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Singh, Leena; Das, Moumita – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Quality aims at meeting customer satisfaction through its various attributes in a product, process or system. Quality has to meet the requirements of a competitive environment, offer good price for cost and meet customer satisfaction. In the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system, quality means the special attributes of ODL, such as being…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Benchmarking
Calma, Angelito; Dickson-Deane, Camille – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: This paper explores some management concepts and how applying these concepts from business to higher education can be problematic, let alone incompatible, particularly in relation to measuring quality in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: It provides a conceptual understanding of the literature on quality in the higher…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, College Administration, Commercialization
Gonzalez, Adriana – Journal of Access Services, 2012
The library landscape is changing at a fast pace, with an increase in the demand for study space including quiet, individualized study space; open group study space; and as enclosed group study space. In large academic libraries, managing limited high-demand resources is crucial and is partially being driven by the greater emphasis on group…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Study Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
Garibay, Cecilia; Gutierrez, Humberto; Figueroa, Arturo – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
This paper proposes utilizing a combination of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD)-Kano model as a useful tool to evaluate service quality. The digital library of the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) is presented as a case study. Data to feed the QFD-Kano model was gathered by an online questionnaire that was made available to users on the…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Benson, Steve – Online Submission, 2012
In Australia, academic workloads are increasing, and university funding is decreasing. Academics and university managers are engaging in risk adverse behavior and tending to focus on customer satisfaction and student retention, potentially at the expense of academic standards. Conventional approaches to pedagogy minimize adverse student feedback,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload, Educational Finance, Retrenchment
Wright, Robert E. – College Student Journal, 2008
Numerous studies have explored the relationship between marketing efforts and firm financial performance. Studies have looked at potential lifetime value of customers, to demonstrate the value of keeping customers. Various other studies have looked at the relationship between customer satisfaction and firm performance. However, few studies have…
Descriptors: Marketing, College Students, Satisfaction, Higher Education
Berglund, Kristin M.; Ludwig, Timothy D. – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2009
Employee-based errors result in quality defects that can often impact customer satisfaction. This study examined the effects of a process change and feedback system intervention on error rates of 3 teams of retail furniture distribution warehouse workers. Archival records of error codes were analyzed and aggregated as the measure of quality. The…
Descriptors: Employees, Performance Factors, Feedback (Response), Intervention
Russell, Alene – American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2010
Outsourcing--defined as an "institution's decision to contract with an external organization to provide a traditional function or service" (IHEP, 2005)--is nothing new to higher education. For decades, institutions have been "contracting out" or "privatizing" a variety of operational functions, hoping to reduce costs,…
Descriptors: Outsourcing, College Instruction, Public Colleges, Community Colleges
Finch, Jannette L. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010
Measuring quality of service in academic libraries traditionally includes quantifiable data such as collection size, staff counts, circulation numbers, reference service statistics, qualitative analyses of customer satisfaction, shelving accuracy, and building comfort. In the libraries of the third millennium, virtual worlds, Web content and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Reference Services
Brown, Robert M.; Mazzarol, Timothy William – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
This paper outlines the findings of a study employing a partial least squares (PLS) structural equation methodology to test a customer satisfaction model of the drivers of student satisfaction and loyalty in higher education settings. Drawing upon a moderately large sample of students enrolled in four "types" of Australian universities,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Structural Equation Models, Least Squares Statistics, Student Attitudes
Nesset, Erik; Helgesen, Oyvind – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly businesslike, a shift that is transforming student loyalty into an important strategic theme for universities and colleges. This paper reports a "cross-over" study that uses well-known theories from service marketing in a new context, that of educational services addressing customer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student School Relationship, Student Attitudes
Tasie, George O. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Total quality management (TQM) strives to improve organizational functioning by carefully studying the interface between an organization's mission, values, vision, policies and procedures, and the consumer that the organization serves. Central to this approach to revitalizing economic institutions is the importance placed on client satisfaction.…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, College Students
National Education Policy Center, 2012
K12 Inc. enrolls more public school students than any other private education management organization in the U.S. Much has been written about K12 Inc. (referred to in this report simply as "K12") by financial analysts and investigative journalists because it is a large, publicly traded company and is the dominant player in the operation…
Descriptors: Evidence, Private Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance
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Sirkin, Arlene Farber – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Focuses on the customer satisfaction element of Total Quality Management (TQM) in libraries, including definition of the terms customer and customer satisfaction, determining customer expectations, complaint systems, keeping customers, and empowerment of staff. Appendices list approaches libraries and other organizations have used to improve…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Library Administration, Library Services, Organizational Theories
Swanson, Dewey A.; Phillips, Julie A. – 1998
At the Purdue University School of Technology (PST) at Columbus, Indiana, the Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy was used in the computer laboratories to better meet student needs. A customer satisfaction survey was conducted to gather data on lab facilities, lab assistants, and hardware/software; other sections of the survey included…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education