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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION VIETNAM INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES PHAM NGUYEN NHUNG MANAGEMENT OF POLITICAL THEORY FOSTERING ACTIVITIES AT HANOI CITY’S POLITICAL FOSTERING CENTERS Major: Education management Code: 14 01 14 SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS IN EDUCATION SCIENCE Hanoi - 2019 The project is completed at VIETNAM INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTORS: Assoc Prof Dr Le Van Anh Prof Dr Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen Reviewer 1: Reviewer 2: Reviewer 3: The thesis will be defended at Thesis Examination Council of VIETNAM INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES At: …… hour…… minute, date…… month…… 2019 The thesis can be found at: - National Library of Vietnam; - Library of Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences INTRODUCTION Thesis rationale Fostering political theory for the contigent of officials and Party members is always promoted by the Party and the State The Resolution of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnamstates that:“Keeping on innovating and consolidating the organizational structure of the Party and political system; making a clear definition of more functions, tasks, apparatus structure, operation mechanisms, workstyle” The overall program on the State administrative reform in the 2011-2020 period, promulgated under the Government's Resolution No 30C/NQ-CP dated November 8th, 2011, has established targets: “Buildingup a contigent of officials, civil servants and public employees who are qualified aimed at satisfying the requirements of serving the people and the country’s development” In recent years, the officials and lecturers of Hanoi City’s districtlevel political training centers have well promoted their roles in organizing the implementation of guidelines and policies of the Party and the State in education and training Encouraging results have been achieved in the quality of fostering officials, Party members, civil servants and public employees in Hanoi City However, due to many objective and subjective reasons, some lecturers, officials, Party members, civil servants and public employees reveal many limitations and weaknesses, affecting the performance of political tasks in some districts, towns; the reason is explained by no due attention to the management of training activities at the centers In the context of social development requirements, in the cause of nationalindustrialization and modernization; Facing the increasing impacts of negative aspects of market mechanism as well asglobal and national political security situation, it is necessary to establisha young and professional contigent of officials and Party members, a research project onmanagement of fostering activities at the Political Fostering Centers aimed at identifying the requirements and measures for management of fostering activities at Hanoi City’s district-level political training centers in the current period Based on the above reasons, the author chooses the topic “Management of political theory fostering activities at Hanoi City’s political fostering centers” for her thesis Purposes of the Study Based on theoretical study and situational survey, the thesis proposes solutions for management of fostering political theory activities at Hanoi City’sdistrict-level political training centers aimed at improving the political performance capacity of officials and Party members in the current period Object and subject of the Study 3.1 Object: Activities of fostering political theory for officials and Party members 3.2 Subject: Management of political theory fostering activities at Hanoi City’sdistrict-level political fostering centers Scientific hypothesis Certain results have been achieved in the management of political theory fostering activities at the district-level political fostering centers, however, there are still many difficulties and limitations such as student management, teaching method management, testing and assessment, etc Once appropriate solutions for fostering activities management in the context of international integration have been proposed, fostering management at the political fostering centers shall be professionally completed, accordingly, the trainees’ capacity shall be ensured, satisfying the current requirements for grass-roots officials in Hanoi City Tasks of the Study 5.1 To systematize the theoretical basis for management of political theory fostering activities, study experiences in management of political theory fostering activities of successful countries to conclude lessons for application in Vietnam 5.2 To survey actual situation of fostering activities and management of political theory fostering activities at district-level political training centers in Hanoi City 5.3 To propose and test solutions for management of political theory fostering activities at Hanoi City’s district-level political training centers Limitations of the topic - Within the thesis scope, the author only mentions about the management of political theory fosteringactivities at the district-level political fostering centers (Collectively referred to as the district-level political fostering centers in the thesis) in Hanoi city - Trainees are the officials and Party members who are working at the agencies of the Party, the State, socio-political organizations in Hanoi City’s districts, towns - Location of situational survey: at 10 district-level political training centers in Hanoi city - The number of specific objects in the survey: Managers of District Committees, district-level political training centers: 35; Trainers: 200; Trainees: 400 Approach and study methods 7.1 Approach method System approach; approach based on management function; approach