QUALITY IN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION

Authors
Citation
B. Bergman, QUALITY IN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION, Total quality management, 6(5-6), 1995, pp. 487-496
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Management
Journal title
ISSN journal
09544127
Volume
6
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
487 - 496
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-4127(1995)6:5-6<487:QIAL-A>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
In this paper the application of industry-developed principles of tota l quality management (TQM) to a university setting is discussed. In so me aspects, universities already have an advantageous situation for th e application of TQM while in some others mon universities have a very long way to go. Some cultural and decentralization aspects are positi ve while, for example, bureaucracy and self-sufficiency are on the neg ative side.