The Evaluation of the Undergraduate Studies Program of the Department of Business Administration of the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I) of Thessaly-Greece by Applying a Benchmarking Approach

Abstract

The remarkable and multilateral developmental impact and perspective of H.E.Is is widely known. Moreover, the spread of competence and technological innovation should not be a privilege for a few people who have the possibility of acquiring knowledge and skills from the International Academic Institutions. Unfortunately, raw reality remains the same and in order to be reduced, the "conventional" Academic Institutions ought to evolve constantly and develop more remarkable international collaborations in order to be able to exist, operate and contribute to the strongly competitive environment.

The Evaluation of the Undergraduate Studies Program and the Educational Process in Heis Operating in Uncertainty Conditions: The Case of the Department of Business Administration of the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I) of Thessaly-Greece

“…In short, this means that processes of assessment and final evaluation should be established, concerning the efficiency of what ought by law to be offered in education and in the expansion of student's knowledge in general (Babiniotis, 2009;Tsinidou et al,2010;Matsagouras,2011;Gkountroumpi et al, 2015).…”

“…The severe economic problems that it has been experiencing over the last few years and its subsequent immediate dependence upon the policies and the decisions of Troika for extensive scale economies, have created an insecure educational context characterized by the significant reduction of the operational cost of higher education, despite the ongoing increase in the number of the newcomers or the intertemporally permanently registered students, by the insufficient function of Higher Institutions on account of the severe reduction in state funding, by the inadequate transmission of knowledge and skills because of the forced transformation of laboratory courses into theoretical subjects, by severe cutbacks in the fees of the educational and administrative staff, by purposeful delays in the academic development of the educational staff, etc. (Gianzina-Kassotaki and Kassotakis, 2013;Gkountroumpi et al, 2015).…”