to management contents; Process-based management approach 7.2 Study methods * Group of theoretical study methods: * Group of practical study methods: Investigation by questionnaires; Interview; Method of experiences summary; Active product research method; Observation method; Expert method; Test Method * Group of support methods: Arguments - The fostering of political theory for officials, Party members, public servants and public employees is a particularly important task in the current personnel affairs The fostering of political theory at the district-level political fostering centers is requested to satisfy the following factors: Standard of quality (at standard) and structural consistence The factors such as objectives, contents, methods, organizational forms, testing and assessment in political theory fostering activities must be in consitence with socialist orientation as well as regional and international integration - Management of political theory fostering activities at the districtlevel political fosteringcenters is mainly approached according to the management function and contentsaimed at clearly determining specific tasks to be implemented for management subjects such as: planning the implementation, management offostering program contents, management of the trainees' learning activities, management of lectuers’ teaching activities, management of implementation support and management of testing and assessment, etc - Solutions for management of political fostering activities at districtlevel political fosteringcenters are proposed in the direction of promoting strengths, overcoming the limitationsof current situation, attaching great importance to renovating teaching methods, improving the capacity of lecturers, innovating the testing and assessment These are key solutions that achieve proper functionality, structural consistence in line with management process and efficiency of political theory fostering management at districtlevel political fostering centers New contributions of the thesis 9.1 Theoretical contributions - Systematizing theoretical issues on political theoryfostering and management of political theory fostering for officials and Party members based on the approach of management function and contents - Analyzingthe factors affecting the management of political theory fostering at Hanoi City’s district-level polictical fostering centers 9.2 Practical contributions - Analyzing and assessing the situation and causes, limitations on management of political theory fostering at Hanoi City’s district-level political training centers - Proposing some solutions to perfect the management of political theory fostering at Hanoi City’s district-level political fostering centers in the context of international integration - As a reference for research and fostering as well as in the management of political theory fostering activities at district-level political fostering centers 10 Structure of the thesis In addition to the parts: Introduction; conclusions and recommendations; references; Appendix, main contents of the thesis are presented in chapters Chapter 1: Theoretical basis for management of political theory fostering activities at district-level political fostering centers Chapter 2: Current situation of management of political theory fostering activities at Hanoi City’s district-level political fostering centers Chapter 3: Solutions for management of political theory fostering activities at Hanoi City’s district-level political fostering centers Chapter1 THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MANAGEMENT OF POLITICAL THEORY FOSTERING ACTIVITIES 1.1 Overview of the issue-related studies 1.1.1 Studies on fostering and training management 1.1.2 Studies on political theory fostering management Study results of the above-mentioned group of the theoretical study works, practical summary are valuable sources studied and referred by the author, accordingly, a theoretical system of fostering management aimed at improving the political theory fostering quality at the district-level political fostering centers is established In particular, the thesis focuses on issues such as: clarification of characteristics in fostering political theory at the district-level political fostering centers; determination of specific contents of political theory fostering management at the district-level political fostering centers and on this basis, the survey is conducted and some solutions are proposed for improvement of management efficiency of political theory fostering activities at Hanoi City’s district-level political fostering centers in the current period 1.2 Basic concepts 1.2.1 Political theory Political theory is the knowledge system in politics, an important part of the mankind's treasure of argumentsin politics, a result of scientific and practical researches of many authors through many generations 1.2.2 Fostering The UNESCO defines that: Fostering is meaningful incareer improvement This process takes place only when individuals and organizations need to improve their knowledge or professional skills to satisfy the work requirements 1.2.3 Fostering political theory Fostering political theory is to provide the officials and Party members with Marxism-Leninism’s basic contents about the worldview, scientific methodology so that they have knowledge and actions in a proper and drastic manner 1.2.4 Management Management is an orientated and organized affecting process by the managers on the subject through management mechanisms, aimed at effective use of resources in changing environmental conditions in order to stabilize, develop and achieve the objectives 1.2.5 Management of political fostering activities Management of political theory fostering is a system of purposeful, planned, normative impacts by mechanisms, policies, instruments and specific management