The executive management (defined in Table 1) ensures that the quality policy is understood, implemented and maintained. Apart from clearly emphasizing quality objectives, management responsibility facilitates that the interrelationships and authorities of all persons whose work influences quality of student knowledge, courses and research is defined. This includes responsibility and authority of the faculty/department administration, professors (instructors), teaching/research assistants/associates, technicians and administrative/support staff. Organizational charts or responsibility matrices may serve in this mandate.