Strategic Responses to Quality Management in Turkish Higher Education

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 3, 2409 - 2440, 30.11.2022

Nalan Sabır Taştan , Kürşat Taştan , Sinan Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.48146/odusobiad.1134792

Öz

In the study, a neo-institutionalist pre-conceptual framework was followed which was developed to identify the different strategic responses that organizations put forth because of institutional pressures towards con-formity and to predict the formation of alternative strategies. In this context, it has been tried to determine which strategic responses (acquiesce or defy or manipulate) are given faced with normative pressures to adopt quality management in Turkish higher education from a Neo-Institutionalist perspective. In the study, PLS-SEM algorithms were applied with SmartPLS software. The findings concluded that the "acquiesce" stra-tegic response against normative pressure from the institutional pressures for the adoption of quality man-agement in Turkish higher education, and the "manipulate" strategic response is given against mimetic pres-sure. According to the results obtained in this study, the acquiesce response as a strategic response to the nor-mative pressures for higher education institutions to adopt quality management reveals that normative pres-sure is an essential tool for establishing quality in higher education. This indicates that success has been achieved in the systematic establishment of quality management on a national basis in Turkiye. Conformity to Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) standards brings success to Turkish higher education and enables Turkiye to complete its integration with Europe in higher education as soon as possible.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Strategic Responses, Higher Education, Conformity, Acquiesce, Manipulate

Türk Yükseköğretiminde Kalite Yönetimine Gösterilen Stratejik Tepkiler

Öz

Çalışmada, kuruluşların kendilerine uygulanan uygunluğa/uymaya (conformity) yönelik kurumsal baskılar sonucunda ortaya koydukları farklı stratejik tepkileri belirlemek ve alternatif stratejilerin oluşumunu tahmin etmek için geliştirilmiş olan Yeni Kurumsalcı bir ön kavramsal çerçeve takip edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda, Yeni Kurumsalcı bakış açısıyla Türk yükseköğretiminde kalite yönetiminin benimsenmesi için yapılan normatif baskılar karşısında hangi stratejik tepkilerin verildiği (uyma, karşı koyma, manipülasyon) belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Çalışmada SmartPLS yazılımı ile Kısmi En Küçük Kareler Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli (PLS-SEM) algo-ritmaları uygulanmıştır. Bulgular, Türk yükseköğretiminde kalite yönetiminin benimsenmesi için kurumsal baskılardan gelen normatif baskıya karşı “uyma” stratejik tepkisinin ve mimetik baskıya karşı “manipülasyon” stratejik tepkisinin verildiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Çalışmada elde edilen sonuçlardan Türk yükseköğretiminde kalite yönetiminin benimsenmesine yönelik normatif baskılar karşısında yükseköğretim kurumlarının uyma stratejik tepkisi vermeleri, normatif baskının yükseköğretimde kaliteyi tesis etmek için önemli bir araç olduğunu kanıtlayan bir gösterge olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bu durum, kalite yönetiminin ulusal bazda sistemsel olarak kurulması çalışmalarında başarının yakalandığına işaret etmektedir. Avrupa Yükseköğrenim Alanında Kalite Güvencesi Standartları ve Yönergeleri (ASY)'ne uygunluk, Türk yükseköğretimine başarı getirirken, Türkiye'nin yükseköğretim alanında Avrupa ile entegrasyonunu tamamlamasını sağlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Stratejik Tepkiler, Yükseköğretim, Uygunluk, Uyma, Manipülasyon

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