Quality Administration and Management in Higher Education in Nigeria: Implications for Human Resource Development

Abstract

The dynamic changes in today's world have made countries of the world masters of their own destinies. In this light, it has become noted today that 'the affluence or penury of nations depends largely on the quality of higher education'. This is informed by the fact that higher education systems of a nation is the 'machinery of manpower creation' of the nation and as a result nations have to embrace quality on a continuous basis to be able to be in touch with the realities of today's change in technological, sociological and economical dimensions. Quality higher education system will produce quality skills and quality human capacity. Therefore, in adjustment to needs for development countries such as Nigeria should embrace and implement Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Total Quality Management (TQM) in the universities and Higher Education administration for the purpose of all-round Human Resource Development. TQM and CQI implementation in the university system will go a long way in expanding the skills and capacity of the academic staffs and consequently that of the students. In effect, there will be increase in Human Capital Development across the nation and the attendant economic growth, technological growth, innovation and general Human Resource Development towards National Development. Thus, this article reviewed the literatures on quality administration and management in higher education in Nigeria with the aims of highlighting the implication of human resource development.

Articulating entrepreneurial competencies in the undergraduate curricular

“…Recently reviewed by the Department of Education ( 2018), the QAA was reported as being well respected, recognised internationally and competent at providing quality assurance services for the education sector. Similar organisations exist across other counties; for example, in Africa, it is the Governing Council, and Akerele (2008; cited in Akinyemi and Abiddin, 2013) reports similarities in the programme level documentation required and across Europe the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education has the same function. The USA has an accrediting agencies register, in which all universities have to be approved by the US Department for Education, and, in doing so, have to produce programme levels documentation as seen in other counties.…”

Manajemen kebijakan kepala madrasah dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan

“…Output pendidikan dikatakan bermutu jika hasil belajar akademik maupun non akademik siswa tinggi. Outcome dinyatakan bermutu apabila lulusan terserap di dunia kerja, gaji wajar, semua pihak mengakui kehebatan lulusan dan merasa puas (Akinyemi & Abiddin, 2013;Beerkens, 2018).…”

Perceived Organizational Support and Psychological Employment Contract Breach: A Proposed Model on the Mediating Effect of Trust

“…All these problems influences the perception of employee in the organisation thereby perceiving psychological employment contract breach. It was stated that Nigeria is faced with series of challenges resulting to industrial action which requires serious government/employer commitment [33].…”