measures of managemend subject on management object in order to take the system into operation in line with fostering paths and opinions and achieve the objectives of fostering political theory for officials, Party members, civil servants and public employees 1.3 Political theory fostering activities at district-level political training centers 1.3.1 Position and role of district-level political training centers 1.3.2 Functions and tasks of district-level political training centers The district-level political fostering center functions to organize the training and fostering on political-administrative theory; resolutions, directives of the Party, policies and laws of the State; knowledge, skills and profession on building up the Party, the Authority, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, the State management knowledge for officials and Party members in the grassroots political system in the districts out of trained and fostered subjects of political schools in the cities directly under the Central Government 1.3.3 Objectives, contents, methods, and forms of political fostering organization at district-level political fostering centers 1.3.3.1 Objectives of fostering political theory The objectives of fostering political theory are to educate the views on people and life, revolutionary ethnics and provide knowledge and work methods for officials and Party members; contribute to building up a contigent of officials and Party members who have a strong political stance, right political attitude, good moral qualities and competence, effective work style in satisfaction with the requirements of the cause of construction and defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1.3.2.2 Contents of political theory training and fostering - Fostering the basic theoretical knowledge on fundamental principles of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Ideology, and guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam - Educating the standards of revolutionary ethics and principles of exercising such standards - Educating the Party's lines and policies, the State's policies and laws 1.3.2.3 Form of fostering political theory Fostering in the concentrated form; Fostering in the learning-by-doing form; long-term fostering; Short-term fostering; Self-fostering to improve the level of political theory and professional skills 1.4 Some approaches on management of political theory fostering activities Due to typical characteristics of political fostering as well as personnel size at the district-level political fostering centers, the thesis selects the approach model according to management function, management contents of fostering activities and output orientation The specific theoretical views under approach are: the target-based management model (aiming at implementing the center's common objectives and specific objectives of each fostering course, training subject); function-based management model (planning, implementation organization, implementation direction, testing and assessment) Furthermore, in the thesis, the author refers to the theory of CIPO model to ensure the comprehensiveness and teaching theory for adults aimed at achieving the effectiveness in the steering process for implementation of political theory fostering activities 1.5 Contents of management of political theory fostering activities at district-level political fostering centers 1.5.1 Develop a political theory fostering plan The political theory fostering plan for officials and Party members should meet the following specific requirements: * Determination of fostering needs: Political fostering activities of district-level political fostering centers are determined aimed at meeting the needs of sectors, organizations and authorities in the districts With specific subjects such as: primary level of political theory, intermediate level of political theory, Party candidate class, New Party member class, Women class, Propaganda class, Youth union class, Farmer class, trade unions, veterans' class, fatherland front class, etc * Determining fostering objectives * Determining the contents of fostering programs * Determining human resource for implementation 1.5.2 Management of political theory fostering contents and programs Management of fostering contents includes: * Building contents and programs of political theory fostering: Based on the guiding documents of the Central Committee for Propaganda to build up fostering contents and programs * Organizing content implementation * Managing contents * Inspecting, assessing and adjusting the contents 1.5.3 Management of teaching activities of lecturers Management of lecturers’ teaching activities is based on teaching tasks and management through planning Management of teaching activities of political theory fostering courses includes: teaching activities in class; organization of field trips in facilities; instructions, comments and graduation thesis evaluation after each course according to the program; making comments and marking tests as well as major assignments in fostering programs,etc In particular, management of the lecturers’ teaching methods means management of the lecturers’ application of teaching methods in the classes based on the learner-centered viewpoint and promotion of the initiative, activeness and creativity and of the learners In addition, the Center should pay regular attention to the training and fostering for the contingent of officials, especially lecturers aimed at improving their competence and qualification to promptly meet the requirements on innovation 1.5.4 Trainees management - Admission management: Make an admission plan; organize and direct the admission and summarize, assess the admission - Management of the learning and practising process: Manage the attendance of trainees in class and manage the time of