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Aims and outcomes
A look at aims, objectives and outcomes of the project
Aims
The aim of this proposal is to produce solutions to the single most significant deficiency identified nationally in business and management subject review – the lack of effective Quality Management and Enhancement. The QUBE project will catalyse tangible improvements through an iterative and ongoing improvement process:
- Consult the community relating to current problems and the importance of improvement and collate the results and action points
- Develop solutions usable in diverse circumstances, including self-diagnostics
- Disseminate good practice within institutions and to key target groups
- Achieve continuance after the project is complete.
Objectives
- To create an effective network of partners which can effectively “consult and collate” on good practice in QME, drawing on their own experiences, on the literature of QM good practice and ideas arising from consultation
- To develop tools and guides which address the subject priorities for target groups which can make the most difference to improving QME in business and management
- To trial the tools and guides initially with the network and with network partners
- To refine and disseminate amongst the target groups more widely
- To achieve continuance beyond the life of the project, particularly through tools and guides within courses run by the Association of Business Schools, and AMBA, and also to establish self-sustaining networks in the business education community.
Key stakeholders
The QUBE project partners have identified key target groups who can help improve the quality of teaching and learning in business and management. For best use of resources, our partners have elected to focus on target groups (see Table 2).
Table 2
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Key target groups |
Development Partner |
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1. responsible managers within institutions (ie: Deans, deputy Deans, associate Deans, Heads of dept) |
Leeds Metropolitan University |
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2. academic staff |
Nottingham Trent University Oxford Brookes University |
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3. students |
University College Winchester |
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4. national bodies concerned with QME (incl QAA & QCA) |
Cass Business School |
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5. LTSN (BEST and Generic) |
University of Ulster |
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6. employers (plus local & regional business bodies) |
All Partners |
Cass will also interact with staff/educational developers, professional associations and national employer bodies.
Outcomes
The QUBE project will:
- ensure that the a significant proportion of the 160+institutions providing business and management education in the designated regions are aware of and stimulated to use and improve QUBE materials for improving QME
- implement a framework for self diagnosis that will enable diverse institutions to understand and gauge their QME performance, and to devise plans for action
- stimulate use of QUBE tools and materials, particularly within institutions in greatest need (based on subject review) and where it is a high local priority.
The objectives, outputs and eventual continuance will be achieved by means of an iterative annual cycle .