QUALITY ASSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN THE INNOVATION STRATEGY IN FACING GLOBALIZATION: A CASE STUDY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rorim Panday
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Goods And Services

Innovation not only in terms of how to produce, but it covers varieties of things to make changes and differences of goods and services, those can be ideas, processes, managements, outputs, outcomes, rules, etc. So, the resulting goods and services are in the different looks and can be improve and increase the competitiveness as well as the competitive advantage. The universities in Indonesia which willing to the higher recognition shall do continuous innovation, by conducting all 11 standard of educations such as: the content of education, teaching learning process, assessment, management, faculty and staff, facilities and infrastructure, competency of graduates, financing, research, service to the community and partnership. Internal Quality Evaluation (EMI) is one of the innovation instruments for quality measurement and also as a quality assurance tools. By using EMI, university can identify the competitiveness and competitive advantages in achieving continuous improvement gradually through process of implementation the innovative strategy. The case studies of XYZ university, using the Focus Group discussion (FGD), resulting the quality of university, then it can be made the innovation strategy to strengthen the competitiveness and competitive advantage. The findings of this study indicate the implementation EMI of university found there are some shortcomings: process standard, facilities and infrastructure standard, assessment standard, research standard, community service standard and partnership standard. Results of EMI found 11 innovation strategies to recommend to the university in the coming year in order to strengthen competitiveness to the higher accreditation level and the competitive advantages in facing the globalization.

Innovative Strategies for Logistics Processes

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Bikem Türkeli ◽  
Alp Ariburnu ◽  
Özalp Vayvay
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Customer Needs ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
The Right

In a time of rapid revolutionary change, today organizations must innovate in ways that allow them to take advantage of change. Competitive business environments force companies to respond to all changes in the market. This response to that change brings innovation in processes. As a basis of all competitive advantages, innovation should be continuous and the only way to maintain this is having the right innovation strategy. In this study innovative strategies for logistics processes, which can be used practically in business environments, are mentioned. For each innovative strategy title tools that can be used to innovate operations are presented. By innovating logistics processes logistics providers can fulfill customer needs rapidly and increase their profit because of having a competitive advantage.

Information Strategy as Enabler of Competitive Advantage

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Business Ecosystems ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
Quality And Reliability ◽  
Competitive Forces

Technology has been continuously improving, causing high business pressures that affect organizations' current and future competitiveness. Gaining competitive advantage is critical for organizations. Among the various resources which organizations deploy to succeed, information is identified as a crucial resource. The success of organizations depends on the decisions made and the excellence of decisions depends upon the quality and reliability of information. If this be so, then information strategies need to be designed and implemented in a comprehensive manner so that the organizations derive competitive advantage. Based on an in-depth literature review and contextual analysis, this paper will review competitive forces and competitive information systems strategies for gaining competitive advantages, explain concepts of value chain, business ecosystems and discuss innovation strategy.

scholarly journals Challenges of Top-Down Policy as Stakeholder Engagement Strategy in the Implementation of Internal Quality Assurance in Higher Education Institutions: An Empirical Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 500-516
Author(s):  
Yustina Erti Pravitasmara Dewi ◽  
Dwi Yuwono Puji Sugiharto ◽  
Intiyas Utami ◽  
Andrian Huruta ◽  
Ocky Sundari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Future ◽  
Internal Quality Assurance

Higher education plays a significant role in shaping the future national competitiveness. In Indonesia, its governance drives a massive transformation and is more focused on the internal quality assurance over the external one. There are several changes from aspects related to the implementation of internal quality assurance system, especially on the transformation of higher education which faces internal challenges that consider the managerial-based work as a highly complex and heavy-duty work and is less relevant to individual achievement. Further, the biggest challenge in implementing a quality management is the lack of stakeholder management. It gets worse with the top-down policy being implemented to improve the quality of higher education. This present study gives an overview of the internal quality assurance of higher education institutions experiencing challenges in stakeholder management and their top-down-policy-based initiatives. There was a total of 67 private universities in Central Java, Indonesia involved in this study. The data was collected in April – July 2019 using questionnaire and focus group discussion (FGD). The FGD involving the executives of the quality board of each university discussed the implementation of new quality assurance regulations. The results show a consistency of the respondents who apparently had incomplete documents of internal quality assurance, followed by skepticism about the future of institution which simultaneously affected the policy in the future.

scholarly journals Competitive Advantages of Lazada Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dita Amanah ◽  
Dedy Ansari Harahap
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Advantageous Position ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Depth Interviews

Lazada Indonesia's competitive advantage as a marketplace in Indonesia is determined in this article. Internal and external factors were identified to analyze the SWOT and the strategies implemented by Lazada. In-depth interviews, observations and documentation studies are used to collect data. All students of the Doctoral Program of Management Science in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia were respondents of this study. They all 112 respondents. The SWOT analysis results show that in the first quadrant, Lazada implements an aggressive growth strategy in achieving competitive advantage. Existing strengths and opportunities put Lazada in a advantageous position and maximally utilizing external forces to seize opportunities. Lazada is a pioneer of free shipping of goods and services for returning goods from consumers. Lazada is also increasingly expanding its products to fulfill the consumers desires.

scholarly journals Information Strategy as Enabler of Competitive Advantage

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 599-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Business Ecosystems ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
Quality And Reliability ◽  
Competitive Forces

Technology has been continuously improving, causing high business pressures that affect organizations' current and future competitiveness. Gaining competitive advantage is critical for organizations. Among the various resources which organizations deploy to succeed, information is identified as a crucial resource. The success of organizations depends on the decisions made and the excellence of decisions depends upon the quality and reliability of information. If this be so, then information strategies need to be designed and implemented in a comprehensive manner so that the organizations derive competitive advantage. Based on an in-depth literature review and contextual analysis, this paper will review competitive forces and competitive information systems strategies for gaining competitive advantages, explain concepts of value chain, business ecosystems and discuss innovation strategy.

