Creating zero-defect students

TQM Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-291

  Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^a   Willborn, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDIZATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BODIES; UNIVERSITY EDUCATION; ZERO DEFECT STUDENTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0030687409     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789710181907     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Karapetrovic, S., Rajamani, D. and Willborn, W., "The university manufacturing system: ISO 9000 and accreditation issues", to appear in the International Journal of Engineering Education.
2. Black, J.T., "Who's the customer?", Editorial, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 15 No. 1, 1996.
3. Sirvanci, M., "Are students the true customers of higher education?", Quality Progress, Vol. 29 No. 10, 1996, pp. 99-102.
4. Bailey, D. and Bennett, J.V., "The realistic model of higher education ", Quality Progress, Vol. 29 No. 11, 1996, pp. 77-9.
5. ABET's World-Wide-Web (WWW) site is http://www.abet.ba.md.us/. The criteria for mechanical engineering programme ("Program Criteria for Mechanical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs") is provided by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at http://www.asme.org/educate/abetcrit.html
6. Weller, D.L., "Benchmarking: a paradigm for change to quality education", The TQM Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 6, 1996, pp. 24-9.
7. Karapetrovic, S., Rajamani, D. and Schilling, R., "Application of quality control tools in the mechanical engineering laboratory", Proceedings of the Tenth Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, 1996, pp. 101-8.