scholarly journals A Study of Quality Assessment in Higher Education within the Context of Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4769 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vykydal ◽  
Martin Folta ◽  
Jaroslav Nenadál

Quality has become an increasingly important and critical success factor at higher education institutions, particularly universities. Numerous discussions have been held about education quality in the context of sustainable development. However, the quality of that education strongly depends on the overall quality of the management system which operates at schools. The principal aim of this article is to present the approaches to the quality management systems’ development and their assessment at universities, and share some lessons learned from this area of research. Some possibilities of the ISO 9001 standard’s implementation, as well as the application of excellence models as a response to community demands, will be discussed, especially in the context of the recently-introduced Act No. 111/1998 Coll on Higher Education Institutions, which requires quality assurance and quality evaluation. A case study from The VSB-Technical University of Ostrava shows approaches, results and effects of the quality management system implementation.

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Subardi Subardi

This paper attempts to address the problem of how to manage the State Islamic Religious College (PTKIN) based on ISO 9001: 2008. Problems become important because in the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, quality human resources (HR) cannot be bargained again. The only way to improve the quality of human resources is through education, especially higher education institutions, including the State Islamic Religious College (PTKIN). So that the quality of PTKIN is not less competitive with other universities in Indonesia, the management of PTKIN must be based on ISO 9001: 2008 as one of the principled quality management of TQM in detailed and systematic application. The ISO 9001: 2008 system is a means or tool of PTKIN to achieve the expected quality objectives and is able to answer the challenges of the current Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. In addition, there is a periodic internal quality audit requirement. At present ISO 9001: 2008 is the main choice for higher education institutions, PTKIN to implement a quality management system consistently and systematically to achieve effectiveness and efficiency. The application of ISO 9001: 2008 at PTKIN is very important as a step to realize and provide good governance, achieve excellent education practices, improve customer satisfaction and provide a better response to industry needs. PTKIN's main motive for implementing ISO 9001: 2008 is as a promotional step to provide an overview that PTKIN has high quality, high visibility and credibility, response to external factors and to develop an overall quality management system, so as to provide services and output the best that can guarantee the satisfaction of all customers and stakeholders.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jawad Abbas ◽  
Kalpina Kumari ◽  
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi

PurposeBased on the principles of the human capital theory, this study investigates the role of the quality management system (QMS) in higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing successful employability attributes among graduates. Considering industry as a prominent stakeholder in academia, the authors took industry–academia collaboration as the mediating variable.Design/methodology/approachUsing the European Foundation for Quality Management model, the author analyzed how QMS in public HEIs located in London, the United Kingdom (UK), impacts business management, computer science and engineering students' employability. Following the nonprobability convenience sampling technique, this study included data from 324 local and international students.FindingsThe structural analysis identified QMS as a significant factor in enhancing students' employability, and industry–academia collaboration is found to act as a partial mediator in this relationship.Originality/valueThe management of HEIs in developing countries can take valuable guidelines from this study and integrate QMS in their institutions in developing their students' employability, as it is being done by HEIs in the UK.


2019 ◽  
Vol 297 ◽  
pp. 06010
Author(s):  
Albert Simkin ◽  
Tatyana Mozhaeva ◽  
Alexander Proskurin

The strategic goal of the state policy of the Russian Federation concerning education is to ensure the quality of functioning of additional professional education (APE) as means of social development, and in this regard, the creation of a modern system of continuous education, i.e. the implementation of the concept of lifelong learning. The solution of this problem is possible on the basis of the development and integration into the overall management system of the educational organization of the quality management system (QMS) of additional professional education, taking into account the specifics of this type of activity. The paper is proposed to develop the QMS of APE of higher education on the basis of a standard model of quality system proposed in 2006 by a consortium of representatives of educational institutions of secondary vocational and higher education of the Russian Federation. The creation of quality systems of educational organizations on the basis of the model of QMS of OO considered in the article, adapted to the specifics of APE will contribute to the creation of conditions for ensuring the quality of training of students of professional educational programs.


Author(s):  
Николай Дмитриев ◽  
Nikolay Dmitriev

The article analyses the incentives of the Russian higher education institutions to provide quality education which develop as a result of the competition and signals from labor market. The mechanism of a quality assurance of training of specialists in higher education institution is the quality management system. The experience of formation of a quality management system is presented. The structure and interrelation of components of quality of education is considered. Criteria and indicators of quality of educational process, which can be applied in estimation of quality in the educational organization, are offered. Besides, backbone components of quality — satisfaction of consumers with educational services are considered.


Author(s):  
Paolo Renna ◽  
Carmen Izzo ◽  
Tiziana Romaniello

In recent years, most universities are facing with the problem of quality management in higher-education systems and institutions. The Countries that have signed the Bologna Declaration are enforced to implement an internal system for quality assurance. One of the key element of a quality management system is the process modelling with delineation of responsibility, authority, procedures and plans. This chapter describes the use of the Business Process Management to support the higher Education Management System at University of Basilicata. The case study developed concerns the following steps: visualizing, measuring, analysing by a simulation environment, and improving the management system. The original contribution of the research concerns the development of a simulation environment using BIZAGI modeller based on BPMN notation in order to analyse and improve the performance of the case study investigated. Moreover, the use of a software based on BPMN can improve quality (error rate reduction), efficiency (saving of time) and agility (implementation of processes of changes).


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Mora ◽  
Fen Wang ◽  
Jorge Marx Gómez ◽  
Mahesh S. Rainsinghani ◽  
Valentyna Savkova Taras Shevchenko

The provision of high-quality educational services is a mandatory objective for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) nowadays. Consequently, HEIs implement Quality Management System (QMS) process frameworks. A core managerial activity conducted in these QMS is decision making, which impacts the overall quality of the provided HEI's educational services. This managerial context found in HEIs demands an adequate and reliable managerial decision-making support. In this article, we elaborate a new Process-Task-Decision scheme for HEIs based on a relevant international QMS process framework (ISO 9001 IWA 2:2007), and we survey selectively DMSS and HEI literature in the 1996-2016 period. We found that DMSS have been used in a variety of Process-Task-Decision situations in HEIs from early periods to the present, but their utilization is still scarce and partially deployed. Thus, open opportunities to apply them in HEIs and relevant knowledge gaps still exist to be further researched.


2021 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 01040
Author(s):  
Doina Usaci ◽  
Lilia Sargu

In the current economic context, quality has become a source of competitive advantage, and universities that want to achieve academic excellence must perceive quality as something integral to their activities. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate that without establishing an efficient mechanism for quality assurance and evaluation, higher education institutions turn into diplomas mills, being rather an impediment to the cultural, economic and social development of society. So, in order to ensure the success of the scientific approach, the following methods were used: scientific documentation; analytical-synthetic methods; the method of comparing and generalizing theoretical and practical data. The analysis of the quality of higher education in Moldova in terms of the provisions of the Bologna Process raised a fundamental question - the acute need for effective external evaluation mechanisms of higher education institutions in parallel with the internal mechanisms of institutions. As a result, following the empirical study, we conclude that the universities of the Republic of Moldova do not face significant problems that seriously affect the performance of the total quality management system, but they must really make efforts to improve the dimensions analyzed in within this research, in order to obtain the benefits expected from the implementation of the total quality management system.


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