scholarly journals QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: BASIS FOR INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE OF TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM OF SELECTED STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE CALABARZON REGION.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1042-1047
Author(s):  
MariaevaeDiongcoed D ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Vivianne Pereira Salas Roldan ◽  
Serafim Firmo de Souza Ferraz

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between strategic orientation of the company, quality management practices and innovative performance in the context of companies in the Brazilian manufacturing industry. The research is quantitative, and was applied to the survey strategy with a sample of 65 companies, with use of a questionnaire, sent by email. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. It was found that the practices of TQM Hard have greater influence on the innovation performance, in particular on innovation by process. The differentiation strategy has the greatest impact on innovation than the strategy of leadership in costs. At the same time, it is more related to the adoption of practices of TQM Hard and Soft. In conclusion, it was found that in the context of the investigated companies, quality management is applied as a differentiation of bases, being treated as a source of competitive advantage.


Author(s):  
Jeger P. Paragas

This is a descriptive study which determined and analyzed the quality management practices of public secondary school heads. The study included the school heads and teachers in all Schools Division in Pangasinan. The identified quality management practicesare based on the parameters of APPES Manual. Kendall’s tau correlation coefficient was utilized to identify the significant relationship in the quality management practices of public secondary school heads to the performance of their respective schools. The researcher used questionnaire, interview and google form to gather the needed data. Same set of questionnaire was utilized for the teachers and school heads as respondents of this study. Findings of the study revealed that stakeholders were truly a great agent in improving the public secondary schools. Therefore, school heads must be eager to do this to have a strong partnership and participation of the stakeholders in the school. They contribute a lot for the direction leading to greater learning outcomes. Also, it was found out that weak correlation was hardly related to the quality management practices of the school heads with regard to the performance of their respective schools. Further, a proposed plan of action with regard to the indicators that were found out moderate would be presented to public secondary schools for them to better identify the risk and opportunities so to attain and maintain quality management practices of school heads and school perfomance in the Department of Education.


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