Engineering course design based on Quality Function Deployment (QFD) principles: Incorporation of diverse constituencies and continuous improvement

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Desai, Anoop ^a   Thomassian, Jean Claude ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Course design; Ishikawa analysis; Quality Function Deployment

Indexed keywords

BASIC COURSE; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS; COST MINIMIZATIONS; COURSE DESIGN; ENGINEERING COURSE; ISHIKAWA ANALYSIS; LEAN THINKINGS; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; PILOT STUDIES; QUALITY ENHANCEMENTS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGIES; THOUGHT PROCESS; WIDE SPECTRUMS;

CURRICULA; DESIGN; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 78650421934     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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