Application of ISO 9000 Series Quality Management Standards at a Higher Education Institution: A Case of Lithuanian Maritime College

Autor/inn/en	Sencila, Viktoras; Skipariene, Ingrida
Titel	Application of ISO 9000 Series Quality Management Standards at a Higher Education Institution: A Case of Lithuanian Maritime College
Quelle	In: Quality of Higher Education, 4 (2007), S.53-73 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1822-1645
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Management Systems; Free Enterprise System; Democracy; Global Approach; Quality Control; Educational Quality; International Organizations; Foreign Countries; Standards; Strategic Planning; Marine Education; Lithuania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Freie Wirtschaft; Demokratie; Globales Denken; Qualitätskontrolle; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Ausland; Standard; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Litauen
Abstract	The European education standards assurance and pursuit of quality in education have been announced as strategic aims of the Lithuanian education system in the light of new challenges the society is facing and opportunities offered by democracy, development of market economy and globalization. One of the ways to achieve the aims mentioned above is the implementation of ISO 9000 ("International Organization for Standardization") series standards in higher education institutions. The key aim of the standards is to recommend for an organization how an efficient quality management system should be developed to encourage through its functioning continual development of an organization. The article overviews specific quality requirements for marine training, the development of ISO series standards is discussed, concepts and structures of contemporary quality management systems based on ISO regulations are analysed. The peculiarities of the application of the standards in a tertiary school are revealed and description of the quality management system and its application experience at the Lithuanian Maritime College is presented. (Contains 2 footnotes, 3 tables, and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Vytautas Magnus University, Centre for Quality of Studies. South Daukanto g. 27-314, Kaunas, LT-44249, Lithuania. Tel: +370-37-327973; Fax: +370-37-327973; e-mail: zur+amk@skc.vdu.lt; Web site: http://www.vdu.lt/skc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10