Contributing to the Emiratization Process via Deployment of TQM Approach in Developing Skills at Higher Education Institutions

This paper reflects on how a TQM approach can be deployed by Higher Education Institutions in order to develop employability skills that the author re-terms as Capability Building skills, in graduates thereby assisting the Emiratization process at grass root level. The author basis the paper on the fact that HEI’s have a large role to play in the socio-development of the country.(Jasim Al-Ali, 2008)maintains a comprehensive list of factors identified as barriers to the Emiratization process. The author maintains many of these issues can be worked on utilizing the TQM principles of continuous improvement, customer focus, the input, process and output model and applying these to the delivery model at Higher Education institutions in UAE. Abiding by the general practices in academia, UAE universities as well produce graduate competencies/skills in addition to the conceptual knowledge. Within this piece, a novel dimension signifying the substance and value adding property of Higher Education institutions inculcated with TQM factors and models shall surface in contributing to Emiratization process – a key UAE policy.