Shqiponje Bislimi

Interim Head of Academic Services

RIT Kosovo

sbhcad@rit.edu

Shqiponje Bislimi

Interim Head of Academic Services

RIT Kosovo

Bio

Shqiponje is a dedicated Senior Academic Advisor at RIT Kosovo, where she leverages her extensive experience to support students in navigating their academic journeys. She has also served as a facilitator of the RIT 365: RIT Connections class at RIT Kosovo. Shqiponje has been awarded the Transformational Leadership Program scholarship to pursue her master studies and she earned her MBA in Finance at Saunders College of Business at RIT New York.

Before joining RIT Kosovo, Shqiponje held several positions in a commercial bank, enhancing her financial expertise and understanding of the banking sector. She also earned an Accounting Technician Certificate from the Society of Certified Accountants and Auditors Kosovo (SCAAK). Her passion for education and community development is evident in her project work, particularly as a researcher in the STEFORA Project funded by Erasmus+, which focuses on enhancing STEM education and gender inclusivity. Additionally, she serves as the project leader for the GRL PWR Science Fair project, funded by the US Embassy in Prishtina, aimed at inspiring high school girls to pursue careers in STEM fields.

An advocate for social change, Shqiponje holds a Social Change Leadership Certificate from the RIT Leadership Institute and Community Service Center, reflecting her commitment to helping others and fostering community development.

She loves spending time in nature, especially around mountains and rivers. In her free time, Shqiponje enjoys playing volleyball, hiking with her family, and biking. She is also a fan of lifelong learning and recently completed an introductory Python Programming course at the AUK Training and Development Institute. With her wide range of interests and experiences, she brings a lot to both the academic and local community.

sbhcad@rit.edu

Currently Teaching

SOIS-432

Managing Organizational Change

3 Credits

Sooner or later all organizations change in certain to many respects and for several reasons. This is true for organizations in profit, non-profit and government sectors which all have many things common. Ongoing organizational success frequently depends on how well change is managed given new opportunities, challenges or threats faced by organizations. Managing organizational change requires knowledge of things in an organization that may need to be changed including an organization’s mission, goals, fiscal health, budget, operations and/or production/service capabilities, facilities, unit structure, personnel, culture, technology and other resources. Effective management of organizational change also requires knowledge of and skills in ways to introduce, guide, support, monitor and evaluate changes once they are implemented. This course takes an interdisciplinary applied approach to managing organizational change teaching SOAR-based strategic planning, SWOT analysis, total quality management (TQM) and continuous quality improvement (CQI) among other change models and methods.