Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva [fcs@ime.usp.br]
Universidade de São Paulo
1010 Rua do Matão
BRAZIL 05504-090
Rogério Panigassi [rogeriop@microsoft.com]
Microsoft – Brasil
12901 Nações Unidas
BRAZIL 04578-000
Carlos Hulot [cahulot@microsoft.com]
Microsoft – Brasil
12901 Nações Unidas
BRAZIL 04578-000
The competition in the market of higher education has pushed universities towards the adoption of more sophisticated organizational practices to ensure effectiveness of their activities. The adoption of these practices, however, must not occur at the cost of disfiguring the characterizing features of universities regarding their organizational structure, especially in what concerns their organizational goals. A possible strategy to evolve the organization of universities, in order to achieve the necessary governance that can ensure adequate performance levels for all their activities, can be effected through the expansion of the functionalities of Learning Management Systems. These systems are a specific class of systems initially developed to support the storage and distribution of learning material, typically through the Internet, and the management of enrolments and student activities. In this article we have identified some concrete desirable features that can be added to Learning Management Systems in order to improve their utility for the management and control of universities. We have also identified some projects and systems which apparently are moving towards the implementation and provision of these features.
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