Diseño, aplicación y validación de Metodología para medir y valorar capacidades de generación, uso y transferencia de conocimiento en Instituciones de Educación Superior en un país en vía de desarrollo

The thesis aims to design, implement and validate a methodology to measure and evaluate the capabilities of generation, use and transfer of knowledge in higher education institutions in developing country aimed at characterizing these processes in a University Institution in Medellin. This methodology will be validated at the Institute Technological Metropolitan-ITM. The development of the proposal aims to make a contribution to knowledge management by presenting a methodology, based on existing theoretical models in other organizations. For it is part of the history of that "what gets measured can be managed"; is formalize a methodology to measure and value generation capacity, use and transfer of knowledge in educational organizations, characterizing the processes that compose and structure supports systems such Colombian organizations in order to define an appropriate methodology and generate the expected results. The development of this proposal is given in the absence of reference to evaluate a methodology for the generation, use and transfer of knowledge in the institutions mentioned in countries in the developing world, in order to improve the competitiveness levels so that they can projected in Teaching, research and extension, with levels adjusted today's competitive market, positioning as entities recognized for their high-quality research both nationally and internationally