Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia

Introduction: Of late education organisations have been held accountable to address quality-related questions. EveI)' institution of higher education is subjected to an increasing demand for quality assurance. the underlying concern being the degree to which the "totality of the features a...

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Main Authors: Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Abdul Rashid, Adnan
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2009
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spelling iium-14292011-11-23T01:41:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1429/ Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham Abdul Rashid, Adnan LB2300 Higher Education Introduction: Of late education organisations have been held accountable to address quality-related questions. EveI)' institution of higher education is subjected to an increasing demand for quality assurance. the underlying concern being the degree to which the "totality of the features aad characteristics of the organisation's product or service bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs" (International Standard Organisation 1986 definition. emphasis added). This means that higher earning institutions are expected to deliver products and services at some acceptable level of utility or benefit, specifically with respect to their core business teaching and learning. To address this pressing concern, education organisations have been assessing themselves by asking questions such as, "(1) How well are we doing compared to others, (2) how good do we want to be, (3) who is doing it the best, (4) how do they do it, (5) how can we adapt what they do in our institution, and (6) how can we be better thaa the best?" (Alslele, 1995: 2). IIUM Press 2009 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1429/1/Benchmarking_of_postgraduate_programmes_in_education_in_Malaysia.pdf Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki and Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham and Abdul Rashid, Adnan (2009) Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia. In: Strengthening higher education for a successful workforce. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 37-54. ISBN 9789675272066 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/Products/112-wwwgooglecom.aspx
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Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
Abdul Rashid, Adnan
Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia
description Introduction: Of late education organisations have been held accountable to address quality-related questions. EveI)' institution of higher education is subjected to an increasing demand for quality assurance. the underlying concern being the degree to which the "totality of the features aad characteristics of the organisation's product or service bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs" (International Standard Organisation 1986 definition. emphasis added). This means that higher earning institutions are expected to deliver products and services at some acceptable level of utility or benefit, specifically with respect to their core business teaching and learning. To address this pressing concern, education organisations have been assessing themselves by asking questions such as, "(1) How well are we doing compared to others, (2) how good do we want to be, (3) who is doing it the best, (4) how do they do it, (5) how can we adapt what they do in our institution, and (6) how can we be better thaa the best?" (Alslele, 1995: 2).
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author Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
Abdul Rashid, Adnan
author_facet Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
Abdul Rashid, Adnan
author_sort Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
title Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia
title_short Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia
title_full Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia
title_fullStr Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in Malaysia
title_sort benchmarking of postgraduate programmes in education in malaysia
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/1429/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/1429/1/Benchmarking_of_postgraduate_programmes_in_education_in_Malaysia.pdf
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