Beneficial E-Personalization and Related Technological Innovations Applied to E-Tailing

2014 ◽  
pp. 20-46
Author(s):  
Alan D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Chain Store ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Web Presence ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Online Retailers

The numerous advancements in electronic-personalization communication have generated both benefits and challenges as online retailers try to regain competitive advantages in the current global recession. A literature review of personalization strategies was used to generate a survey instrument to examine the important characteristics of such programs from business professionals. Through appropriate multivariate analyses and data-reduction techniques, the basic elements e-personalization, namely online purchasing behaviors, personalized communications, information retrieval services, degree of personal Web presence, quality assurance of customer service, and the promotion of customization services, were found to be conceptually and statistically related to retailer benefits of e-personalization (increased buying and creates customer loyalty) from the viewpoint of managers for a large goods and services chain store headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Beneficial E-Personalization and Related Technological Innovations Applied to E-Tailing

2017 ◽  
pp. 1572-1599
Author(s):  
Alan D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Chain Store ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Web Presence ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Online Retailers

The numerous advancements in electronic-personalization communication have generated both benefits and challenges as online retailers try to regain competitive advantages in the current global recession. A literature review of personalization strategies was used to generate a survey instrument to examine the important characteristics of such programs from business professionals. Through appropriate multivariate analyses and data-reduction techniques, the basic elements e-personalization, namely online purchasing behaviors, personalized communications, information retrieval services, degree of personal Web presence, quality assurance of customer service, and the promotion of customization services, were found to be conceptually and statistically related to retailer benefits of e-personalization (increased buying and creates customer loyalty) from the viewpoint of managers for a large goods and services chain store headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

scholarly journals Virtual teams and E-leadership in the context of competitive environment - Literature review

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Ioana Manole
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Continuous Processes ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Team Characteristics

Globalization, accelerated movement of goods, technology and information transformed society in recent decades in unprecedented ways. In the context of a generation that focuses on continuous innovation and creativity at the highest levels, ability to lead and motivate people represents one of the best qualities of a manager, regardless of the activity. Unprecedented growth of competition, the need to reduce costs by automating continuous processes and create a competitive advantage in a market where the supply of goods and services is similar are forcing companies to put increasing emphasis on human resources. As part of creating competitive advantage, organizations relocate and create virtual teams in order to reduce costs, but keep the quality of the products or service, but they self-expose to risks if the virtual teams are not managed efficiently.The present article aims to explore new directions for leadership competencies in virtual context, reviewing the basic team characteristics from the traditional environment through new requirements based on virtual experience particularities.

Quality assurance and quality improvement in medical practice – Part 1. Definition and importance of quality in medical practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Sándor Gődény
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
Healthcare Finance

In Hungary healthcare finance has decreased in proportion with the GDP, while the health status of the population is still ranks among the worst in the European Union. Since healthcare finance is not expected to increase, the number of practicing doctors per capita is continuously decreasing. In the coming years it is an important question that in this situation what methods can be used to prevent further deterioration of the health status of the Hungarian population, and within this is the role of the quality approach, and different methods of quality management. In the present and the forthcoming two articles those standpoints will be summarized which support the need for the integration of quality assurance in the everyday medical practice. In the first part the importance of quality thinking, quality management, quality assurance, necessity of quality measurement and improvement, furthermore, advantages of the quality systems will be discussed. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 83–92.

Effect of Innovation Strategies on Sme Performance Mediated Competitive Advantages

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-97
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mabrur Taufik ◽  
DewiPuspaningtyas Faeni
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Product Introduction ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Small and Medium Enterprises and Indonesian Cooperatives (SMESCO) are strategies in promoting and introducing Indonesia's superior products to the international community. Through SMESCO, SME owners can work together on standardization of SME products, SME quality standardization and at the same time a forum for fostering SMEs to market their products, through human resource development programs including seminars, training, workshops and product introduction through online shops and mentoring programs. The research aims to prove and analyse the influence of: innovation strategies on the performance of SMEs in SMESCO Indonesia directly or through competitive advantage; innovation strategy towards competitive advantage; competitive advantage towards the performance of SMEs at SMESCO Indonesia. The research population is all SME companies that partner with SMESCO Indonesia. Sampling is done by probability sampling with a simple random sampling method. Data analysis using Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Squares, a sample of 147 small and medium business owners at SMESCO Indonesia. The results of the study prove: (1) The innovation strategy does not directly have a significant effect on the increasing performance of SME companies in SMESCO Indonesia but has a significant effect through competitive advantage; (2) Competitive advantage has a significanteffect on the increasing performance of SMEs in Indonesia.

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