“ISO 10011-1 - QUALITY AUDITING SYSTEM: FOR ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN INDIA”

Abstract

  Quality Audits means, “A systematic and independent examination to determine whether quality activities and related results comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectivesâ€.

  Quality audit may be internal or external and do not necessarily have to cover the whole system at once but may cover elements of it. The auditors having no direct responsibility in the audited area but preferably working in co-operation with the relevant personnel ensure independence. The first party audit is an audit by Engineering College on itself, i.e. an internal audit. Note that this is not necessarily on one site: internal audits can be carried out on others sites, for example, a second party audit is an audit by a Technical Institution, working on its own.

 Auditing skill means it is games such as Cricket, football etc knowing how to play is not the same as being able to play. The same is true of auditing. The following hints and suggestion will help the good auditor, but there must be continuous efforts to try to improve these skills and techniques. The good auditor will know that the main skills needed are: Time Management; fact Finding; and Reporting, etc.  

Key Word:  Delivery system, external audit, Internal Audit , Quality Audit, Time Management, Total Quality Circle, Third party auditing,