The Centre for Management Quality Research is a research centre at RMIT University. Founding Director Professor John Dalrymple commenced in November 1997 and the Centre was officially established at RMIT University by Council on the 29th of June 1998.

The Centre's Mission is to:

"undertake R&D activity in the field of Management Quality and thereby be recognised by our academic peers and by practitioners, professional bodies and public policy makers as a national and international centre of excellence in the field of Management Quality Research"

The role of the Centre is to focus on research and development in the field in a way that aligns with the misssion of RMIT University. The Centre's activities support RMIT University's committment to applied and interdisciplinary research programs.

Research Expertise

The Centre has expertise in the area of Quality Management in the Public, Manufacturing, Higher Education, Small Medium Enterprise, Industrial R&D, and Service Sectors

Examples of Projects being undertaken within the Centre include

• Business Profile Benchmarking for the Small Medium Enterprise
• An Investigation of the Deployment of Quality Management Techniques and Philosophies in the Research and Development Functions of Australian Companies
• The Development of a Coherant Theory of Quality Management
• Development and Implementation of a Clinical Risk Management System for Rural Hospitals
• The Relationship between Performance Indicators and Quality Improvement in Local Government in Victoria
• The Context, Scope and Effectiveness of Quality Strategies in Australian Universities: Development of an Implementation Model
• Supply Chain Quality Improvement - The Case of Small Horticultural Enterprises (SHE)
• The application of Quality Management principles to concessions in National Parks and other protected areas
• Strategic Management in Industry-University Interfaces: A Future Perspective
• Development of Quality Management towards competitiveness in local manufacturing industries

The Centre gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support provided by
Computing Devices Canada - A General Dynamics Company,
and the support of RMIT University.

The Centre became part of RMIT Business in January of 2001.

The Centre welcomes all inquiries from prospective students to discuss the possibility of studying either Masters or PhD degrees by Research in the broad field of Quality Management

The Centre also invites enquiries from organisations or individuals regarding the research program, publications, conferences, international visiting fellows and possibilities for local or international cooperative research.

To find contact, biography and project details of Centre staff and students see our Contact Page.

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Enquiries: warren.staples@rmit.edu.au
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