Principles of Quality Management Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

BMGT-2331-001 Principles of Quality Management

Prerequisites

Course Description

Quality of productivity in organizations. Includes planning for quality throughout the organization, analysis of costs of quality and employee empowerment. Students will participate in various group designs and interactively learn quality tools with an organizational focus on continuous quality improvement.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Online Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Quality Management for Organizational Excellence, Introdution to Total Quality, Authors; Davd L. Goetsch and Stanley B. Davis . 6th Edition, ISBN 13: 978-0-13-501967-2

Supplies

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Student Performance

\ Quality of productivity in organizations. Includes planning for quality throughout the organization, analysis of costs of quality and employee empowerment. Students will participate in various group designs and interactively learn quality tools with an organizational focus on continuous quality improvement.

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• \ Understand the Philosophy and Concepts of Quality Management
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• \ Use the Total Quality approach to Quality Management: Achieving Organization Excellence
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• \ Understand the relationship between Quality and Global Competitiveness
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• \ Develop and core understanding on how Quality Management, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility effect competition
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• \ Understanding what is a Quality Culture and how to Develop it in an Organization
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• \ Compare and Contrast various quality programs such as ISO 9000, TQM, and Six Sigma
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Expected Student Behavior

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Grading Criteria

\ 90-100%          =          A Excellent

\ 80-89%            =          B Above Average, Very Good

\ 70-79%            =          C Average, Good

\ 60-69%            =          D Poor, but passing

\ Below 60%       =          F Failing

Attendance

\ Students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled class meetings. Although this is an online class regular attedance is very important and could impact your overall grad.  Should you miss a class, it is your responsibility to determine what you have missed and take appropriate actions.  Please obtain the names and phone numbers of at least two of your fellow classmates and contact them about anything you have missed.

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Additional Information

  There is no general make up policy for this class. However, the instructor does reserve the right to allow any variance to this policy. Examinations may consist of essay, true or false, multiple choice, matching, or short answer questions and a research paper.  final examination may be comprehensive. Final grade will be determined by dividing total number of points by the number of tests and projects. Instructor reserves the right to subjectively influence the final grade relative to class attendance, participation and attitude. In this course the cases account for 20% of the grade and the exams combine for 80% of the course grade.