
of the management subject to lead, guide and control themanagement object to achieve the set objectives
* Managing teaching staff of social sciences and humanities
under the model of human resource management of Leonard Nadler
Managing the teaching staff of social sciences and humanities atprivate universities is a purposeful, planned activity of the subject ofmanagement affecting the planning, training, retraining and usingprocess, creating a favourable environment to develop teaching staff,meeting the requirements of the school’s tasks, helping the school tosuccessfully complete the tasks of training and sustainable development
2.3 The content of managing the teaching staff of social sciences and humanities at private universities
2.3.1 Planning the teaching staff of social sciences and humanities
2.3.2 Recruiting, using and screening the teaching staff of social sciences and humanities
2.3.3 Managing the teaching activities of lecturers of social sciences and humanities
2.3.4 Managing training and retraining teaching staff of social sciences and humanities
Trang 122.3.5 Implementing policies, creating a working environment and motivating the development of lecturers of social sciences and humanities
2.3.6 Checking and evaluating the performance of the lecturers' tasks
2.4 Factors affecting the management of lecturers in humanities and social sciences at private universities
2.4.1 Factors belonging to guidelines and policies of the Party and the State for the development of higher education
2.4.2 Factors belonging to the manager
2.4.3 Factors belonging to the teaching staff
2.4.4 Factors belonging to the environment and facilities 2.4.5 Factors belonging to the legal corridor
Summary of chapter 2
Managing the teaching staff of social sciences and humanities atprivate universities is the development of university lecturers' humanresources The dissertation follows the human resource managementmodel of Leonard Nadler to manage the teaching staff of social sciencesand humanities The research to clarify the above theories is a scientificbasis to assess the current situation of management of lecturers of socialsciences and humanities at private universities in Hanoi City, meetingthe objectives and the requirements of the research
Chapter 3 PRACTICAL ISSUES ON MANAGING TEACHING STAFF OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AT
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN HANOI CITY
3.1 General overview of private universities in Hanoi City today
3.2 Organizing a survey of the current situation
3.3 Current situation of teaching staff of social sciences and humanities at private universities in Hanoi city
3.3.1 Current situation of the number of the teaching staff 3.3.2 Current situation of the structure of the teaching staff 3.3.3 Current situation of the quality of the teaching staff