Globalization and Growth or Total Quality in Higher Education

Globalization and Growth: Case Studies in National Economic Strategies

Author: Richard H K Vietor

GLOBALIZATION AND GROWTH: CASE STUDIES IN NATIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES explores the major developmental trajectories that have defined the recent history of economic growth. These cases empirically describe the strategies of China, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Poland and the Czech Republic, Europe and the United States. The cases are as much political and institutional as they are economic and are based on Harvard Business School's way of teaching analytical methodology for managers called "country analysis," which is a method of identifying the economic performance, social and political context, and national development strategy of a country or region.

Table of Contents:

1. Savings, Productivity and Structured Growth. Case Study: Singapore Inc.
2. Gradual Transition from a Planned Economy. Case Study: China: Facing the 21st Century.
3. Import Substitution to Washington Consensus. Case Study: India on the Move.
4. State Socialism's Disintegration. Case Study: Russia: The End of a Time of Troubles? Conceptual Note: The State.
5. Structural Adjustment Beyond the Washington Consensus. Case Study: Mexico: The Unfinished Agenda.
6. Regional Free Trade Amidst Instability. Case Study: Brazil: Embracing Globalization?
7. The African Renaissance. Case Study: South Africa: Getting in GEAR.
8. Islamic Resurgence. Case Study: Saudi Arabia: Getting the House in Order. Industry Note: World Oil Markets.
9. Regional Integration. Case Study: European Monetary Union.
10. Monetary Union and Microeconomic Competitiveness. Case Study: Italy: A New Commitment to Growth.
11. The Limits of Managed Growth. Case Study: Japan: Beyond the Bubble.
12. Deficits, Debt and Defense. Case Study: Excerpts from Economic Report of the President, 2003.

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Total Quality in Higher Education

Author: Ralph G Lewis

This book provides a framework for implementing total quality principles in the college or university environment. It includes the history and principles of quality management and an assessment of factors in the college and university environment that are leading to serious questions concerning higher education effectiveness and efficiency.

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For both academic and administrative members of the college and university communities, introduces the principles of total quality management, and provides a framework and practical information for their implementation. Includes case studies and journal articles and a chapter on ISO 9000 in training and education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)