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Driving innovation and continuous improvement with regard to ecological, environmental and human sustainability is essential for win–win globalization. That calls for research on strategic and monitoring planning to manage globalization and technological and scientific change. This paper describes a new basic function of the university institution ‘to teach students to be critical about any kind of information’ and presents perspectives, efforts and three proposals for the establishment of a system for managing globalization and technological and scientific change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SUMMARY This paper is divided into three sections. First, a summary of recent developments in the so-called 'quality movement' is given. Next, a discipline entitled 'stochastics for the quality movement' is proposed. Finally, a global network to promote, implement and develop world-wide research and education in 'stochastics for the quality movement' is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduces a series of articles about total quality management.

Provides information on computer software and networks, open universities and other institutions offering distance education programs. Chronological data concerning the founding of distance learning institutions in the world.