INSTITUTIONAL MODEL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS A FRAMEWORK OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Process management in any organization is primarily limited by characteristics of the organization. This equally applies to higher education area. The management system for higher education institutions is based on its institutional characteristics. The essential elements on which the quality of knowledge management in higher education institutions depends are: the status of higher education institutions, the quality of institutions of higher education and the system of financing higher education institutions. In the case of Montenegro, as transition country, important elements of the system of higher education are defined by Low from 2018. The status of the institutions does not comply with international standards. We do not have the possibility for a clear international recognition of higher education institutions in Montenegro (University, College, College-University ), as well as clearly defined universities of academic and applied sciences university (Croatian University). The functionality and equity of higher education institutions must be ensured by regulations and change the disability status of independent faculties in the current legislation. Problematic points of the existing Law are related to the following: financial guarantee of continuity of study programs and re-accreditation of study programs. It is necessary to legislate new principles of higher education financing which support the balance between the financing of higher education institutions (on the basis of a contract on education of a certain staff profile) and direct student financing (through vouchers for the benefit of students, at the expense of the budget and / or granting loans to students education, which, depending on the achieved success, which students return to certain deadlines after graduation and employment). Tuition fees for all institutions of higher education must be based on an objectively determined cost of student studies, and tuition fees below the cost price (prohibition of dumping fees) should not be tolerated, except for the usual incentives, discounts and scholarships at the expense of the institution's funds, but not the funds that the institution receives from the budget. Accreditation and re-accreditation of the higher education institution should provide conditions for: internal quality assurance, external quality assurance and control of the process by quality assurance agencies. Under the conditions of this higher education system, uninterrupted development of modern forms of higher education is possible, especially one that is dominant in developed education systems, as well as the success of knowledge management in the higher education system.