Objectives and tasks of the research Research objectives Upon researches on theoretical and practical issues of the management ofcommunal pivotal officer cultivation at educational insti
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1 Rationale to choose the thesis
Communal, ward, and town authorities (jointly called as the communal level) playvery vital roles in Vietnam’s political – administrative system The communal authoritydirectly conduct the State management activities in such fields as politics, economics,culture, society, public security, and safety in the locality upon level power so that theParty’s guidelines and policies as well as the State’s laws will be possibly applied to the life.Communal officers and civil servants, especially the pivotal ones, play a vital role and take acrucial position as they are those who directly disseminate, strictly organize the enforcement
of the Party’s guidelines and policies to contribute to the successful implementation of thestrategy for Fatherland’s construction & defense
At present, many business, service facilities, and industrial factories are constructedand they operate in several communes, wards, and towns alike Thus, they attract a largenumber of workers who are merely farmers This leads to the fact many fields are leftdeserted On the other hand, thanks to the remarkable development of social media, thepeople can access several flows of different information gaining both positive and negativeinformation Those changes have influenced the entire society in rural areas, which imposesrequirements for communal pivotal officers to grasp new thinkings and ability in managingand administrating their work
Over the past years, the construction work of communal pivotal officers inThai Binh has been especially cared about with innovation in contents, modes, andmethods; from the step of forming sources to recruiting, training, cultivating, arranging,and utilizing them However, the construction work of communal pivotal officers inThai Binh remains limited and pressing because officers’ levels and ability in generaland those of the pivotal ones in particular haven’t met the needs Moreover, the ability
to specify the Party’s guidelines and policies hasn’t been close while the managementfor socio-economic and cultural development hasn’t been relevant to features andconditions of each institution The loss of democracy remains in some areas, whichlessens the people’s trust and causes long-lasting sues and complaints These all lead topolitical instability and divide the great unity of the entire people Therefore, thetraining and cultivation of virtues, occupational levels, and skills for communal pivotalofficers & the management of their cultivation is one of the key tasks for Thai Binhprovince in general as well as that of educational institutions assigned with the task ofcommunical officer training & cultivaton in particular
Having got aware of the roles of communal pivotal officers and the importance
of training & cultivation for them, over the past years, educational institutions in ThaiBinh province have regularly cared about, implemented the training & cultivation forthose officers, and gained many crucial outcomes The cultivation work for them ateducational institutions in Thai Binh province, however, has still shown certainrestrictions and limits caused by many reasons related to the management of communalofficer cultivation In order to enhance its quality at educational institutions, scientificand realistic foundations need basing on That requests for research works that clarifythe scientific foundations and help suggest relevant measures for the management ofcommunal officer cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binh province in thecurrent context
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topic“Management of communal pivotal officer cultivation at educational
institutions in Thai Binh province in the current” as the research thesis of the
Doctoral one on education management
2 Objectives and tasks of the research
Research objectives
Upon researches on theoretical and practical issues of the management ofcommunal pivotal officer cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binhprovince; measures for the management are suggested in the thesis, makingcontributions to enhancing its quality, communal pivotal officers’ virtues,occupational levels and skills for the career of Thai Binh province’s construction &development in particular and the national ones in general
3 Research objects, subjects, and scopes
Research objects: Management of officer cultivation at educational
institutions in the current context
Research subjects: Management of communal pivotal officer cultivation at
educational institutions in Thai Binh province the current context
Research scopes
- Scopes of contents: The management of communal pivotal officer
cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binh province is focused onresearching in the thesis
- Scopes of surveys: Managers, lecturers at Thai Binh University and Thai
Binh province’s School of Politics; managers, specialists at concernedDepartments, sectors, fields, and learners at training classes
