Plan prospectivo estratégico para el Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, periodo 2022-2026

Abstract

The objective of this degree work was to elaborate the strategic prospective plan for the International Relations Department of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo for the institution's internationalization. Within the research, the qualitative research methodology was used. The focus group technique was used in the virtual workshops using the Miro platform, which allows interaction collaboratively among all group members with the inductive method because the small ideas gave general conclusions. An exploratory level of research was also applied because of its little study of the prospective theme in a strategic plan. This can be corroborated in the documentary research in which bibliographic material was consulted. Concerning the field research, we worked directly with the International Relations Department and Planning Department members. It should be noted that the population was all students and teachers of the polytechnic community; however, the study was conducted with a sample of 90 participants. The first phase (Discover) consists of a prospective diagnosis and lists of trends, ruptures, and black swans that open the way to the second phase (Imagine), in which a dystopian future narrative of possible scenarios is made. In the third phase (Design), new services are created, and finally, in the fourth phase (Act), the agreed future strategies and the vision of the future are classified. It is essential to clarify that each of the stages depended heavily on the other to give continuity with which policies, actions, and strategies will serve to pave the way for an international university community to be formed