Higher Education Management Policy in the Promotion of Lecturers’ Functional Positions: A Case Study

One of the lecturers' obligations is to carry out career development in the promotion of functional positions. This promotion can affect the performance of the institution and the quality of teaching resources. However, there are still 426 lecturers at Politeknik Negeri Bandung (Polban) who have not performed these obligations periodically and even there are still 230 lecturers who do not propose functional position promotion for more than 10 years. This study aims to describe the lecturers' understanding of the promotion of functional positions and describe the management policy of Polbanin supporting the promotion of functional positions. This study usedthe qualitative descriptive method. Data collection related to the knowledge and understanding of lecturers about the promotion of functional positions was collected through questionnaires distributed to lecturers who already have functional positions in Polban. The results showed that lecturers have a good understanding of the obligation to perform functional promotion and the management of Polban has provided support to lecturers with the launch of the Credit Score Assessment Information System which facilitates lecturers to conduct scientific paper assessments and propose functional position promotion online.