Assessing Development and Sustainability of a Research Management System: Deming’s cycle in a Peruvian University

This study aims to evaluate the development and sustainability of a research management system in a private Peruvian university. The Research Management System (RMS) of Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN) was monitored from 2012-2017. The study adopts a non-experimental longitudinal design, which firstly inspects the research management status of the university throughout the year 2011. Based on this, the executed cycle-steps adopted between 2012 and 2017 were documented from the perspective of Deming’s cycle to finally analyze the research management status of the university during 2018 and, thus, assess the development and sustainability achieved during the process. The results indicate that the methodology adopted for the development of the research management system, that follows Deming’s cycle of continuous improvement, promotes the development and sustainability of the university. This is supported by monitoring the defined management indicators through the study timeline, whose rates indicate significant changes.