self-study, discussion and field trips - Testing and evaluating the trainees' fostering process and following trainees after the training courses - Management of the trainees’ learning method 1.5.5 Management of testing and assessment of the political theory fostering results Examination and evaluation of the fostering program results include: cognitive results, satisfaction of trainees with the fostering program for application of knowledge and skills acquired from the program, behavior change in a positive way, etc Managing the development of assessment standards and methods for the trainees’ learning outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude; and managing the issuance of fostering certificates Managing the development of evaluation standards and methods for teaching results of lecturers Managing the information collection and processing according to standards to achieve accurate management results 1.5.6 Management of assistance resources for political theory fostering organization Management of assistance resources for organization of fostering activities at the district-level political fostering centers includes: Management of fostering funds, management of classrooms arrangement at the Center according to the existing teaching schedule; Management of teaching techniques application; Management of other learning and living assistance conditions In order to effectively implement the financial management, facilities for training activities, the leaders of district-level political training centers should develop plans on finance, facilities procurement and repair and regularly inspect financial use and facilities at the center 1.6 Factors affecting the management of political theory fostering activities at political fostering centers - Trends of globalization and international integration - Development requirements of politics, economy, culture, society, national defense and security of the country and localities - Policies for development, training and fostering of political theory - The sector and locality’s requirements on training and fostering political theory for officials and Party members According to the survey results, both the managers and lecturers evaluated that the management of political theory fostering activities keeps an important and very important role In particular, the important role is evaluated at higher level, accounting for 61.3% As such, the management of political theory fostering activities plays a decisive role to the quality of organization and fostering activities at the political theory fostering centers 2.4.2 Current situation of development of fostering plan at the political theory fostering centers The development of fostering plan at the political theory fostering centers is implemented at good level, with the GPA of 2.87 and 2.88 The contents in plan development are implemented in a relatively synchronous manner, at a good level The content "Determination of political theory fostering demands for officials, Party members of sectors, trade unions and authorities in the district" has not reached a high level; the GPA are only 2.56 and 2.89 The implementation of the content of "Fund estimates, facilities preparation for specific fostering activities" is still at a certain level, with the GPA of only 2.53 and 2.85 3.00 2.95 2.90 2.85 2.93 2.91 2.94 2.92 2.89 2.86 Manager 2.94 2.91 2.91 2.89 2.89 2.88 Lecturer 2.85 2.83 2.862.86 2.84 2.83 2.82 2.80 2.80 2.75 2.70 Chart 2.2: Current status of the planning for political theory fostering at district-level political fostering centers 2.4.3 Current situation of contents management, political theory fostering program According to the survey results, the management of the contents of political theory fostering program at the district-level political theory 11 fostering centers in Hanoi city is assessed to be good, with the GPA of 2.94 and 2.95 Especially, the implementation of the content "Following the written guidelines of the Central Propaganda Committee on development of a political theory fostering program" is good, with the GPA of 3.06 and 3.06 and the content“ Ensuring the consistence in implementation of program contents during the fostering process” has the GPA of 3.03 and 3.02 The implementation of the content "Collection of feedback from lecturers and trainees for suitable adjustment of the fostering program contents" is at the lowest level, with the GPA of only 2.80 and 2.81 and the implementation of the content "There is a assignment, close coordination between individuals and departments in the implementation of the fostering program contents ", with the GPA of 2.80 and 2.83 2.4.4 Current situation of management of teaching activities of lecturers The management of the district-level political fostering centers for teaching activities of the lecturers has not been really effective, only at fair level, with the GPA of 2.83 and 2.85 Implementation of all the contents of lecturers’ management is relatively uniform The best level of implementation is the content "Effective use of lecturers", with the GPA of 2.89 and 2.86 And in order to promote the efficiency of the lecturers in the fostering program implementation, the district-level political fostering centers strictly implemented the content "providing lecturers with suitable training and fostering plans and reasonable timetables in long-term and overall nature”, with the GPA of 2.86 and 2.88 The lowest level of implementation is the content of "encouraging lecturers to innovate teaching methods and actively using the classroom teaching facilities", with GPA of only 2.80 and 2.82 2.4.5 Current situation of trainees management The management of the trainees at the political fostering centers is implemented at a good level, with the GPA of 2.84 and 2.86 The implementation of the trainees management contents is good, at 2.5