Overviews the curriculum management audit (CMA) and compares and contrasts it with principles of total quality management (TQM), asking whether a school district can use curriculum audit principles in conjunction with TQM. Part I examines the history, critics, and practical compatibility of the CMA
Curriculum management audits are rapidly becoming powerful tools for school improvement in the United States. This book is a clear, step-by-step guide to conducting such an audit.
This document constitutes the final report of a Curriculum Management Audit of the Pasadena Unified School District. It was conducted during the time period of October 20 through November 2, 2000. A curriculum audit is designed to reveal the extent to which officials and professional staff of a school district have developed and implemented a sound, valid, and operational system of curriculum management.
Begin the transformation of the Internal Audit function by applying Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts. The book, Total Quality Auditing, How a Total Quality Mindset Can Help Internal Audit Add Real Value, presents how to put TQM concepts to work in the world of Internal Auditing. The Total Quality Auditing (TQA) Six Points of Focus including Ethics and Culture, Standards of Conduct, Customer Feedback, Lean Auditing, Balance of Audit and Consulting and Internal Audit Leadership provide a framework that can be immediately applied to increase the value of Internal Audit through proactive steps to reduced risks and improved organization effectiveness. TQA is a new and refreshing approach that will change the way Internal Audit goes to work. TQA is a teachable moment for organization leaders, CEO's, CFO's, CAE's and Internal Auditors, not of how auditing is conducted today, but how it can be transformed in the future.