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7. 5. Academic staff working in the study programme

7.5.1. Number and qualification of the academic staff

The study process is ensured by 5 associate professors, 7 assistant professors, 24 lecturers. 22 people of the academic staff (61%) have a full-time job in RTTEMA, 14 people (39 %) work part-time.

The number of the academic staff of the programme

Table No.8

Type of labour relations	Lecturers	Assistant professors	Associate professors	Professors	Altogether
Full-time	13	4	3	2	22
Part-time	11	2	1	0	14
Total number	24	6	4	0	36

As reflected in the table, 24 lecturers have Master’s degree, 6 of them are studying for their Doctor’s degree , 5 of them work full-time,1 is working part-time.

The figures below reflect the provision of the programme with lecturers both according to their position (Figure 24), academic degree (Figure 25) and type of labour relations (Figure 26).

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Figure 24

Division of the academic staff according to their position

Figure 25

Division of the academic staff according to the type of labour relations

Figure 26

Division of the academic staff according to the academic degree

Figure 27



In comparison with the previous self-evaluation period it is evident that the number of lecturers and professors in the programme has increased. Three associate professors occupy the positions of professors. The growth of the percentage of lecturers can be explained by the fact that new lecturers have been invited to deliver the specialised courses of the branch in the programme: practising personnel managers, managers, public relations specialists, who currently work in their speciality. Unfortunately, the current situation does not allow them to combine work with PhD studies. In its turn, the number of assistants involved in the study programme has decreased and reached 0.

Changes in the division of the positions of the academic staff

Figure 28.

Changes in the positions of the academic staff during the accreditation period

78% students assess the professionalism of RTTEMA academic staff as adequate and just a small part of them emphasize that lecturers’ professionalism could be higher

Figure 31


Professionalism of RTTEMA academic staff

Table No. 9 shows the names, surnames, academic degree and position of the lecturers working in the programme as well as the type of labour relations.

Table No.9

No.	Academic degree	Position	Lecturer’s		Department	Type of labour relations
			name	surname
	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Anita	Alhimova	Languages	part-time
	Dr.paed.	prof.	Zenta	Anspoka	School pedagogy	full-time
	Mag.sc.tqm.	lecturer	Velga	Avota	Economics	part-time
	Mag.psych.	lecturer	Lilita	Danilāne	Psychology	full-time
	Mag.sc.soc.	lecturer	Gustavs	Elers	Informatics	full-time
	Mag.psych.	lecturer	Signe	Enkuzena	Economics	part-time
	Dr.chem.	assoc. prof	Jānis	Gedrovics	Dance, sports pedagogy and natural science	full-time
	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Silvija	Geikina	General pedagogy	full-time
	Dr.math.	assistant prof.	Grigorijs	Gorobecs	Informatics	full-time
	Mag. Paed.	lecturer	Ritvars	Grīviņš	Economics	full-time
	Dr.oec.	assistant prof.	Sarmīte	Jēgere	Economics	part-time
	Mag.oec.	lecturer	Māra	Kakse	Economics	part-time
	Mag. Psych	lecturer	Līga	Kalniņa	Psychology	full-time
	Dr.paed	prof.	Margarita	Kaltigina	Languages	full-time
	Mag.sc.pol.	lecturer	Vineta	Kantāne	Economics	full-time
	Dr.paed.	assistant prof.	Iveta	Kāposta	General pedagogy	full-time
	Mag psych.	lecturer	Aleksandrs	Kolesovs	Economics	part-time
	Mag.iur.	lecturer	Uvis	Kozlovskis	Economics	part-time
	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Biruta	Kreigere	Languages	part-time
	Dr.philol.	assoc. Prof.	Viktorija	Kuzina	Languages	full-time
	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Kristiāna	Lapiņa	Psychology	full-time
	Dr. Psych	assoc. prof.	Anita	Lasmane	Psychology	full-time
	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Sandra	Laurīte	Languages	part-time
	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Maija	Leikarte	Languages	pamatdarbā
	Dr.habil. paed	assoc. prof.	Daina	Lieģeniece	General pedagogy	part-time
	Dr.math.	assistant prof.	Andris	Liepiņš	Economics	part-time
	psych.bak, mag sc.soc	lecturer	Agita	Miķelsone	Economics	part-time
	Dr.paed.	assistant prof.	Nils	Sautiņš	Economics	full-time
	Mag.psych.	lecturer	Iveta	Seržante	Psychology	full-time
	Mag.sc.soc..	lecturer	Velga	Simsone	Economics	full-time
	mag psych	lecturer	Baiba	Skrauce	Economics	full-time
	Mag.oec.	lecturer	Rasma	Urtāne	Economics	part-time
	Mag.phil.	lecturer	Valdis	Turins	General pedagogy	full-time
	Mag.sc.soc.	lecturer	Aija	Vīgnere	Economics	full-time
	psych.bac, mag sc.soc	lecturer	Mārīte	Virbale	Economics	part-time
	Dr.oec	assistant prof.	Hilmārs	Zīle	Economics	full-time

7.5.2. Provision of the programme with the academic staff in Alūksne and Cēsis branches

Tables No. 10 and 11 depict the provision of the study programme with the academic staff in Alūksne and Cēsis branches. As the number of students studying in the branches is comparatively small, most of the academic staff work part-time.