- Time and data to serve for the research: The data in the thesis has been
collected and utilized since the year 2013 until the present time
technical facilities, and regular & scientific checks as well as supervision, etc., the
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province shall be enhanced well for the quality of communal pivotal officers in thecurrent context
5 Methodology and research methods
Methology
During the research process, the author bases on the dialectic material andhistorical material methods in Marxism-Leninism; Ho Chi Minh Ideology and theParty’s viewpoints on education, training, and HR development are strictly applied
in the thesis Such access ways in scientific researches for education managementas: those to the structural system, history – logics, reality; HR management, andtheory on HR development are utilized
- And supporting methods
6 New contributions by the thesis
Concepts of some perceptions like: Officers, communal civil servants;communal pivotal officers, communal pivotal officer cultivation are furtherclarified; contents of the management of communal pivotal officer cultivation aregeneralized and analyzed in the thesis Objective requirements for innovation in thecommunal pivotal officer cultivation in the current context; the actual state of itsmanagements; determination of advantages & disadvantages; reasons of thoseadvantages & disadvantages in the communal pivotal officer cultivation in thecurrent context are pointed out in the thesis Measures for the management of thecommunal pivotal officer cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binhprovince in the current context are suggested in the thesis
7 The thesis’s theoretical and practical meanings
* With respect of the theoretical meanings: Theories on communal pivotal
officers; communal pivotal cultivation, and its in the current context aregeneralized, analyzed, and developed
* With respect of the practical meanings: They will help managers clearly
see the actual state of the communal pivotal cultivation, thence, work out relevantmeasures for its management and enhanced quality at educational institutions in thecurrent context
8 Structure of the thesis
The thesis consists of: Introduction, 5 chapters (16 sessions), list of theauthor’s publicized scientific works, list of references, and appendices
Chapter 1 OVERVIEW ON THESIS-RELATED RESEARCH STUDIES 1.1 The thesis-related research works
The author has studied and surveyed some research works of other nations
in the world and over 30 domestic ones
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The outcomes from the research works related to the management ofcommunal pivotal officer cultivation show:
Firstly, the management, cultivation, management of officers at all levels,
explanations for their positions and roles, and contents of management of pivotalofficer cultivation are much clarified in the above-mentioned works
Secondly, concepts of ability and those capacities that managers need,
ability cultivation, and development for officers to meet realistic needs have beenpresented in the thesis; nevertheless, the management of communal pivotal officercultivation in the current context hasn’t been deeply studied as well as requirementsfor the communal pivotal officers to make relevant plans for training andcultivation haven’t been pointed out
Thirdly, the awareness of the importance of the management work needs
paying with more importance The training and cultivation work to enhanceofficers’ knowledge and occupational skills aren’t sometimes attached withimportance, especially those on management & consultation to enhance communalofficers’ working performance at the locality The management of cultivation forlearners hasn’t been properly cared about, which hasn’t clearly shown strategic andlong-term features, etc.,
1.3 Issues that need further settlements in the thesis
Firstly, to build up theoretical foundations for the communal pivotal officer
cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binh province scientifically andrelevantly to the current practical conditions
Secondly, to build up perceptions of tools in the thesis; clearly determine
contents for cultivation and influencers on the communal pivotal cultivation ateducational institutions in Thai Binh province in the current context
Thirdly, to study and assess the actual state of the management of the communal
pivotal officer cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binh province, clearly point outadvantages, disadvantages, reasons, and issues related to the cultivation work & itsmanagement of the communal pivotal officer cultivation
Fourthly, to build up management measures for the communal pivotal
officer cultivation at educational institutions in Thai Binh province scientificallywith feasibility & assurance that communal pivotal officers will be qualifiedenough to fulfill their obligations and tasks
Fifthly, to experiment the necessity and feasibility of the measures and test some
measures to assess the effectiveness of the suggested & proposed measures
Conclusions to chapter 1
