Attila Pausits

• Professor
• Professor (Full) at University for Continuing Education Krems

Die umfassende Analyse der APIKS(Academic Profession in the Knowledge-Based Society)-Austria-Studie, die auf über 5.000 Teilnehmenden beruht und im ersten Halbjahr 2021 stattfand, gewährt tiefe Einblicke in die Gestaltung der Profession des wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Personals an österreichischen Hochschulen. Kernpunkte wie Lehre, Forsch...

Bisher wurde wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung oft nicht ausreichend systematisch als Ressource für die Hochschulentwicklung erkannt. Die neue Ausgabe der ZFHE beleuchtet, wie sie dennoch entscheidend zur Hochschulentwicklung beitragen kann. Im Fokus steht die Rolle der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung als agiles Element hochschulischer Praxis. Dabei...

In today's increasingly complex, uncertain environments, disciplinary knowledge alone is no longer sufficient to cope with new societal challenges and real-world problems. Meta-competences, which include advanced thinking skills and creativity, go beyond these domain-specific competences. Along those lines, a methodological question arises regardin...

Die Kremser Thesen setzen sich mit Hochschulen aus einer Vielzahl von Perspektiven auseinander. Dieser Band widmet sich ganz konkret der Transformation der Governance und der Governance der Transformation und soll zu offenen Diskussionen über die Zukunft von Hochschulen und Hochschulsystemen anregen.

Die Kremser Thesen setzen sich mit Hochschulen aus einer Vielzahl von Perspektiven auseinander. Dieser Band widmet sich ganz konkret der Transformation der Governance und der Governance der Transformation und soll zu offenen Diskussionen über die Zukunft von Hochschulen und Hochschulsystemen anregen.

Hochschulen sind mit einer Vielzahl von Unsicherheiten, Herausforderungen und Erwartungen konfrontiert, die eine Anpassung institutionellen Handelns mit sich bringen. Externe und interne Einflussgrößen haben den Umgang mit Unsicherheiten in unterschiedlichen Bereichen der Hochschulen wesentlich geprägt; ein dynamisches Umfeld und der gesellschaftli...

Hochschulen sind mit einer Vielzahl von Unsicherheiten, Herausforderungen und Erwartungen konfrontiert, die eine Anpassung institutionellen Handelns mit sich bringen. Externe und interne Einflussgrößen haben den Umgang mit Unsicherheiten in unterschiedlichen Bereichen der Hochschulen wesentlich geprägt; ein dynamisches Umfeld und der gesellschaftli...

A service learning (SL) course is carried out at higher education institutions in cooperation with community partners to facilitate the development of students’ civic engagement. It consists of several phases, including the identification of a social need; the development and implementation of a concept to meet that need; and, above all, the reflec...

This paper focuses on the interplay of European and national higher education policy in implementing a joint degree Erasmus Mundus programme on institutional level. We utilise the stakeholder approach to highlight and contrast the differing internationalisation rationales. Specifically, we analyse how the impact of external stakeholders (European C...

Das Projekt „The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-Based Society (APIKS Austria)“ , ist Teil einer international vergleichenden Studie und erforscht die Arbeitsbedingungen in der Wissenschaft in Österreich sowie den Sichtweisen des wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Personals an Hochschulen auf verschiedene Themen-Bereiche. Der vorliegende Be...

Der Bericht umfasst eine Sammlung von 14 internationalen, als innovativ bezeichneten Hochschulkonzepten im Bereich der Lehre, Curriculum sowie Studierendenrekrutierung.

The article presents results of an Erasmus+ project that aimed at suggesting a comprehensive performance indicator set for learning and teaching. Based on a benchlearning exercise among the six project universities, the article presents findings of an exploratory research on the assessment of the developed indicator set by members of four stakehold...

Die Studie beschreibt die Entwicklung und Situation an österreichischen öffentlichen Universitäten, Fachhochschulen, Privatuniversitäten und Pädagogischen Hochschulen anhand der im April 2021 zugänglichen über 250 Publikationen und Berichten. Die Quellen umfassen dabei neben ersten fachwissenschaftlichen, begutachteten Publikationen auch eine Reihe...

A key challenge for our society is how we view and organise learning and education in the context of rapidly changing technological, economic and societal developments. To respond to this challenge, the European Commission and the DG for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC) initiated a debate to generate new, forward-looking policy ideas. A ma...

