Quality management and technology is a systematic approach to organizational development, grounded in values and principles, and the systematic use of processes, methods and tools to meet customer needs.
At the academic unit for Quality Technology and Management we are engaged in research, teaching and collaboration regionally, nationally and internationally to contribute to societal development by supporting organizational development in both the public and private sectors.
The research team and teaching staff reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field with various backgrounds including economics, engineering, and behavioral science. Together, these different perspectives offer an innovative platform for research in the area of Quality Technology and Management.
Among our education programs, we offer a master's in Quality and Leadership Development, 60 credits. The training focuses on leadership for sustainable customer-oriented business development and includes continuous improvements and process development. Additionally, we offer independent courses in areas such as Lean, and provide course packages in other educational programs. We offer postgraduate education with doctoral students nationally and internationally.
Our research is both theoretical and practical in its scope with the intent to contribute to the development of Quality Technology and Management as a scientific field of study, as well as helping organizations and society to develop. Our research agenda focuses on sustainable business development with a systems perspective as a starting point and includes thematic areas such as
In the project, methods and tools are sought, tested, and developed that can support and enable entrepreneurs in the Swedish countryside to improve and develop together. The project is carried out ...
The overall aim of the project is to use the Magnet Model as a starting point to develop methodologies and working methods to increase the leaders' abilities to create a sustainable quality culture...
The project aims at developing and improving team-based methods and ways of working to create functional teams and a sustainable quality culture in collaboration with the municipality of Sundsvall.
This project focuses on special healthcare leadership teams (SSL) and what happens if/when the organization of SLL is conducted through hybrid solutions due to societal disruptions.
The purpose of this project is to identify, describe, test, and evaluate how nursing homes and community health care can become an attractive and learning workplace that, like certified magnet...
The research examines how municipalities ensure systematic quality in education from policy to the classroom. Focus includes describing the quality management model, supporting processes for...
Monday 21 June 2021
On June 18, Lilly-Mari Sten successfully presented her licentiate thesis "Understanding How to Improve Team Collaboration Within Intensive Care Unit Transitional Care from the Perspective of Quality Management".
Monday 21 June 2021
Poet and playwright Dareen Tatour from Palestine meets author and playwright Malin Nord from Östersund in a conversation about freedom of expression, resistance and the power of poetry.
09.30–10.30
Online
Monday 20 April 2020
Quality technology and management had 13 scientist represented at the internationel conference QMOD, at which scientists from 26 nations participated.
Monday 20 April 2020
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