The overview on the thesis-related research works shows, in general, theoutcomes of the researches have clarified the roles and importance of the management
of the pivotal officer cultivation Theories on the cultivation of pivotal officers, officers
at all levels, and communal ones have been built up in the research works
The officer training and cultivation in general and those for communalofficers & civil servants in particular have been mentioned in different aspects inmany scientific works They have made certain contributions to make guidelines and
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of communal pivotal officers Nevertheless, there haven’t been any researches on themanagement of communal pivotal officer cultivation in Thai Binh province in thecurrent context The documents by the above-mentioned authors are the valuableones for references and inheritance for us to deploy the research of the thesis
Chapter 2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNAL PIVOTAL OFFICER CULTIVATION IN CURRENT CONTEXT 2.1 Theoretical issues on communal pivotal officers
2.1.1 The perception of communal pivotal officers
Communes, wards, and towns are determined as the grassroot levels in thecurrent State 4 tier administrative and management system in our country They arejointly called as communal levels in this thesis
The perception of communal pivotal officers has been mentioned a lot in theParty’s documents and resolutions However, there haven’t been any consistentperceptions or specific norms to determine what subjects are called as pivotal officers
* With respect of officers
- The perception of officers is mentioned in legal documents: VietnameseGrand Dictionary [93]; Vietnamese Dictionary [89]; Encyclopedia Dictionary;Ordinance on Officers and Civil Servants dated February 26, 1998; the Ordinancenumber 11/2003/PL-UBTVQH11 dated April 29, 2003 with adjustments andsupplementations to some articles in the Ordinance on Officers and Civil Servantsdated February 26, 1998; Law on Officers and Civil Servants number22/2008/QH12 dated November 13, 1998; Law number: 52/2019/QH14 datedNovember 25, 2019 with adjustments and supplementations to some articles in theLaw on Officers and Civil Servants number 22/2008/QH12 and the Law on CivilServants number 58/2010/QH12 that mentioned the perception on offiers and civilservants, in which, the item 3 of Article 4 of the Law on Officers and CivilServants number 22/2008/QH12 stipulates the communal officers as follows:
“Communal, ward, and town officers are Vietnamese citizens & voted to hold theirtitles by terms at the Standing People’s Council, People’s Committee, PartySecretary, Party Deputy Secretary, and Heads of socio-political organizations.”
* With respect of pivotal officers
The pivotal officers are understood as those with high titles and those whohold the most vital positions with power to make decisions, manage, and get mainlyresponsible for one organization, unit or locality as the key, core factor, and playthe vital role in implementing tasks of that organization, unit, and locality
* Titles of communal pivotal officers include those regulated at the item 3,Article 4 of the Law on Officers and Civil Servants of 2008
2.1.2 Features of communal pivotal officers
Firstly, communal pivotal officers live and work at the locality so most of
them have family, relative, neighbor relations with the people and their benefits aredirectly attached to those of the people
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people and the local authority so they must directly settle the relations between theState and the local people
Thirdly, communal pivotal officers are the heads of local organizations and
bodies They make decisions on mobilization, exploitation, and utilization of localresources upon the classification
Fourthly, communal pivotal officers work by terms They may be re-voted
or may not be re-voted for the next-coming term The election at the communallevel shows its own specific traits and is commonly influenced by the relative andacquaintance relations
2.1.3 Communal pivotal officers’ roles
Communal pivotal officers play very vital roles in building up anddeveloping the grassroot authorities and play as the bridge among the Party, State,and people
2.2 Theoretical issues on the cultivation of communal pivotal officers in the current context
2.2.1 Concept of the communal pivotal officer cultivation
The cultivation of communal pivotal officers means the activity withpurposes, organization, and collaboration by those who cultivate officers and bythose who are cultivated to update lacking or backward knowledge, consolidate andimprove their skill for better fulfillment of their own tasks
Summary of differentiations between training and cultivation as in the Table2.2 [46]
2.2.2 Features of the communal pivotal officer cultivation in the current context
- The objectives of the communal pivotal officer cultivation
- Programs and contents of the communal pivotal officer cultivation are
described in the 2.3 [9];
- Organization methods and modes for cultivation;
- Cultivation duration;
- Subjects and objects for cultivation;
- Checks and assessments for the cultivation
