Empirical Research
Managing Professional Competencies of Teaching Staff in the University: Views of Finnish University Leaders
Reviewed By Stephen Chukwunenye Anyamele, Ph.D.
Volume 5 - Issue 1
Feb 14, 2007 - 2:35:12 PM

This paper addresses the management of professional competencies of academic staff in Finnish universities. It explored the different ways university leadership in Finland goes about quality enhancement of the teaching staff in the university. Administration questionnaire was employed in the process of data collection. Although the results show comprehensive techniques of enhancing the quality of staff in Finnish universities, some of the conclusions that emerged from the study include the acknowledgement of the crucial importance of improving staff quality in keeping them current in their fields of expertise, its importance in institutional survival and the need for universities to commit themselves to staff development as innovation strategy for individual and institutional development. Other higher education institutions should draw their lessons from Finnish case.