Grupo de Estudio Maestría en Administración MBA: Gestión del Conocimiento en Entornos de Organizaciones Agiles

Abstract

The Study Group of Universidad Santo Tomás, allows to articulate the problem nuclei of the MBA program, in terms of strategic thinking and application in context of agile methodologies, which allows to strengthen the competencies in the framework of seeing, judging and acting of the masters, applying the knowledge acquired to propose solutions to needs demanded at national and international level. USTA is an environment where teachers and different key actors can transmit knowledge to their research groups from their expertise and generate networks and research for the benefit of society, in addition to being a driving force in generating quality scientific production through the search for international collaborators to complete projects aligned with the advancement of science, technology and society. In this sense, we assumed the role of researchers in the research group GAIA, focused on training strategies in science, technology and innovation capabilities, based on the research line of innovation and strategies; oriented to the research sublines of organizational innovation, for which, from a qualitative approach, the following participations were developed, namely: • Participation in the laboratory of cities challenge "Cities for all" of the Inter-American Development Bank, which allowed presenting a proposal together with the Municipality of Sopó to reduce inequality including innovative approaches. • Presentation for the Fundación Universitaria Agraria De Colombia entitled "Structure of USR Reports in light of the methodological model of the Universidad Santo Tomás", which allowed addressing the topic of USR focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. • Open Innovation Challenge "Beyond Housing" led by the entities Channge and Constructora Bolivar, which allowed the development of implementable and high impact solutions for the improvement of quality of life. • Presentation for the IV Ibero-American Congress of Research on MSMEs organized by Faedpyme (Foundation for the Strategic Analysis and Development of SMEs), UTadeo and Universitas XXI through the presentation of the Analysis of the digitalization of MSMEs in Colombia, which generated an approach to the reality of companies and their challenges with respect to access to new technologies. • Participation in the Labsag challenge for managerial decision making through simulators, which allowed the student to face managerial decisions in real time. Publication of a scientific article in the Corporación Universitaria de Asturias, in process. - Technical document entitled Living Lab Proposal applicable to the municipality of Sopó in a context of the SDG 2023 of the United Nations. The research development and joint work allowed the integration of knowledge and resources, orienting the interinstitutional and interdisciplinary work to a common objective, contributing to strategic thinking and the development of agile, innovative skills, which allows strengthening the competencies in the framework of seeing, judging and acting of the master's students.