Mission in Higher Education in Slovenia: Sustainability in Engineering versus Others Sector

Breznik, Kristijan; Law, Kris M. Y.; Zeme, Jasmina

doi:10.3390/su13147947

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“…It has particularly carried out a linguistic analysis on the use of the concept of sustainability in the top Romanian universities' strategic plans. Such an endeavor is valuable since there is a scarcity of studies conducted on the universities' strategic plans [50] and on their mission and vision statements as well as activity reports [26,31,32,34,44,50,[53][54][55], although many scholars have advocated for the implicit or explicit inclusion of the concept of sustainability in all the official documents of the universities [26,27]. More exactly, the study has analyzed the strategic plans of twelve Romanian universities for the period 2020-2024, paying attention to the frequency of the words and phrases sustainability, sustainable development, durable development and sustainable and their linguistic context of appearance.…”

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A Comparative Analysis of the Use of the Concept of Sustainability in the Romanian Top Universities’ Strategic Plans

2021

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As the effects of climate change on today’s society make the headlines across the globe, urging all stakeholders to join forces to act and to create a sustainable world, universities have started engaging in the process of building a sustainable future for the generations to come. The sustainable university has thus emerged, a pro-active and collaborative university that performs in several domains. Since the university’s strategic plan is an instance of official and public communication on the future institutional development, its investigation reveals the university’s position towards sustainability. This study highlights the explicit use of the concept of sustainability in the strategic plans for 2020–2024 of the twelve Romanian top universities and points to the sustainable domains associated with it. Moreover, to determine the direction towards which the Romanian top universities are heading, in terms of sustainability, the article draws a comparison with previous research conducted on the strategic plans for 2016–2020. The main conclusion reached is that although there is an increasing tendency to use the concept in the latest strategic plans, building sustainable universities in Romania is still a goal to be achieved in the future.

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A Comparative Analysis of the Use of the Concept of Sustainability in the Romanian Top Universities’ Strategic Plans

2021

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“…Several studies have investigated the dimensions integral to the MS of a particular business field (Breznik et al , 2021b; Law and Breznik, 2018; Lin et al , 2019). Yet, the MS model, developed by David (1989) in the late 1980s, remains widely used even in recent research (Akdeve and Koseoglu, 2013; Gunasekare, 2016; Lin et al , 2019).…”

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Revealing mission statements in a hotel brand sector using social network analytic approach

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the content of hotel brands’ mission statements (MSs) and their relationship with selected attributes of hotel brands. Design/methodology/approach Content analysis of hotel brands’ MSs was used to detect the MSs’ key words, which were further processed by methods of social network analysis, complemented by clustering techniques and correspondence analysis on the generalized aggregated lexical tables, a special type of correspondence analysis. Findings Hotel brands operating in luxurious markets more often emphasize experiences than those in midscale markets. Furthermore, hotel brands with longer traditions and those with a large number of controlled rooms communicate words in their MSs that represent a rather traditional approach to hospitality. Younger hotel brands with fewer controlled rooms chose words that indicate a more commercially oriented approach. Finally, cluster analysis revealed four dimensions of hotel brands’ MSs, instead of the nine most typically used in mission statement component models. Practical implications Understanding the frequencies and networks of keywords, and their relationship with hotel brand attributes, will help create more focussed MSs. This will strengthen hotel brands, raise their revenues and subsequently increase company performance. Originality/value The analysis provides valuable insight into MSs in the specific tourism context of hotel brands. The authors have achieved this with the use of a wide range of advanced network analytic methods. These insights can guide hotel brands to better position themselves in the competitive tourism accommodation market.

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“…The most recent version of TALIS was published in 2020 and corresponds to its second volume [67]. Another way of comparing educational models is by analyzing the mission statements of different universities [68,69].…”

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Models on Teaching Effectiveness in Current Scientific Literature

2021

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Knowing what defines ‘effective teaching’ contributes significantly to the appropriateness and validity of the instruction provided to pre-service teachers during their initial training. This may help them to perform as expert teachers before finishing their university training. This study aims to reflect upon the most significant models and theoretical contributions of each of the five most common methods for investigating teaching effectiveness in the current scientific literature. To that end, the main scientific sources within this field of study have been obtained on the Internet through the Web of Science (WoS), Scopus and ERIC. The sources were selected for their relevance to the topic, which was determined by assessing the citations generated by the academic works and the impact of the journals in which they were published. The results show that the key and most central factor salient in teaching quality is related to the teachers themselves and their training. Thus, any educational model that seeks educational excellence must focus foremost on ensuring care and respect for teaching professionals, beyond economic investment, resource availability, or any other factors.

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Mission in Higher Education in Slovenia: Sustainability in Engineering versus Others Sector

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

A Comparative Analysis of the Use of the Concept of Sustainability in the Romanian Top Universities’ Strategic Plans

A Comparative Analysis of the Use of the Concept of Sustainability in the Romanian Top Universities’ Strategic Plans

Revealing mission statements in a hotel brand sector using social network analytic approach

Models on Teaching Effectiveness in Current Scientific Literature

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