Economics Area, Simultaneous ON/OFF-LINE Hiring Process of Full-Time Faculty Members Completed Successfully
- 경제대학
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- 2020-07-22
Economics Area, Simultaneous ON/OFF-LINE Hiring Process of Full-Time Faculty Members Completed Successfully:
From the Announcement of Candidate Seminars and Evaluation of Judges to Final Academic Conference and Anonymous Votes
In the economics area (Economics, Global Economics, Quant Applied Economics) of the College of Economics, on July 10th (Fri), the department review (seminar) for hiring full-time faculty members was conducted simultaneously on a non-face-to-face and face-to face basis (ON/OFF-LINE). In order to overcome the various constraints caused by COVID-19, the presenters, as well as the evaluators (professors), attended face-to-face and non-face-to-face. Therefore, foreign professors and professors on business trips abroad also attended the evaluation.
To realize this simultaneous platform, thorough preparations were done, such as pre-mock tests, for a few weeks before the evaluation. In addition, the headquarters also cooperated by sending URLs containing the research results of the seminar presenters to the ONLINE evaluators immediately before the start of the examination, in order to assist in accurate evaluation.
Subsequently, on July 20th (Mon), the academic conference to determine the final interview candidate was also conducted ON/OFF-LINE. After in-depth discussion of the candidates' research power and other qualities, the mobile secret voting method was first introduced to finalize the recommendation of new faculty members at the academic level.
(Figure 1) Dean of the Department of Economics, Jun Sang Lee, mediating the seminar presenter, face-to-face evaluator, and non-face-to-face evaluator
The series of processes that have been undertaken in the last ten days in the economics area has been an innovative and challenging attempt. As a major step forward in the decision-making mechanism of the school for the most important issues, it was an active and preemptive action against the prolonged COVID-19 environment.
(Figure 2) Question from a foreign professor staying abroad
In fact, the successful method of hiring full-time faculty members in this economics area, conducted on a simultaneous ON/OFF-LINE platform has considerable implications in terms of governance. While maintaining a high face-to-face attendance rate based on the prevention system, it was possible to maintain an open position for non-face-to-face attendance, improving participation in key decision-making within the organization, and further ensuring transparency and efficiency of the procedures.
(Figure 3) Active face-to face and non-face-to-face inquiry and discussion
In addition, it was confirmed that the mutually free questions and responses between the three parties – presenter, face-to-face attendees and non-face-to-face attendees – are secured. Therefore, it was repeatedly verified that in the future ‘untact’ situations caused by COVID-19, it can be routinized as an effective communication platform not only for lectures but also for various research activities and other administrative fields.
(Figure 4) Face-to-face and non-face-to-face final academic conferences and introduction to mobile secret voting method