RESUMEN:
Se presenta un análisis de un estudio con diseño de campo no experimental tipo transeccional descriptivo, Sabino, (2007), de la gestión de la innovación como apoyo a la competitividad de los centros de investigación de las Universidades Públicas del Cesar, proporcionando alternativas para la gestión en dicha organización. Las variables de estudio quedaron definidas como gestión de la innovación soportada por Waissbluth (2005) Hoyos (2008), y la variable Competitividad, la cual se fundamentó en los postulados de Franjzilber (2008), Tello (2004, para este procesos se tomó como población las cuatro Universidades públicas del César: Popular del Cesar, Pamplona, Magdalena como la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD con (41) integrantes vinculados labo­ralmente, que incluían a veinticinco (25) directores y coordinadores de líneas de investigación a los cuales se le aplicó un cuestionario tipo Lickert con escala de 5 alternativas de respuesta orientado a medir las variables, validado por 5 expertos, confiabilidad Alfa de Cronbach, con coeficiente de 0,92. El análisis de los resultados, observó el déficit existente de la aplicación de indicadores de medición de la innovación asi como el poco reconocimiento a los proyectos que se realizan de­tectándose poco know how. Se concluye que la falta de innovación está fundamentada en el poco intercambio de ideas, así como la poca competitividad y el desinterés hacia la inversión capital de producción.

ABSTRACT:
This paper aims to analyze the management of innovation to support the competitiveness of research
centers Cesar Public Universities, providing alternatives for management in the organization, and
serves as a framework for future research. In this sense, the study variables were defined as innovation
management supported by Waissbluth (2005) Holes (2008), and the variable Competitiveness,
which was based on the tenets of Franjzilber (2008), Taylor (2004), by what the theoretical background
and research relate completely with them. The research is positivist, descriptive design using a field,
not experimental, transactional in the temporal, as Sabino, (2007), its quantitative nature led him to
the process of coding, tabulation, and statistical analysis based on Mendez (2003), for this process
was taken as the four public universities population Caesar, represented by forty-one (41) informants
objects of study, of which being a finite population census sample was under the criteria of the investigator,
made this twenty-five (25) directors and coordinators of research lines to which was applied
a questionnaire with Likert scale of 5 response alternatives aimed at measuring the variables of the
study, it was validated by five experts, reliability calculated by the Cronbach’s alpha method, resulting
in a coefficient of 0.92 with a high degree of reliability. The analysis of the results, see the deficit
allowed the application of indicators measuring innovation as well as the little recognition to projects
conducted detected little know how. We conclude that lack of innovation is based on the little exchange
of ideas as well as low competitiveness is little interest by the production capital investment.
Recommending the application of the guidelines proposed in the research.