Diseño de un plan estratégico para la facultad de ingeniería industrial de la universidad Santo Tomás, seccional Bucaramanga, con propósitos de acreditación internacional de alta calidad ABET

Abstract

The main purpose of this project is to formulate a strategic plan for the Faculty of Industrial Engineering at the University of Santo Tomas, for purposes of High Quality Accreditation International ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). This project was developed with foundations in the literature on strategic formulation. The Strategic Plan is comprised of four chapters that were defined in the methodology: Diagnosis Chapter of the current situation of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, identifying strengths and weaknesses and a benchmarking process with accredited programs by ABET of the same profession in Latin America; followed by a Strategic foresight chapter, in which trends were identified in Industrial Engineering, including core competencies in the discipline and practices used to strengthen the relationship between University and Company; a third chapter of strategic formulation that allowed to identify a possible Faculty´s identity forward ABET integrating the two previous phases, leading to the formulation of strategies and definition of strategic projects to the capacity of the Faculty, as well as an assessment of the current strategic framework through, which adjustment needs were established; finally the plan was socialized to the Faculty´s management with the purpose that this project is used as an input to the future decisions forward the high quality ABET accreditation.