Management in the time of crisis

About this project

<p>In the current pandemic world, most universities have been forced to change the way they function and work with students. These changes forced the search for new solutions to improve functioning in the new reality. Each of the universities dealt with this situation in their own way. It is important that at this point, after several months of functioning in the changed reality, create space for university employees to exchange experiences, views and ideas used in their institutions. Compare the effectiveness of the approaches and solutions used. The activities planned under the project are to serve this purpose. Open lectures and conferences - available to a wide range of academics will allow for such an exchange of knowledge, experiences, views and ideas of representatives of various universities. Training visits will allow for the exchange of knowledge and experience as well as the presentation of practical solutions used by partner universities participating in the project.<br> It is also important to modify the didactic offer in response to the existing situation and better prepare students to function in the changed realities of the post-pandemic labor market. This is what the module "crisis management" developed within the project will serve.<br> The project activities assume:<br> organization of 2 international conferences "impact of the pandemic on university management methods" and "remote education management<br> 4 open online lectures on the subject of methods and tools for university management and the organization of distance learning<br> 2 training visits of scientific and administrative staff of Bifrost University at the seat of WSPA, dedicated to teaching and administrative staff. the purpose of the visits will be to exchange knowledge and experience on various aspects of university functioning in the pandemic<br> development of the "crisis management" module for students of 2nd degree management.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

A very valuable aspect of cooperation between both universities was the exchange of experiences between lecturers and administrative staff of both universities. Bifrost University is switching completely to remote teaching. WSPA provides teaching in a hybrid mode. Mainly during study visits by both teaching and administrative staff, conversations about specific solutions in working with students used by both universities were very valuable. It was an opportunity to present student service systems, tools for communicating with them and organizing the teaching process, as well as specific methods and tools for working with students who learn online - as we know, maintaining the interest and involvement of online students is quite a challenge. It was also valuable to develop materials and conduct classes with WSPA students by lecturers from Bifrost. They presented a slightly different point of view on some issues regarding effective management in a crisis situation, probably resulting from differences in the culture of our countries. It was a valuable contribution for both students and WSPA staff (during open lectures). We plan to continue substantive cooperation with lecturers from Bifrost University, but rather in the form of inviting them for visits (we have appropriate agreements), lectures and to participate in conferences - because this form of cooperation works better than long-term implementation of a joint project.

Project partners

• University of Bifrost Donor project partner· Iceland