How to manage internationalization? Views from an endogenous professional training

Abstract

Introduction: higher education institutions function while giving internationalization a great importance. It is in the training and performance of its executives, where the success of its functions is guaranteed. Objective: the present paper contributes to the understanding of the interrelation between professional development and the management of internationalization as key elements for sustainability and institutional quality. Method: it is an original article, with a mixed study approach, developed through the use of educational research methods such as historical-logical, analysis-synthesis, inductive-deductive as theoretical, and the interview to key informants and documentary review as empirical. Results: it allowed the systematization of the constructs linked to internationalization and postgraduate education, while the needs for endogenous training required by internationalizes at the University of Matanzas to management and development of the strategic process according to the new requirements. The design of a certificate program, aimed at this purpose is proposed and substantiated as a practical proposal for the goal attainment. Conclusion: an internationalized university demands high quality standards and efficiency of all its processes; achieving this depends, to a large extent, on the formation of a human capital with skills to assume with valid, sustainable and innovative solutions, also applicable to the civilizing crisis that threatens the survival of humanity nowadays.