The purpose of this handbook is to provide support to academic personnel (teachers) who decide to deliver courses based on SL in any type of higher education institution. The manual is structured in five chapters, which provide an overview of the key issues of SL understanding and implementation in higher education. In addition to the main text, yo...

The purpose of this trainers’ handbook is to provide support to trainers who will deliver training in service-learning in any type of higher education institution. This handbook presents for the trainers the structure of the training (training flow), gives additional ideas, useful tools and methods on how to conduct a training session effectively,...

Ever since the evolution towards knowledge society, research interests in domains of Knowledge Management and Learning Sciences have risen exponentially. There is increased focus on understanding processes that enable groups to co-create knowledge, referred to as Collaborative Knowledge Building (CKB). This paper develops a meta-theory for CKB, whe...

Problems resulting from the increasing complexity of today’s real-world challenges cannot be solved with standard solutions, and the need for innovation competence is more important than ever. In this societal transition, the role of higher education institutions changes, and meta-innovations in which tacit knowledge is transmitted in the context o...

In Österreich hat sich das Wissenschaftsministerium zentral des Themas „Third Mission“ angenommen. Mit Erfolg, wie eine Analyse entsprechender Leistungsvereinbarungen zeigt. Was deutsche Hochschulen vom Nachbarn lernen können, zeigt dieser Artikel. Erschienen in duz Wissenschaft & Management, Ausgabe 10/2018, S. 36-41, www.wissenschaft-und-manageme...

In this paper, we present the partial results of the SLIHE project. The first phase of the SLIHE project was focused on research on the needs of teachers in relation to the implementation of the servicelearning strategy in the following countries and institutions: • Slovakia – Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, • Czech Republic - Palacký Univ...

Hochschulforschung und -management sind zwei gleichwertige, aber nicht gleichartige Elemente des Hochschulwesens. Hochschulforschung als Forschungsgebiet beschäftigt sich mit Themen der „Hochschulwesen“ auf System-, Institutions- und Akteurenebene. So agiert Hochschulmanagement als neoliberales Konzept innerhalb und zwischen diesen Ebenen und biete...

Fachhochschulen (FHS, universities of applied sciences) are one of the pillars in binary higher education systems in some of the European countries (Germany, Switzerland) whose roots date back to the 1960s and the 1970s. Contrary to this, Austria started to focus on the diversification and expansion of the upper-secondary schools sector only in the...

This case study is part of the “Structural Higher Education Reform – Design and Evaluation” project, commissioned by the European Commission (EAC/31/2014). The main objective of this project – carried out by the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), University of Twente, the Netherlands, and the Centre for Higher Education Governance...

Higher education is of growing public and political importance for society and the economy. Globalisation is transforming it from a local and national concern into one of international significance. In order to fulfil societal, governmental and business sector needs, many universities are aiming to (re-)position themselves. The book initially consi...

This e-book is a selected collection of student papers on the course ‘New pubic management’ in MARIHE program. The course “New public management’, led by Prof. Dr. Frank Ziegele and Prof. Dr. Volker Gehmilich from Osnabruck University of Applied Science, aims to enalble students to: 1) understand the rationales and objectives of the major changes i...

A further opening of universities towards social stakeholder groups is a part of the modernization agenda in the European Higher Education Area. This ambition is often overwritten with the concept of ‘Third Mission’. The third mission bundles all activities outside the academic environment and promotes interaction with other target groups. Typical...

In modern, knowledge-based societies, universities play an increasingly important role in achieving economic growth and social progress. Their traditional roles and missions are being broadened as to accommodate activities that facilitate engagement with various stakeholder groups. Universities do not want to be regarded as isolated and separated i...

Globally, debates on the notion of a third set of activities aimed at linking higher education institutions more closely with surrounding society are not new. In the last decade or so, calls for a re-engagement of the university in helping to tackle the great challenges facing societies and local communities have propelled the third mission to the...

Background information of the creation of the HRM e-book This e-book is a selected collection of student papers on the course ‘Human Resource Management in Higher Education’ in MARIHE program (Erasmus Mundus joint master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education). The course ‘Human Resource Management in Higher Education’, led by Attila Pausit...

