scholarly journals Quality Assurance in a University of Technology in Context of the Three Elements: Quality, Standards and Relevance

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
CM van der Bank ◽  
R L Basson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
University Of Technology

scholarly journals Methodology to design a Map of Alert for population and housing censuses: The Portuguese case

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 205979911770312
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Reis ◽  
Paula Vicente ◽  
Álvaro Rosa ◽  
Catarina Marques
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
Coverage Error ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Advance Knowledge

The Portuguese Population and Housing Census is carried out every 10 years by Statistics Portugal. In the Census 2011, a new tool was developed to assist the Quality Assurance system in order to make the monitoring of fieldwork operations more efficient and thus diminish the uncertainties that could cause coverage error in the results. This tool, named as Map of Alert, presents a three-level typology of alert that ensures advance knowledge of the potential risk of each freguesia’s failure to meet the quality standards defined for the enumeration process. This article describes the methodological process that guided the development of the Map of Alert and presents the Map itself.

scholarly journals Evaluating Online Course Quality: A Study on Implementation of Course Quality Standards

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney Zimmerman ◽  
Barbara Altman ◽  
Bethany Simunich ◽  
Kay Shattuck ◽  
Barbra Burch
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Faculty Professional Development ◽  
Course Quality ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship of intentional faculty professional development, intentional online course design, and informal course reviews to the results of official interinstitutional peer review within higher education institutions. Quality MattersTM (QM) provided the setting for this exploration of the relationship of three independent variables at the course level at institutions that have voluntarily implemented QM online learning quality assurance tools and processes. Data for this study were extracted from a larger statistical project conducted regularly by QM, which included the results of 5,436 online course reviews completed between September 2014 and May 2020 at 360 institutions. These courses were assessed for meeting quality standards in structured, interinstitutional, reviews, conducted by three faculty peer reviewers. QM provided the setting and data for this study; however, the study was not about QM. Instead, it was about exploring the relationships of variables within an institution’s control in the quest for benchmarking and improving online learning. Having and disseminating online course quality standards does not ensure implementation of those standards and quality assurance processes. This observational study provides a better understanding of how the implementation of those standards and quality assurance processes might impact outcomes.

Quality assurance in the blood transfusion services

1993 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 241-249
Author(s):  
John D. Cash
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Blood Products ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Developed World ◽  
Staff Involvement

SynopsisBlood transfusion services, in almost all parts of the developed world, are subject to the same rigours of quality standards as those applied to the rest of the pharmaceutical industry. These standards are established and monitored by governments but are greatly enhanced by staff involvement and commitment. More recent developments, which in some respects are unique to blood transfusion services, have been the commitment of many blood transfusion services to engage in an audit process which seeks to define better the most appropriate uses of blood and blood products.

Trusting Computers Through Trusting Humans

2008 ◽  
pp. 3460-3474
Author(s):  
Alison Adam ◽  
Paul Spedding
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer System ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Verification ◽  
Mathematical Proof ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Software Quality Assurance ◽  
The Social

This article considers the question of how we may trust automatically generated program code. The code walkthroughs and inspections of software engineering mimic the ways that mathematicians go about assuring themselves that a mathematical proof is true. Mathematicians have difficulty accepting a computer generated proof because they cannot go through the social processes of trusting its construction. Similarly, those involved in accepting a proof of a computer system or computer generated code cannot go through their traditional processes of trust. The process of software verification is bound up in software quality assurance procedures, which are themselves subject to commercial pressures. Quality standards, including military standards, have procedures for human trust designed into them. An action research case study of an avionics system within a military aircraft company illustrates these points, where the software quality assurance (SQA) procedures were incommensurable with the use of automatically generated code.

Building a Culture of Trust in Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1763-1781
Author(s):  
Magdalena Platis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
Clear Insight ◽  
Culture Of Quality ◽  
Two Sides

Higher education institutions worldwide are evolving in a so-called quality assurance era in which quality standards are defined and implemented. Quality assurance has, in fact, two sides: one declarative, or formal, reflected into documents, proofs, and even statistics well prepared, and one practical, or informal, that behind all legal issues, the quality of processes is real. The contradiction between the two sides of the quality assurance contributes a false perception of quality and unethical institutional behavior. Higher education institutions can become ethical or more ethical through their people—management, academics, students, alumni, researchers. In other words, the culture of quality needs to be rebuilt towards trust. The objective of this chapter is to provide a clear insight to the contemporary state of higher education institutions' behavior and context to contribute to the building up of new quality management based on a trust in the area of education, research, and social development.