2.3 Theoretical issues on the management of communal pivotal officer cultivation in the current context
2.3.1 Concept on the management of communal pivotal officer cultivation
The management of cultivation at educational institutions means the featureand task of training & cultivating officers and is one field of education It meanspurposeful influences by managers on the cultivation to reach the determinedmanagement and cultivation objectives
The management of communal pivotal officer cultivation is the combination
of influences by managers on its cultivation for scientific management of thecultivation and for the implementation of the objectives for the communal pivotal
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The management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation must base onrequirements for the country’s socio-economic development and officers’ needsfor training and cultivation The cultivation must meet needs of each workingposition and industry Theoretical studies & researches as well as realistic practicemust be combined
2.3.3 Contents of the management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation in the current context
The objectives, contents, methods, material – technical facilities must bemanaged to serve for the cultivation Those who cultivate and those who are cultivatedneed managing There should be checks and assessments for the cultivation
2.4 Influencers on the management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation in the current context
2.4.1 Influencers at eduational institutions
Educational institutions’ prestige, brands; teachers’ training environment;material conditions, facilities; managers’ virtues, ability, lecturers’ levels andvirtues; and those of the ones who are cultivated
2.4.2 Influencers outside the educationa institutions
Globalization, international integration; political, legal, socio-economic,cultural, scientific, technological factors, and the management mechanism
Conclusions to chapter 2
The management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation in the currentcontext at educational institutions is the vital content to enhance the quality of thecultivation work and the qualification of communal officers and civil servants inthe current period
The management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation is thecombination of influencers by those who cultivate communal pivotal officers toscientifically manage the cultivation work and move toward the objectives of thecommunal pivotal officer cultivation
In the current context with many influences on the management of thecommunal pivotal officer cultivation and during the management process, subjectsneed to consider influencers by the globalization, international integraton; the
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The management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation is conductedwith respects of contents, in which the following contents need managing:objectives, contents, cultivating methods, management by subjects and objects forcultivation, management of facilities, materials, management of checks, andassessments on the cultivation outcomes
To manage the communal pivotal officer cultivation at educationalinstitutions in the current context, managers must consider influencers both insideand outside the educational institutions
Chapter 3 PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNAL PIVOTAL OFFICER CULTIVATION AT EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS IN THAI BINH PROVINCE 3.1 Overview on the survey of the actual state and generalization on educational institutions that cultivate communal pivotal officers in Thai Binh province
3.1.1 Generalization on surveying the actual state
- Objectives for the survey: To assess the actual state of the communalpivotal officer cultivation and its management at educational institutions in ThaiBinh province with functions and tasks of training & cultivating the officers in thecurrent context
- Contents of the survey: To survey the actual state of the communal pivotalofficer cultivation and its management; to assess the implementation level ofapplied measures for communal pivotal officer cultivation; to survey advantages,difficulties, influential conditions on the effectiveness of the management ateducational institutions in Thai Binh province
- Objects of the survey: Table 3.1 To summarize the surveyed quantity
- Duration to conduct the survey: for 2 years of 2017 and 2018
- Survey method: Basic methods like: Questionnaires, interviews, and statisticalmaths are used in the thesis to process and quantify the research outcomes
- Tools for the survey: Questionnaires, in-depth interviews, opinions formexperts, organization for focus group discussions; researches, statistics, and dataanalysis; summary from reports related to the actual state of communal pivotalofficer cultivation and its management
3.1.2 Generalization of educational institutions with functions and tasks
to cultivate communal officers
- School of Politics of Thai Binh province
- Thai Binh University
3.2 The actual state of communal pivotal officers in Thai Binh province
