Information about the thesis "Enhancing the Research Organizational Capacity of Ho Chi Minh City Open University" by graduate student Nguyen Chi Phuong, majoring in Science and Technology Management.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Chi Phuong 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of Birth: December 3, 1976 4. Place of Birth: Tien Giang 5. Decision No. 1376/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated October 29, 2008, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: 7. Thesis Title: “Improving the Research Organizational Capacity of Ho Chi Minh City Open University”. 8. Major: Science and Technology Management; Code: 60.34.72 9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Xuan Hang, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summary of Thesis Results: The two main functions of a university are research and training. To ensure the teaching and training functions, lecturers must also undertake research. In universities, lecturers are the main human resource for scientific research. For scientific research activities to be effective, science managers need to organize research activities in a way that ensures connection and maximizes the capacity of four resources: human resources, financial resources, material resources, and information resources. Among these, the role of human resources in scientific research is the most important, while other resources play a supporting role, creating favorable conditions for human resources in scientific research. In Vietnam, the Party and State have paid great attention to developing scientific research activities, especially in universities. Many policies have been implemented to develop scientific research activities in universities. However, to date, scientific research activities in Vietnamese universities still have many limitations. Ho Chi Minh City Open University has not yet effectively performed its scientific research function as required by a university. The lecturers of the University have not fully utilized their functions and successfully completed their scientific research tasks. The main reasons are: The University's strategy for organizing scientific research activities has not been implemented with specific plans. The university's apparatus mainly focuses on administrative management and has not organized a professional activity environment. The issuance of regulations and their implementation among departments is not rigorous and still has many limitations. Resources have not kept pace with the development of the training scale and the requirements of scientific research activities. Based on the research results, the thesis proposes three groups of solutions to improve the scientific research organization capacity of Ho Chi Minh City Open University, namely: (1) Solutions on administrative management; (2) Solutions on finance; (3) Solutions on building and implementing a "research university culture". 11. Practical applications: This document can serve as a reference for Ho Chi Minh City Open University in formulating policies to enhance the university's scientific research capacity. 12. Future research directions: Further research on this topic will be conducted in greater depth. 13. Published works related to the thesis: None.
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1. Full name: Nguyen Chi Phuong 2. Sex: Male 3. Date of birth: December 3, 1976; 4. Place of birth: Tien Giang Province, Vietnam 5. Admission decision Number: 1376/2007/QD - XHNV - KH & SDH, signed by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Hanoi National University dated on October 29, 2008. 6. Changes in academic process: no changes. 7. Official Thesis Title: “Enhancing the Scientific Research Organizing Competence of the Open University - Ho Chi Minh City” 8. Major: Management Science and Technology; 9. Code: 60.34.72 10. Supervisor: Associate Prof. Dr. Pham Xuan Hang, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University Hanoi. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The two main functions of a university are doing research and training. Scientific research is a compulsory activity to universities. To help teaching function work well, teaching staff has to do scientific research. In universities, teaching staff is the main research human resource. In order to make scientific research activities operate effectively, Scientific managers must find out a method of organizing scientific research activities that can synthesize and make full use of the four resources: Human Resource, Financial Resource, Material Resource and Informatic Resource. Amongst these four resources, the human resource plays the most important role, the other resources facilitate the functions of human resource. In Vietnam, the Communist Party and the Governement are very interested in promoting scientific research activities, especially in universities. There are many policies that encourage the development of scientific research in universities. However, up to present, the organization of scientific research activities of universities in Vietnam has not failed to meet their goals as expected. The Open University-Ho Chi Minh City has not fulfilled its scientific duties as expected. Its teaching staff has not performed their scientific tasks well. The main reasons are: The scientific strategy of the University has not been planned in detail for execution. The university's administrative system could not create a professional environment for scientific research. The four cold resources do not catch up with the requirements of development of the university's training scale and its scientific research activities. Based on the results of research, the thesis proposes three main solutions for promoting scientific research organizing authority of the Open University, HCMC. They are: (1) Administrative solutions; (2) Financial solutions; and (3) Creating and executing a research university culture. 12. Practical applicability: The thesis will be used as useful scientific document for the Open University, Ho Chi Minh City to make policies for enhancing its scientific research organizing Competence. 13. Further research directions: further study on this subject. 14. Thesis-related publications: None
