A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMPETITIVENESS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN EGYPT STUDY ON EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITIES

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Applied Languages (Department of Business and International Commerce), French University in Egypt

Abstract

The aim of this research is to propose a framework for the use of the environmental quality systems as a path for the increase of the egyptian universitites' competitivness, this is undertaken through a description and a study of the a number of internal and external factors and their relation with the envoronmental management systems and the ways of improvement of the educational service in order to enhance the competitivness of the egyptian private and public universitiesm within the period of 01-01- 2014 and 31-12-2015.
The results of this research indicate the importance of applying the environmental management systems in its several parameters, within the different egyptian universities in order to reinforce their competitiveness in both local or international market. Therefore this research recommends to apply the proposed framework to preserve and develop the available resources and improve the higher educational service and hence the competitivness of the egyptian universities.
The study concludes that applying environmental quality systems in the egyptian uniersities (in both public and private sectors) contributes to the improvement of competitivness on both environmental and econmic level.

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