Managing for Quality in Higher Education
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Leadership and Management of Quality in Higher Education
β Scribed by Chenicheri Sid Nair, Len Webster and Patricie Mertova (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Chandos Publishing
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 216
- Series
- Chandos Learning and Teaching Series
- Edition
- 1
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- Library
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This book provides a range of case studies concerning the leadership and management of quality development in higher education. It captures the experiences of senior administrators and managers to the complexity of problems that quality development involves. The authors draw attention to the human-centred approach to quality, as they argue that in any activity there is a need to take account of human values and attitudes.
- Experiences from experts in the field
- Guide to resources that are utilized in the higher education industry
- Auditors' perceptions
β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
Front matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xxi-xxiv
List of figures and tables, Page xi
About the authors, Pages xiii-xx
1 - Growth of the quality movement in higher education, Pages 3-17, Patricie Mertova, Len Webster, Sid Nair
2 - Initiative-based quality development and the role of distributed leadership, Pages 21-36, Bente Kristensen, Lee Harvey
3 - A leadership model for higher education quality, Pages 37-53, Fernando F. PadrΓ³
4 - A framework for engaging leadership in higher education quality systems, Pages 55-71, Lorraine Bennett
5 - Quality management in higher education: a comparative study of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, Pages 75-89, Laurie Lomas, Christine Teelken, Jani Ursin
6 - Towards a culture of quality in South African higher education, Pages 91-106, Nicolene Murdoch, Anci Du Toit
7 - Auditorsβ perspectives on quality in higher education, Pages 109-119, Robyn Harris, Graham Webb
8 - Academic development as change leadership in higher education, Pages 123-135, Ranald Macdonald
9 - Quality in the transitional process of establishing political science as a new discipline in Czech higher education (post 1989), Pages 137-146, Jan Holzer
10 - Academic development and quality in Oman: mapping the terrain, Pages 147-166, Thuwayba Al Barwani, Mohamed Eltahir Osman
11 - New directions in quality management, Pages 169-185, Hamish Coates
12 - Dubaiβs Free Zone model for leadership in the external quality assurance of higher education, Pages 187-201, Martin Carroll
13 - Trends in quality development, Pages 203-213, Robyn Harris, Graham Webb
Index, Pages 215-221
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