The congruence of quality values in higher education

By R. Telford, R. Masson. 2005

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Purpose – To investigate, in the context of university education, the relationship between the congruence of the quality values held by the students, the teaching staff and the university senior management and the level of student satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach – The research was carried out within a large Business School in a major UK University through a set of focus groups and questionnaires investigating the quality values held by the three main participant stakeholders.Findings – For the case example a coherent framework of quality values relevant to higher education has been established, and the relative importance attached to each element in this framework by the different stakeholders has been identified. While many values are shared there are significant differences between the stakeholders and there is generally no student dissatisfaction on issues where the stakeholders do not share the same values.Research limitations/implications – Limited in that the research was carried out in sin...

Subfields: Education, Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations

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