Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education: A Review
With the world becoming flat with fluid boundaries, engineers have to be global in their outlook and their pedigree. Due to the need for international acceptance of engineering qualification, the incorporation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has become common and global accreditation treaties such...
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| author | Rao Naveed Bin Rais Muhammad Rashid Muaaz Zakria Sajjad Hussain Junaid Qadir Muhammad A. Imran |
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| description | With the world becoming flat with fluid boundaries, engineers have to be global in their outlook and their pedigree. Due to the need for international acceptance of engineering qualification, the incorporation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has become common and global accreditation treaties such as the Washington Accord have been ratified. Further, it becomes important, especially for an engineering university with a global outlook preparing its students for global markets, to ensure that its graduates attain the planned outcomes. Additionally, the higher education institutions need to make sure that all the stakeholders, including students, parents, employers, and community at large, are getting a quality educational service, where quality is categorized as (1) product-based ensuring that the graduate attained the planned outcomes and skills, and (2) process-based keeping an eye on whether the process is simple, integrated, and efficient. The development of quality movements, such as Total Quality Movement (TQM), Six Sigma, etc., along with quality standards such as ISO 9001 has been instrumental in improving the quality and efficiency in the fields of management and services. Critical to the successful deployment of a quality culture is the institutionalization of an integrated Quality Management System (QMS) in which formally documented processes work according to the Vision and Mission of an institute. At the same time, commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) to close the loop through effective feedback, would ensure that the planned outcomes are attained to the satisfaction of all the stakeholders, and that the process overall is improving consistently and continuously. The successful adoption of quality culture requires buy-in from all the stakeholders (and in particular, the senior leadership) and a rigorous training program. In this paper, we provide a review of how a QMS may work for the provision of quality higher education in a 21st-century university. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8e400909d81437cbefc03035c6067872023-12-03T14:42:31ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-01-011124510.3390/educsci11020045Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education: A ReviewRao Naveed Bin Rais0Muhammad Rashid1Muaaz Zakria2Sajjad Hussain3Junaid Qadir4Muhammad A. Imran5Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajman University, 346 Ajman, UAEDepartment of Computer Engineering, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 715, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology University, Lahore 54700, PakistanJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UKDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology University, Lahore 54700, PakistanJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UKWith the world becoming flat with fluid boundaries, engineers have to be global in their outlook and their pedigree. Due to the need for international acceptance of engineering qualification, the incorporation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has become common and global accreditation treaties such as the Washington Accord have been ratified. Further, it becomes important, especially for an engineering university with a global outlook preparing its students for global markets, to ensure that its graduates attain the planned outcomes. Additionally, the higher education institutions need to make sure that all the stakeholders, including students, parents, employers, and community at large, are getting a quality educational service, where quality is categorized as (1) product-based ensuring that the graduate attained the planned outcomes and skills, and (2) process-based keeping an eye on whether the process is simple, integrated, and efficient. The development of quality movements, such as Total Quality Movement (TQM), Six Sigma, etc., along with quality standards such as ISO 9001 has been instrumental in improving the quality and efficiency in the fields of management and services. Critical to the successful deployment of a quality culture is the institutionalization of an integrated Quality Management System (QMS) in which formally documented processes work according to the Vision and Mission of an institute. At the same time, commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) to close the loop through effective feedback, would ensure that the planned outcomes are attained to the satisfaction of all the stakeholders, and that the process overall is improving consistently and continuously. The successful adoption of quality culture requires buy-in from all the stakeholders (and in particular, the senior leadership) and a rigorous training program. In this paper, we provide a review of how a QMS may work for the provision of quality higher education in a 21st-century university.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/2/45outcome based educationhigher educationquality management systemsengineering education |
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| title | Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education: A Review |
| title_full | Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education: A Review |
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| title_short | Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education: A Review |
| title_sort | employing industrial quality management systems for quality assurance in outcome based engineering education a review |
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