THE NEW ROLE OF TEACHERS AFTER THE COVID19 PANDEMIC AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LEAN CONCEPT IN EDUCATION

Abstract

In today's increasingly turbulent and unpredictable environment, it has been shown that at the very top of priorities, in terms of technological, social and economic development, as well as in the national global strategy, the state of the production and service sector, human resource structure and education of the country are at the very top. Thanks to the advancement of engineering and technology and the advantages offered by the Internet, it has been much easier to work in many professions, especially for professors during the Covid19 pandemic. Professors are also able to improve their knowledge, better design their lectures and compare their methodology with the work of their colleagues in any part of the world. By using technology, work operations are shortened, complex organizations are simplified, and time savings are certainly evident. One of the important, positive, impacts of the Internet is precisely that, reducing costs, such as the cost of telephone, fax, and photocopy through deliberate use of the Internet. The same can be applied to higher education, such as in terms of the time of preparation of lectures and "dissemination" of educational material, printing content and similar things. In this sense, we can notice a new role of professors in the new work environment as well as the importance, which has recently focused on two "phenomena", namely "smart" or "green" university, and which will be presented in the paper through a lean concept that through its philosophy can improve the university so that it becomes at least one step closer to the goal that its business and regulated processes can bear that exact name.