Diseño de un modelo de gestión de la vinculación con la colectividad para las universidades: caso de estudio Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja-UTPL.

Abstract

Abstract:The present work has the objective of proposing a management model of the linkage with society in the universities, to achieve that several tools were identified in the literature which are used for the effective management of the linkage, each one is analyzed and a tool is proposed which integrates elements of everything that was studied before . The methodology used is a case study to validate the proposed tool, the case of study was the Linking Unit of the " Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL)". The results of this validation reflect several improvements for the linkage unit studied before . It is concluded that all universities should have a linkage management, by means of a linkage management model that allows the active intervention of teachers, students and the community , in order to promote the investigation of problems identified in real contexts to produce knowledge that facilitates their solution at the local, regional and national levels.