Application of the university development pyramid management model at the university of Otavalo, Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to determine the contribution of the application of the University Development Pyramid Management Model in the results of the University of Otavalo. The model integrates the key results areas, the development constraints, the institutional context and the strategic direction of the organization, and was the result of a research previously carried out in the strategic direction of four higher education institutions. The model is conceptualized and the methodology is explained, typical of a research of the quasi-experimental correlational type, by means of which the Pyramid of University Development was applied in the institution. The results obtained during three years show improvements in the quality indicators of academic training, research, link with society, and logistics assurance, enabling the accreditation of the university in 2016. It is concluded that the application of the model represents an important contribution to the institutional management.