Diagnóstico de los procesos de creación y gestión del conocimiento en las instituciones de educación superior ecuatorianas. Caso de estudio: Escuela Politécnica Nacional

Abstract

This degree work is an exploratory and descriptive study about Knowledge Creation and Management (KCM) and its validity and importance for institutions of Ecuadorian higher education, who must assume absolute responsibility in the preparation of the new generations for the "Society of Knowledge." Its main objective is to evaluate the processes of knowledge creation and management at the Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) to learn, from the perspective of the University community, if they are met and to what degree they meet. It also explores the reality of the University in those aspects that are determining factors for the implementation of a system of KCM as the structure, culture, and technology, which would allow it or not to deal with initiatives to implement it. The study is carried out in the light of a previous contextualization of the studied University and the construction of a theoretical framework that scientifically supports this theme, little known and developed in our midst. As a result, it is obtained that every one of KCM processes takes place in the EPN and belongs to the daily practice of institutional work; however, they are not managed so that they constitute an important element for institutional development. It is therefore concluded that the EPN still require preparing effectively for the changes that are required to be part of the new "Society of Knowledge." These results are useful to any academic institution, which, like the EPN, want to meet and undertake the necessary changes to educate and train new generations.