100% of officers are the Party members
All of them graduated from high school; their occupational levels: allgraduated from Colleges and Universities
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With respect of ages: Communal pivotal officers in Thai Binh are all over
The contents have been deployed at the level of rather necessary and shown
as below: “Skill to chair and manage meetings” is ranked at the 1st place
3.3.3 The actual state of modes and methods for communal pivotal officer cultivation
* Modes for communal pivotal officer cultivation: Both cultivation and working
at political fostering centers at the suburban district level are assesses as the mostrelevant Gathering cultivation is ranked at the 2nd place out of 3 and the cultivation bysome clusters of communes, wards, and towns is ranked at the bottom (3/3)
* Methods for communal pivotal officer cultivation: Real-life experience
methods to raise issues – settle assumed situations, discuss, Q&A, and seminars areassessed as the most relevant The method of self-study and homework doing isassessed at the 4th place out of 4
3.3.4 The actual state of relevany in terms of venues & durations for communal pivotal officer cultivation
The venue for cultivation is at the political foster center at the suburban districtand municipal levels is assessed as the most relevant; and the one at the province’spolitical school and Thai Binh University is assessed at the 2nd place out of 3
The time for the cultivation “On Saturday and Sunday” is assessed as themost relevant Most of them assess the continuous cultivation (for 2 months) isirrelevant
3.4 The actual state of the management of communal pivotal officer cultivation
3.4.1 The actual state of the necessity of the management of communal pivotal officer cultivation
The outcomes from the survey show that lecturers, and learners at
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the management of the communal pivotal officer cultivation
3.4.2 The actual state of plan –making for the communal pivotal officer cultivation
The awareness of the importance in making plans to cultivate communal
pivotal officers is assessed at the level of rather good & average The contents of
“Context analysis, determination of needs, and objectives for cultivation” are assessed as the most important while the content of “Relevant distribution of
human resources for selected work items” is assessed at the lowest place
3.4.3 The actual state of organization for the communal pivotal officer cultivation
* Management of activity participants
Cultivation for communal vipotal officers
The content of “Selection of managers, lecturers, and reporters whoparticipate in the cultivation activity” is assessed the most important The content
of “Construction of the collaborative mechanism among divisions that participate
in the cultivation activity” is assessed at a less important level
Managers, lecturers, and learners assess the implementation of theorganization for cultivation at the average level The content of “The selection ofmanagers, lecturers, and reporters to participate in the cultivation” is assessed withthe best implementation The content “Construction of the collaborative mechanismamong divisions that participate in the cultivation activity” is assessed at thebottom, the 3rd place out of 3
* The organization of collaboration among units in charge of participating
in the communal vipotal officer cultivation
Managers, lecturers, and reporters assess the importance of the collaborationwith concerned units to organize the cultivation activity at the locality at the rathergood & average level while the content of “Making-up and signing contracts” isassesses as the most important (1st place out of 5); and the content of “Assignment
of officers in charge of classes” ranks at the 5th place out of 5
Managers, lecturers, and reporters assess the collaboration with concernedunits to organize the cultivation activity at the locality at the rather good & averagelevel while the content of “Making-up and signing contracts” is assessed as the bestwell-done (1/5); and the content “Contacts with units that have needs to opencultivation classes at the locality” ranks at the fifth place out of 5
3.4.4 The actual state of guidance for the communal vipotal officer cultivation
Managers, lecturers, and reporters assess the plan deployment by Faculties,Departments, and Centers at the average level while the content of “Guidingspecialty Faculty to make plans and organize for the teaching” is assessed as themost important (1/4); the one of “Guiding functional departments to serve for thecultivation” & “Assignment of tasks for concerned units” are both at the secondplace; and the one of “Determination organization modes for the cultivationactivity” ranks at the fourth place
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Departments, and Centers at the average level while the content of “Guiding functional departments to serve for the cultivation (expenses, material facilities, and classroom management)” is assessed as the best well-done (1/4); and the one of“Assignment of tasks for Faculties and Departments” is ranked at the fourth place.
