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Information Needs Perceived as Important by Leaders in Advanced Technological Education: Alignment with Community College Program Improvement Initiatives
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Badway, Norena Norton; Somerville, Jerry – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze what leaders of Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programs funded by the National Science Foundation believe are their most important needs for research information. Data was collected through a Delphi process, and results were analyzed through frameworks associated with program improvement initiatives…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Curriculum Development, Information Needs, Community Colleges
Failures of Total Quality Management: Products of Leadership and Organizational Culture.
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Van Allen, George H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Reviews recent objections to Total Quality Management (TQM), suggesting that the reported implementation problems are a product of inadequate leadership rather than defects in the model. Indicates that compatibility between organizational culture and the tenets of TQM must exist to avoid such implementation problems. (27 citations). (MAB)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Management Systems
Evolution of TQM Principles and Practices at Jackson Community College.
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LeTarte, Clyde E.; Schwinn, Carole J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Describes the Total Quality Management (TQM) effort undertaken three years ago by Jackson Community College (JCC), in Michigan. Discusses the history of JCC, its early TQM efforts, the basic tenets of TQM, steps taken by JCC to integrate TQM practices into its evaluation methods, and benefits of TQM. (MAB)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics
Listening to the Customer: Implementing Quality Function Deployment.
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Schauerman, Sam; And Others – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Describes Yoji Akao's concept of quality function development (QFD), a strategic tool that translates the customers' quality requirements into organizational language. Examines how El Camino College's (California) application of QFD matches constituent needs to college functions. Includes an 11-item bibliography and lists El Camino College's…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges
Incorporating Social Style into Administrative Team-Building in the Community College.
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Darling, John R.; McNutt, Anne S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1996
Describes four social styles (amiable, analytical, driver, and expressive) and strengths and weaknesses associated with each. Suggests that administrative team building can be enhanced by considering individual styles. Discusses the importance of style flex, or interacting within others' comfort zones without compromising one's own style. A social…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior
A Partnership between the Dallas County Community College District and Texas Instruments: Using Total Quality Management to Reinvent Workforce Preparation.
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Wenrich, J. William – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Describes elements of a partnership between Dallas County Community College District and Texas Instruments that draws on the concepts and processes of Total Quality Management (TQM). Suggests that such partnerships have the net effect of significantly improving and reinventing cooperative efforts to prepare students for the workforce. (MAB)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Management Systems
Introducing the Human Side of Total Quality Management into Educational Institutions.
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Thor, Linda M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Drawing from the experiences of Rio Salado Community College (Arizona) in implementing Total Quality Management, discusses common barriers to change (e.g., time, aversion to change, and pitfalls of change); leadership failure as a cause of failure in TQM implementation; and the importance of constancy of purpose, employee empowerment, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Community Colleges
Strategies for Implementation: The El Camino College Total Quality Management Story.
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Schauerman, Sam; Peachy, Burt – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Traces the development of the principles and practices of Total Quality Management (TQM) at El Camino College, in California. Discusses institutional resistance to change and the need for careful implementation analysis and constituent group involvement. Includes a nine-item bibliography of theoretical and descriptive works. (MAB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Principles, College Administration, Community Colleges
Can Total Quality Management Succeed at Your College--Now? (Does Your College Meet the Essential Prerequisites and Underlying Assumptions of TQM?)
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Hammons, James O. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Defines Total Quality Management (TQM) and describes prerequisites for successful implementation, underlying assumptions, and the cultural barriers hindering implementation. Indicates that TQM's long-term benefits outweigh costs at most colleges. Urges practitioners to rate their schools with respect to the prerequisites and assumptions to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Principles, College Administration, Community Colleges