Ensuring the effectiveness of management decisions in higher education: methodical approaches

Abstract

in the modern business environment of Ukraine higher education institutions (HEIs) raises the problem of ensuring the effectiveness of decision-making at university in terms of real autonomy. The aim – to develop an algorithm of decision-making management in higher education based on assessment of the real level of university autonomy. The methodological base of research served achievements of modern management science to study the best ways of making management decisions in the universities in conditions of constant external changes and internal transformations. The study used the method of expertise and analytical method – to develop a methodological assessment provisions of the autonomy of universities; method of economic-mathematical modeling – to calculate the integral index of universities autonomy; method of Saaty hierarchy – for the calculation of important factors of autonomy; modeling method – for building algorithm of decision-making in higher education in terms of real autonomy. The proposed by author method of evaluation of real autonomy of universities, which account increases of the efficiency of management decisions; algorithm of management decisions in terms of ensuring the effectiveness of the institutions, with taking into account the real level of autonomy of universities. All this contributes to explore possibilities and directions of development of particular universities and national education system in general. In the article, the author proposes the method of evaluation of university autonomy, which is based on a system of indicators, by the weight of their influence on the efficiency of management of the university, calculation of the integral index of autonomy and formalize qualitative characteristics of this value. Based on the evaluation of university autonomy author proposed methodical approach to management of decision-making in higher education in terms of real autonomy.