Abstract
In this paper, we shall argue, based on experience at a Hong Kong based University, that introducing outcomes based education (OBE) to an institution where quality assurance is already well-established but where the concept and practice of OBE is entirely new entails major organizational change and requires substantial investment of resources. We shall explain how a set of organizational routines for learning outcome measurement (LOM) were developed and grafted into a mature quality assurance system of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Programme at Lingnan University, in the face of not inconsiderable resistance to change. We shall explain how the restraining forces stemmed from selection information processing, habit, structural inertia, and threat to expertise, how such resistance was manifest, and how this was eventually overcome through communication, education, facilitation and support. We shall also identify what has already been gained from operating LOM, in terms of the ability collectively and systematically to pinpoint and address specific areas of learning difficulty among the student body.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 高等教育質量保障體系建設研究"國際學術研討會論文集 = International Symposium on "Higher Education Quality Assurance |
Editors | 謝安邦, 鄭妙嫻 |
Place of Publication | 澳門 |
Publisher | 澳門理工學院 |
Pages | 298-314 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789996520273 |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2010 |
Event | International Symposium on Higher Education Quality Assurance = 高等教育質量保障體系建設研究 - Macau, Macau, Macao Duration: 7 Nov 2010 → 9 Nov 2010 http://www.mpi.edu.mo/teaching_learning/en/symposium2010.php |
Symposium
Symposium | International Symposium on Higher Education Quality Assurance = 高等教育質量保障體系建設研究 |
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Country/Territory | Macao |
City | Macau |
Period | 7/11/10 → 9/11/10 |
Other | Macao Polytechnic Institute |
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