Student Participation in Quality Assurance Processes of HEIs the Omani Context

2022 ◽  
pp. 286-305
Author(s):  
Nithya Ramachandran ◽  
Habiba Mohammed Al-Mughairi ◽  
Abdallah Khalfan Al-Azri
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Academic Researchers

Quality assurance and accreditation are the most pronounced words in the education sector. Quality culture involves all stakeholders in the process. Students who are the major stakeholders play a vital role in the QA process of an institution. The role of students in QA process in Oman context has been covered by conducting interviews from both students and staff members. The current study has been conducted on all the 13 branches of University of Technology and Applied Sciences. An online interview schedule was arranged with five students and two staff members from each branch. The list of students and staff was collected from the quality assurance department of UTAS branches. The results of the study showed that students are actively participating in various programs. The main hindrances to student involvement are low awareness about QA processes, time constraints, and low student representation towards QA processes. The implication of this research is important for HEIs, OAAA, academic researchers, and higher education stakeholders.

Requalifikation in der Lieferkette der Serienproduktion

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Carl-Gustaf Kligge ◽  
Lena Böck
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Cost And Benefit ◽  
Intermediate Products ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Required Quality

In diesem Beitrag geht es um ein Klassifizierungsmodell für Maßnahmen, die der Sicherstellung des in der Serienproduktion erreichten Qualitätsstandards dienen. Der Fokus richtet sich dabei nicht auf die eigenen Prozesse, sondern auf die Vorproduktion in der mehrstufigen Lieferkette. Bei qualitätssichernden Maßnahmen für Vorprodukte von technischen Serienprodukten erscheint es im Hinblick auf die Vielfalt und Heterogenität der Zulieferer unabdingbar, eine Priorisierung der Maßnahmen nach Aufwand/Nutzen-Aspekten vorzunehmen, ansonsten würde die Umsetzung an der Komplexität sowie an der mangelnden internen und externen Akzeptanz scheitern. So soll hier ein praxiserprobter Ansatz vorgestellt werden, wie die im Einzelnen festzulegenden Maßnahmen nach Aufwand/Nutzen-Kriterien systematisch kategorisiert werden können. Dabei sollen hier nur Anregungen gegeben werden, denn ein konkretes Konzept und detaillierte Maßnahmen sind branchenspezifisch und unternehmensindividuell auszuarbeiten. This article demonstrates an approach for the classification of measures that shall ensure the required quality standards in the multi-stage supply chain. In the case of quality-assurance of intermediate products of series-produced goods, it appears to be indispensable to prioritize the measures according to their cost and benefit aspects, given the multitude and heterogeneity of the suppliers. Keywords: qualitätssicherung, qualitätsniveau, maßnahmenpriorisierung, implementierungsaufwand, automatisierungsgrad

Trusting Computers Through Trusting Humans

2011 ◽  
pp. 384-398
Author(s):  
Alison Adam ◽  
Paul Spedding
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer System ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Verification ◽  
Mathematical Proof ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Software Quality Assurance ◽  
The Social

This chapter considers the question of how we may trust automatically generated program code. The code walkthroughs and inspections of software engineering mimic the ways that mathematicians go about assuring themselves that a mathematical proof is true. Mathematicians have difficulty accepting a computer generated proof because they cannot go through the social processes of trusting its construction. Similarly, those involved in accepting a proof of a computer system or computer generated code cannot go through their traditional processes of trust. The process of software verification is bound up in software quality assurance procedures, which are themselves subject to commercial pressures. Quality standards, including military standards, have procedures for human trust designed into them. An action research case study of an avionics system within a military aircraft company illustrates these points, where the software quality assurance (SQA) procedures were incommensurable with the use of automatically generated code.

scholarly journals The Trilateral Evolutionary Game of Agri-Food Quality in Farmer-Supermarket Direct Purchase: A Simulation Approach

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Su ◽  
Haolong Liu ◽  
Shunqi Hou
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Payoff Matrix ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Evolutionary System ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Stable States ◽  
High Quality

The prevalence of opportunistic behaviors in agri-food production and circulation results in frequent quality accidents in emerging economies. Numerous researches have discussed effective countermeasures to this problem, but few of them focus on the effectiveness and stability of quality assurance systems. Owing to the bounded rationality and information asymmetry, the dynamic quality game among producers, marketers, and consumers has significant characteristics of complexity. This paper aims at discussing the farmer-supermarket direct purchase’s contributions to ensure the agri-food quality and analyzing the effectiveness, stability, and key factors of this new industrial organization. Based on the evolutionary game theory, we establish the trilateral-game payoff matrix, build up the replicator dynamic equations, and discuss possible evolutionary stable states. The simulation results show that the evolutionary system converges to desired stability faster, when the high-quality agri-food’s market premium increases and the penalty for violating quality standards increases. Furthermore, when farmers share more high-quality agri-food’s market premiums and marketers compensate more for violating the quality standards than before, the evolutionary system also converges to desired stability faster. Therefore, the quality information tracing technology, farmers and marketers’ fair distribution of profits and risks, and consumers’ capabilities to safeguard their legal rights are the three key factors to maintain the effectiveness and stability of quality assurance systems.

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