Applying total quality management principles to faculty selection

This paper outlines a systematic methodology for effecting Total Quality Management in higher education decision making with particular attention to the faculty selection process. Following a brief analysis of the application of TQM to higher education in general and consideration of the contextual and power relations issues associated with implementation of TQM, a model for integrating Total Quality Management principles into the faculty recruitment, identification, and selection process is outlined. This model relates the role of vision, mission, planning and organizational design with quality concepts (understanding a system and systems theory, leadership, empowerment, client/constituet satisfaction, team building, and continuous process improvement). Drawing upon Marchese and Lawrence's (1987) work wherein they identified eight critical processes in the selection of faculty, one critical process—Defining the job is specifically analyzed using the continuous improvement methodology as an example of the specific application of TQM techniques to higher education decision making. The model and this example provide educational leaders/search committees with an enhanced framework within which they can effectively analyze and evaluate faculty selection processes, criteria for selection, and relevant contextual issues that will result in the identification and selection of the best qualified faculty available.     

《享有幸福》

在她横空出世的畅销书《等待梦醒时分》（1992）里,特丽·麦克米兰赞美了女性同盟。小说讲述了二十世纪八十年代四个住在菲尼克斯的黑人女人,     

The University of Santo Tomas viewed from the lens of total quality management: Implications to total quality education

Considered as a major management approach for improving organizational performance and competitive advantage, Total Quality Management (TQM) poses a challenge to dynamic institutions to adopt a systemic philosophy that places emphasis on customer needs and a commitment to a culture of excellence. Higher education institutions (HEIs) as learning organizations are expected to respond proactively to this challenge by examining closely how their educational centerpiece operates in an environment of quality. This inquiry aims to determine how the oldest university in Asia implements TQM as regards its Vision, Involvement, Continuous Improvement, Training and Education, Ownership, Reward, Yearning for Success, and Customer Focus (VICTORY-C). Moreover, it documents the best practices of the institution under study, categorized in the light of TQM principles and identifies implications for total quality education.     

Getting to Know Animals

Flora got to the edge of the village.＊ Mitt came with the geese. The gander（雄鹅） waddled （蹒跚而行） along. Behind him, the other＊ geese waddled in a row.     

Getting Ready to Leave

Weekly group sessions in social and life skills were offered to a class of physically handicapped school leavers. Helle Mittler, senior social worker, Manchester Child Guidance Service, and Anne Buckingham, home school liaison teacher, Telford School, Manchester, describe the group members and the sessions and offer some suggestions.     

Getting to the heart of it: understanding mentoring relationship quality from the perspective of program supervisors

ABSTRACT

Mentoring relationship quality has frequently been associated with improved effectiveness of mentoring interventions for youth. As youth mentoring research has largely been undertaken in community-based, one-to-one mentoring programs in the United States, there have been recent calls to investigate mentoring relationships in specific contexts. Accordingly, this research examines relationship quality within nine mentor-mentee dyads involved in a New Zealand school-based mentoring program that combines one-to-one and group mentoring. This research identifies key features of and perceived influences on mentoring relationship quality using qualitative interviews with program staff and mentor portfolios. The results indicate that high quality relationships were formed during the program, and were primarily facilitated by mentors who demonstrated attunement, critical self-reflection, self-efficacy, and a holistic view of their mentee. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.     

Getting to know biology through textiles

An attempt to find new ways to popularize science and encourage more women into it by demonstrating the scientific content of women's traditional work is described. The idea was to teach scientists textile knowledge and to teach those interested in textiles, science. Scientists could be given a course in textile dyeing and the textile group could illustrate a scientific problem in textiles. The plans to give a course in textile dyeing had to be postponed but the textile illustration of a scientific problem went well. Seventy students illustrated their thoughts on gene technology in six different works. Four of these were exhibited at an official commercial exhibition. One entitled ‘The Pyramid’ aroused especially strong feelings. The textile works showed that the new knowledge could be achieved through textiles.     

Getting to the Heart of Science

Kevin McCarthy sees a slight irony in the idea of inspecting the spiritual dimension of education. Nevertheless, he argues strongly that schools' response to this should be creative. The resulting policy must be a whole-school one that involves both horizontal and vertical curriculum development. In the second part of his paper he describes how, in his own school, a programme is being developed which goes beyond the mechanistic approach to science typically found in examination syllabi. Starting from the students' own perceptions, this programme considers the big issue which underlies science: that of 'the spiritual dimension'.     

给自己一个悬崖

有一个人捡到一只小鸟,就将这只小鸟带回家里,给他的孩子玩耍,孩子将小鸟与小鸡一块饲养。慢慢地,小鸟长大了,人们才发现,这只小鸟原来是一只鹰。虽然这只鹰和鸡群相处得很好,但总有人家里丢鸡。人们就怀疑是这只鹰吃了鸡,强烈要求主人将这只鹰处死。这家主人舍不得,但迫于大家的压力,他决