Estructuras organizacionales de gobiernos universitarios y su máxima autoridad. Estudio comparado Universidad de Guayaquil-Ecuador y Universidad de Concepción-Chile

Abstract

This study aims to make a comparison of the university governments of two Latin American universities, the University of Guayaquil (Public University of Ecuador) and the University of Concepción (private University of Chile), placing special emphasis on the specific aspects of the figure of the maximum university authority (Rector) and the functional organizational structure in the context of the formation of the government of their institutions. The topic addressed is not only important because of the incipient interest it has awakened in the research field, but also because it is a topic that has been scarcely researched in Latin America, since only countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Chile have developed research oriented towards the maximum university authority, but scarcely related to the subject of the organizational structures of their corporate governments, since most of the existing studies are related to university government from a theoretical perspective and reflection on it, of elements such as power and legitimacy, among others, so the results of this research will provide new knowledge on the subject. The results of the Study show the main differences and similarities of the object of study of these two institutions.