Provision in Alūksne branch Table No.10

Study subject	Academic staff
	name	surname	academic degree	position	department	full-time/part-time
Issues of the culture of the Latvian language	Daina	Durbe-Dorbe	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Languages	part-time
Information technologies in the personnel manager’s work	Jānis	Žižmārs	piel.Mag	lecturer	Informatics	full-time
Business English	Zane	Nāgele	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Languages	part-time
Labour legislation and labour	Ilze	Rubene	Mag. oec	lecturer	Economics	full-time
Second foreign language	Mārīte	Poiša	Mag. Philol.	lecturer	Languages	full-time

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Provision in Cēsis branch Table No.11

Study subject	Academic staff
	name	surname	academic degree	position	department	full-time/part-time
Issues of the culture of the Latvian language	Ieva	Radzobe	Mag. Paed	lecturer	Languages	part-time
Interaction training	Iveta	Berķe	Mag.psych.	lecturer	Psychology	part-time
English for Special Purposes	Santa	Laurīte	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Languages	part-time
Fundamentals of entrepreneurial law	Edmunds	Bambāns	Mag.pielīdz	lecturer	Economics	part-time
Fundamentals of economics	Laimrota	Surska	Mag. paed	lecturer	Economics	part-time
Personality psychology	Daina	Grase	Mag.psych.	lecturer	Psychology	part-time
Information technologies in the personnel manager’s work	Inga	Jurgena	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Informatics	part-time
Fundamentals of accounting	Ingūna	Gabrāne	Mag.oec.	lecturer	Economics	part-time
Business English	Anita	Maculēviča	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Languages	part-time
Statistics	Osvalds	Simanovičs	Mag.pielīdz	lecturer	Economics	part-time
Fundamentals of finance and management accounting	Ingūna	Gabrāne	Mag.oec.	lecturer	Economics	part-time
Project management	Ligita	Embrekte	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Economics	part-time
Personnel information systems	Inese	Simkeviča	Mag.ing.	lecturer	Informatics	part-time
Communication psychology	Ilze	Skujiņa	Mag.psych.	lecturer	Psychology	full-time
Second foreign language	Maira	Apsīte	Mag.paed.	lecturer	Languages	part-time
Third foreign language	Vija	Veide	Mag. Paed	lecturer	Languages	part-time

Figure 31

Provision of the resources of labour force in Cēsis study branch

7.5.3. Research directions of the academic personnel of the programme
The scientific research projects important to develop study programme Personnel Management depicted in Tables No. 12

Table No.12

Title	Participants	Sponsor
„The ways of development of Personal Management science in Latvia, European Union and Word”	Mag.psych. Signe Enkuzena, Mag.psych. Baiba Skrauce, Mag.sc.oec. Agita Miķelsone	RTTEMA
Communication strategies in mass media in order to increase the public awareness of the rights of people with mental impairments and the necessity to integrate them in the society.	Mag.psych. Daiga Kamerāde As.prof., Dr. psych. Anita Lasmane, Dr.psych. Kristīne Mārtinsone,	Soros foundation
Technical Assistance in the Consolidation of the Capacity of NGO and Municipal Authorities for the Introduction of the European Social Fund Measures	Mag psych Signe Enkuzena	European Social Fund
Project of ESF national programme The provision of career education in the educational system (KIPNIS)	Dr. Paed., professor Zenta Anspoka	ESF national agency, professional education agency

Lecturers’ research actitvity, publications and methodological materials are especially important for qualitative implementation of the study programme. See lecturers’ CVs and detailed scientific research biographies in Appendix No.13.

Mag. sc.soc, lecturer Gustavs Elers -

Gustavs Elers, Gregory Gorobetz ”The Most Popular Programs for Statistical Analysis: MS Excel, SPSS, STATISTICA” in Spring University. Changing Education in a Changing Society. Conference materials. Klaipedos universitetas, 2005, 49-52pp., 218 p.

Sociological entries in the Dictionary of the Terminology of Social Work. Scientific editor. L.Šiļņeva, prof., Dr.paed., Rīga, “Jumi” 2000, 249p.

Review of the survey The opinion of the inhabitants of Latvia about hearing-impaired people in the collection of articles For the society on deafness, Riga, “Kopsolī” 2000, p. 167-190, p.205

Dr. psych., associate professor Anita Lasmane

Grant research of the Latvian Scientific Council No. 03.0951 Social psychological aspects of the quality of working life in the organisations of Latvia. (2003, facilitator)

Grant research of the Latvian Scientific Council No 04.1324 Reflection of the psychic reality of students and lecturers of different specialities in the language 2004-2006, the project is implemented by LU Faculty of Education and Psychology, the leading researcher.

International projects

February, 1999 – August, 1999. The project of Soros Foundation Latvia Formation of the cooperation model between schools and higher educational establishments.