With regard to research projects and proposals, managing resources is one of the key tasks of university leaders. In order to develop an innovative university, institutional strategy, institutional barriers, funding opportunities, and other issues have to be matched. The complexity of decision making, but also the need to facilitate research and in...

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ackground information of the creation of the HRM e-book This e-book is a selected collection of student papers on the course ‘Human Resource Management in Higher Education’ in MARIHE program. The course ‘Human Resource Management in Higher Education’, led by Attila Pausits with contributions from Hans Pechar and others, aims to enable students to:...

It is traditionally recognised that the two main missions of universities areteaching and research. However, in recent years, another mission is being discussed in order to reflect all contributions of universities to society. It is generally known as ‘Third Mission’. While several ranking systems exist for the first and second mission, the Third M...

Higher education studies has over the last four to five decades emerged in Europe as a field of its own, with specialised academic journals and book series, an increasing number of academic and popular-scientific publications and reports, specialised units inside and outside higher education institutions, a number of specialised Master programmes,...

A further opening of universities towards social stakeholder groups is a part of the modernization agenda in the European Higher Education Area. This ambition is often overwritten with the concept of "third mission". Here, the term encompasses more than that: The Third Mission bundles all activities outside the academic environment and promotes int...

This paper has been prepared by a partnership of Universities funded by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme. The project was entitled: European Indicators and Ranking Methodology for University Third Mission. The objectives were to: * improve the quality, effi ciency and effectiveness of education and training systems in E...

This chapter will cover the basic characteristics of leadership in the changing environment within higher education institutions and point out relevant aspects of today’s academic leadership debate. The section on principles of good leadership should help practitioners and institutions to reflect on their own leadership performance. We will focus o...

This document has been prepared by a partnership of Universities funded by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme. The project was entitled: European Indicators and Ranking Methodology for University Third Mission. Below you can find a conceptual framework for Third Mission Indicator Definition, processes and indicators.

Based on the stakeholder view the paper points out the importance of the relationship between higher education institutions and their stakeholders. With a special focus on this relationship, the author describes the student lifecycle with a broad and strategic view toward establishing and improving a long-term relationship. Within the framework of...

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are organizations staffed with experts in all sorts of fields who contribute their expertise and experience to the endeavor of producing and preserving knowledge. The modernization of higher education (HE) has forced the institutions to store, manage and use existing information and knowledge stores in a better...

Today as never before, it is imperative that university managers possess the knowledge and the competencies necessary for leading modern higher education institutions. Professional management enables higher education institutions to cooperate more effectively with partners ranging from local businesses to international enterprises and other stakeho...

With regard to Vocational Education and Training (VET), some of the central issues to come out of the Copenhagen Process were how to improve trust-based transparency and quality in VET and in the labour market. Due to its discourse-based total quality conception, the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) Excellence Model is one of the f...

Amid the Bologna Process and as a direct effect of it, European higher education institutions have to rethink their core institutional policies in order to effectively deal with the increasing demands and needs of their 'customers' and society at large. The higher education management programmes across Europe, with some specific needs and education...

Pausits, A. (2008) Market-, Skills- and Competences-Based Curriculum Development, ICERI 2008, conference proceedings CD-Rom

Die klarere Positionierung der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung und die Ver­schär­fung des Wettbewerbs am Weiterbil­dungsmarkt zwingen Hochschulen, diesen Bereich zu überdenken und strategisch auszurichten. Die gleichzeitige Profilierung der Orga­nisation ermöglichen dabei für Hochschulen adäquate Wettbewerbsstrate­gien wie z.B. Dienst­leistungs- u...

Higher education institutions play the key role in educating future knowledge workers as they are places where knowledge is created, processed and transferred. They are also places where the academic tradition meets the ever-changing expectations from the university’s environment. Satisfying social expectations, as well as creating them, becomes on...

After nearly eight years of higher education reform in Europe under the Bologna Process, progress reports and analyses vary - and sometimes even contradict each other. This volume contains contributions from higher education experts across Europe and speaks to the changing relationship between higher education and society in Central, Southern and E...

Business units in large enterprizes are frequently objects of reorganizations. These change the social network of the unit, expressed by the flow of information between the employees that is necessary for performing business processes. Reorganizations usually intend to increase the efficiency of the unit, measured in terms of the speed of business...