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Shu-Hsuan Chang; Li-Chih Yu; Yen-Kuang Kuo; Yi-Ting Mai; Jen-De Chen – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2015
Undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum emphasize project-based learning (PBL) with peer assessment/on-line peer assessment (PA/OPA). Many studies have stressed that students did not improve over two rounds in PBL with OPA studies and PBL with PA have to adopt team mutual cooperation to reap effective…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Active Learning, Student Projects, Design
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Bigaj, Stephen J.; Bazinet, Gregory P. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1993
Suggests a team approach for effectively and efficiently providing services for postsecondary students with disabilities. Reviews various teaming concepts and presents a framework for a postsecondary disability problem-solving team. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving, Special Needs Students
Holpp, Lawrence – Training, 1992
Describes differences between total quality management and self-directed teams in terms of job design, decision making, flexibility, supervision, labor relations, quality, customers, and training. Offers suggestions for which method to choose when. (SK)
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Problem Solving, Quality Control, Self Directed Groups
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Murgatroyd, Stephen – School Organisation, 1993
Total Quality Management (TQM) is not another"add-on" but a wholly reconceived approach to managing educational institutions. Some common start-up problems are lack of feasible leadership commitment, poor data and deployment plans, and inadequate managerial skills. Postlaunch problems include team and measurement mania, overzealous selling of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Problem Solving
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Abernethy, Patricia E.; Serfass, Richard W. – Educational Leadership, 1992
After joining a statewide project to encourage continuous improvement in education, the City of Burlington (New Jersey) Public Schools tackled high school attendance problems, using a seven-step process based on defining reasons for improvement, assessing the current situation, performing a cause-and-effect analysis, formulating countermeasures…
Descriptors: Attendance, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Southard, Sherry – 1993
Many of the theories about communicating effectively in corporate structures as well as the accompanying pedagogy do not pertain to changes in corporate structure and communication brought about by Total Quality Management (TQM). TQM creates a work environment in which employees need problem-solving skills and interpersonal skills that allow them…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Higher Education, Management Systems, Organizational Communication
Mastro, Lois; Kerwin, Frank – School Business Affairs, 1993
Explores the implementation of total quality management in the maintenance and operations department of an upstate New York school district. Four figures illustrate the problem-solving process. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Management Systems, Mission Statements, Participative Decision Making
Oswald, Lori Jo – OSSC Bulletin, 1995
A growing number of schools and districts are considering using teams to handle all types of decision making and advisory activities. The term "teams" can be applied to a wide spectrum of groups with various purposes or powers. This bulletin was designed to assist those who want to create efficient, successful teams. It provides…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics, Organizational Communication
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Coate, L. Edwin – New Directions for Higher Education, 1993
Adaptation of the Total Quality Management approach to organizational improvement at Oregon State University involved creation of 10 pilot finance and administration teams and implementation of a 10-step problem-solving process. The approach has improved staff morale as well as client services. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education, Management Systems
Lindsay, Jamie Eleaitia Mae – Online Submission, 2005
Six Sigma is an organization wide program that provides common set of goals, language, and methodology for improving the overall quality of the processes within the organization (Davis & Heineke 2004). Six Sigma main concern is for the customer. What will the customers want? Need? Six Sigma has a model that helps Sigma get implemented DMAIC model…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Quality Control, Satisfaction, Management Systems
Smith, Jewell R. – 1994
This practicum is designed to assist central office personnel in evaluating the work environment for better coordination to accomplish work, plan for a change effort, and implement a participatory change initiative. The work setting involved a K-12 urban school district (193 schools) containing 431 central-office administrators and more than…
Descriptors: Administrators, Central Office Administrators, Change Agents, Educational Change
Hoyt, Brian R. – 1996
The skills necessary to compete in a fast paced business environment--critical thinking, risk taking, team building, project management, and others--are not and cannot be addressed in the traditional delivery of an undergraduate business course. The Ohio University-Lancaster Management program uses a project based, just-in-time (JIT) approach to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer Software, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Curry, Donna; Kirk, Nancy – 1991
Intended for use in conjunction with guidance and instruction from a teacher or tutor, this guide provides an overview of the philosophy of quality as well as some tools used in business and industry today. Each of four sections consists of a teacher explanation of the topics followed by student worksheets with annotated teacher keys. The first…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Arithmetic, Corporate Education
Messina, Robert C., Jr.; And Others – 1994
To develop a college-wide resolution process for dealing with student concerns, Burlington County College, in New Jersey, undertook a planning effort involving the faculty, student, staff, and administrator senates in the college's governance system. Rather than appoint an administrator to lead the project, a member of the staff senate was…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Improvement Programs
Villemaire, Lorry – 1998
Designed to help adult learners realize the importance and necessity of implementing continuous quality improvement (CQI) in a rapidly changing, competitive, and modern world of work, this document presents a comprehensive explanation of CQI. The following topics are discussed in the book's introduction and seven chapters: importance of quality in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship
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