3.4.5 The actual state of checks and supervision over the communal pivotal officer cultivation
Managers, lecturers, and reporters assess the importance of checks andassessment on the cultivation outcomes at educational institutions in Thai Binh
province at the rather good and average level while the contents of “Making up modes of checks and assessments on the cultivation” and “Summary of the implementation outcomes” are assessed the same, at the first place; and the one of
“Making decisions on adjustments” ranks at the fourth place out of 4.
Managers, lecturers, and reporters assess the implementation of checks andassessment on the cultivation outcomes at educational institutions at the average
level while the content of “Summary of the implementation outcomes” is assessed
as the best well-done (1/4); and the one of“Making up modes for checks and assessments on the cultivation” ranks at the fourth place out of 4
3.4.6 Management of conditions that assure for communal pivotal officer cultivation
Management of expenses for the cultivation;
Management of material and technical facilities
Management of cultivation environment.
3.5 The actual state of influencers on management of communal pivotal officer cultivation
3.5.1 The actual state of influencers at educational institutions
The influential level of subjective factors on the management of communalpivotal officer cultivation which has been being deployed at educational institutions
is at the average level while the content of “Level, awareness, and ability of participants in the cultivation” is assessed as the most influential (1/6); and the one
of “Managers’ levels, virtues, and ability” and the one of “Subjects (learners) whowill be cultivated” ranks at the second place
3.5.2 The actual state of influencers outside educational institutions
Managers, lecturers, and reporters assess the influential level by objectivefactors on the management of communal pivotal officer cultivation that has beenbeing deployed at the educational institutions at the rather good & average levelwhile the content of “Management mechanism” is assessed as the most influential,
at the first place out of 5; and the one of “Sciences and technologies” ranks at thefifth place out of 5
3.6 Overall assessments on the actual state of the management of communal vipotal officer cultivation
3.6.1 Advantages for the management of communal vipotal officer cultivation
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to enhance their occupational levels and skills
3.6.2 Difficulties in the management of communal vipotal officer cultivation
The number of highly qualified and professionally skillful communal vipotalofficers has not been high There have not been any relevant mechanism or policies
to boost up the quality enhancement and officer management The ability ofmanagers, lecturers, and employees at the educational institutions has not metrequirements and tasks
Contents, programs, and documents remain with academic knowledge that isnot practical for the management Cultivation methods are slowly innovated Thematerial facilities have not been met in terms of quantities and quality Documentsand books at libraries have not been updated There is a shortage of teachingdevices They have not been synchronous The source of budgets spent on thecultivation work has remained limited
Communal vipotal officers have not been trained or cultivated standardly astheir titles The cultivation of communal vipotal officers has not been stronglydecentralized None of guiding documents on the communal vipotal officercultivation has been promulgated
Modes and policies on the training & cultivation have not been supplemented forrelevancy Wrong subjects have been recruited The number of officers sent forcultivation is sometimes over but sometimes under the districbuted norms
Checks, assessments for the cultivation qualiy, and assessments for learners’outcomes have not been sufficient or objective; their ability to learn and awarenesshave not been precisely assessed
The assessment method after the cultivation process has not been deployedwith detailed & synchronous plans worked out by schools and localities
3.6.3 Reasons for achievements and restrictions
3.6.3.1 Reasons for the achievements
The consolidation of leadership and guidance by the Polibureau, Secretariat,Party Committee Levels for the officer cultivation is the crucial and decisive factorfor the success Cares and strict guidance by the Provincial Party Committee,People’s Committee, and officer management work at all the levels
Party Committees and organizations at all levels care about guiding andorganizing for the implementation Bodies of officer organization have helped theParty Committees grasp communal officers’ needs for training and cultivation sothat they will take initiatives to make suggestions to the Party Committees building
up plans to cultivate and send officers to classes The collaboration between thelocal authority and educational institutions assures for the consistent, holistic,