March, 2000– December, 2001. The project of European Education Fund Reshaping the Structure and Focus of Teacher/ Trainer Training in Latvia and Lithuania.

Dr. math., assistant professor Grigorijs Gorobecs

Up to year 1991 research into boundary problems and methods of computing mathematics, solution of the software problem on the republican scale, designer of the information system of Latvia’s software users and designers.

Since 1991 – expert in IT and ISO, designer of programme security.

Since 2001- the use of mathematics and informatics in study and economic processes.

Mag.oec. lecturer Māra Kakse

Publications: International credit in CMEA countries in the conditions of integration „(1989); Mutual influence of planning and market in the conditions of integration (1990);

Mag.paed., lecturer Kristiāna Lapiņa

Publications in 2005– the Internet portal Guru- Changes in the environment and contemporary person.

Publications in the magazine „Psiholoģijas Pasaule”, Formats of contemporary thinking, Sorry, your world is closed today, The struggle of the body with the alien agents, allergy, Homophobic politically correct eugenics.

Since May, 2005.– permanent agreement on weekly publications in the Internet portal Apollo in the section Opinion and consultative articles on different, basically psychological topics.

Mag. oec. lecturer Aija Vīgnere

Publications Fund establishment problems in Latvia. -RTU conference. 2002.

The possibilities of attracting finances to the activity of private foundations. Kaunas University, 2003.

Theme of the PhDl dissertation: Problems of the financial activity of private foundations. .Master’ s paper: The policy of creation and functioning of national and private cultural foundations in Latvia.
Mag. Tqm. lecturer Velga. Avota - Development of the standard of customer service. Joint Stock Company Riga Sickness Insurance Fund.
Mag. psych. lecturer Aleksandrs Kolesovs – „Psihologija obrazovanija: problemi i perspektivi” – International scientific research conference, Moscow, 2004
Dr.oec. assistant professor Hilmārs Zīle
Scientific papers: 43 publications (90 author’s sheets),

Publishing of the text book Latvian foreign economic relations

12,2 a.l. Turība ,2003.

Mag. Sc.pol. lecturer Vineta Kantāne,

The student of LU PhDprogramme, the theme of dissertation Political myths in Latvia.

Mag.paed. lecturer R.Grīviņš

Studies at the University of Latvia, PhD programme of economics, sub-branch of national economy. Theme of the dissertation: Possibilities of increasing economic profit in the industrial enterprises of the Republic of Latvia.

Dr.oec. assistant professor S.Jēgere

Publications and series of articles: from 1976 till 1999 54 publications amounting to 802 pages.

Participation in international conferences on economic and financial problems in Norway, Finland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, France, the U.S.A., Hungary, Russia, Byelorussia, the Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland

Theme of the PhD dissertation: Application of mathematical models to economical forecasting.

S. Jēgere conducts research work in four basic directions:

1. 
   Economic topicalities in Latvia in the context of the EU.
   
2. 
   The possibilities of the development of financial services in Latvia.
   
3. 
   Entrepreneurial strategy in Latvia and the EU.
   
4. 
   Financial resources management in Latvia and the EU.
   

Theme of the dissertation: The current issues of Latvian tax policy.

7.5.4. Policy of the selection, renewal, training and development of the academic staff

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  To attract more lecturers to a full-time job in this programme, measures of the popularisation of the programme and the personnel manager’s profession should be taken in order to provide the programme with a sufficient number of students.
  
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  The policy of the remuneration of experienced, professional and educated lecturers should be directed towards their involvement in full-time job with such a level of remuneration and stimulation system that it would compete successfully with the remuneration of good specialists in the private sector. This would raise both the quality of the study programme and the prestige of the lecturer’s profession.
  
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  Next year both the Division of Economics and Management and RTTEMA Personnel Department plan to carry out the evaluation of the lecturers’ work the result of which will affect their pay.
  
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  At the moment several PhD students of psychology and management sciences ( including those who are studying abroad) have shown interest in this programme. It is important to develop different cooperation and research projects of Latvian and foreign higher educational establishments and other organisations funded by a third organisation. Within the projects students and lecturers could implement their scientific research interests, receiving remuneration for their work and at the same time involving students in the research work.
  
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  For the enhancement and provision of the study programme it is planned to involve more practising specialists in the work of the programme- both as practice supervisors, advisors of diploma papers and members of the Qualification Examination Commission. Students appreciate the opportunity to acquire knowledge and experience from a practising specialist in the professional study programme.
  
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  Seminars aimed to improve the lecturers’ proficiency must be introduced to the programme as a tradition. Since the programme is devised for part-time students, the lecturers of the programme meet very rarely. By organising such seminars of the exchange of experience, lecturers’ groups could be formed in order to implement ideas essential for the development of the programme by joint effort.
  
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  Every year a competition for the vacant academic positions is announced at RTTEMA. All the submitted documents are evaluated by the Competition Commission according to the criteria worked out by RTTEMA Senate.
  
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  RTTEMA lecturers increase their proficiency by studying for their PhD degree and participating in conferences. The Academy’ s administration will provide material support for this kind of lecturers’ activity.