Volume : 5, Issue : 6, June - 2016

FACTORS INFLUENCING QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN PERCEPTION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Dr. M. Surya Kumar, Ms. S. Sasikala

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;The word Quality has been deeply rooted in people that it attains different meaning in varying context. Engineering Education sector which emaced Quality before two decades in India has currently different types of framework to adopt Quality and its certification viz., NBA, NAAC, ISO 9001:2008 and so on. Particularly students&amp;rsquo; way of attributing quality will be different from faculty, public and others. The way teaching learning process is expected by the auditing or inspecting agencies are different from the way it is implemented. Engineering as a profession demands core attributes such as problem solving abilities, analytical skills, communication skills, interpersonal skills, decision- making skills and the new millennium imposes additional demands such as learning ability, lifelong learning, skill to work in a team, creativity, innovation, integration skills, ability to master knowledge from neighboring disciplines, communication to sustainable development. Students are the direct beneficiary of Quality management practices. This study is significant for the below reason: &amp;bull; GARRETT ranking is used to rank which factor influencing Quality management and it is resulted that Academic activities&amp;amp; Image of the institution and Infrastructure facilities available inside the campus are the factors influencing Quality Management among engineering college students, which will make the researchers and other people to know exactly about one of the factors which affects quality management among the students&lt;/p&gt;</p>