The purpose of this research is to investigate the opinions of teachers and administrators related to the total quality management applications carried out in primary education schools. In accordance with this purpose, the opinions of the teachers (n=202) and administrators (n=74) have been gathered by the scale consisted of four dimensions and developed by Oter (2006) and the data was analyzed and assessed by statistical techniques (Mean, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis). As a result it was found that teachers and administrators have agreed on the sub-dimensions (Acceptance of TQM philosophy, Appropriateness of school structure, High level support for TQM applications, Establishment of TQM system) of Total Quality Management. There was no significant meaningful difference among teachers and administrators related to sub-dimensions with duty. There was no meaningful difference among the teachers with gender. There was meaningful difference with work duration among the opinions of teachers.
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Publication Date | September 30, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 |
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