Assessment of Quality Circles of Engineering Colleges

Vol.8 No.1

Year: 2012

Issue: August-October

Title: Assessment of Quality Circles of Engineering Colleges   

Author Name: Debaprayag Chaudhuri, Sadhan Kumar Ghosh   

Synopsis:   

The aim of this study was to assess and compare suitability of ‘quality circles’ in a variety of Engineering Colleges. Specifically, each ‘quality circle’ consisted of faculty, plus technical and support staff in the Computer Science departments. The Engineering Colleges (n=10) were randomly chosen and consisted of both government (n=2) and private colleges (n=8). The quality circle volunteers were provided with a self-report questionnaire (n=35), which was based on four divisions of: Student focus, Direction, Understanding & Accountability. To collate and classify the study, the respondent’s answers were ranked in a quantified hierarchy from True to False — typical Likert scale, and the results collated to assess the team effectiveness of each college through its quality circle.