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Two Bilkent students, Devrim Dirik (IE/IV) and İsmail
Özdemir (IE/99) have won out over many professional
submissions to take first place in an article
competition organized by KALDER (Kalite Derneği)
for the Toplam Kalite Yönetimi ve Kamu Sektürü
Kongresi (Total Quality Management and Public Sector
Congress). The awards were presented at the Lütfi
Kırdar Congress and Exhibition Center on 21-22
November 2000.
The prize was for a ten page article on total quality
management techniques that included both research and
proposed solutions to public sector problems. Over 2500
people attended the congress, including politicians,
ambassadors and academicians. İsmail and Devrim were the
youngest competitors, the majority of whom were 35 and
over. There were no 2nd and 3rd winners and only two
honorable mention awards.
Total quality management in the public sector is a
developing and relatively unknown field, and İsmail and
Devrim entered the competition because they wished to
make a contribution in this area. They believe that
quality management techniques can be used successfully
in Turkey and they are planning to make this area the
focus of their future studies.
Miray Akdağ (COMD/I)
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