TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Course
- EMNT502 - TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Department
- Engineering Management - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Salahi PEHLİVAN
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a comprehensive and fundamental quality policy that aims continuous improvement. This course focuses on total quality concepts and total quality approach for decision making. In addition to presenting various Total Quality Management concepts and quality improvement tools, importance of customer focus, team formation and problem solving are also underlined. The key actions that highlights importance of quality through planning, design and control are discussed. Up-to-date quality standards and award models are discussed and criticized using real life cases. Aim of the course is to give total quality concept to the students. Also the course explains total quality management decision methods.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm | Midterm | 30 |
| Final | Final | 40 |
| Presentation | Presentation | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Course Overview |
| Week 2 | Introduction |
| Week 3 | Differing perspectives on quality, the essence, basic concepts of TQM |
| Week 4 | Quality and statistical quality control overview |
| Week 5 | Principles and use of TQM |
| Week 6 | External satisfaction of a customer and its components, involving employees |
| Week 7 | Midterm |
| Week 8 | Perceptives of quality of management gurus |
| Week 9 | Perceptives of quality of management gurus |
| Week 10 | Recent trends, phylosophies and approaches to the quality management |
| Week 11 | Quality stanards and award models |
| Week 12 | Importance and method of evaluation & Selected tools and techniques of quality management |
| Week 13 | Selected tools and techniques of quality management |
| Week 14 | Quality and innovation in product and process design & Continuous process improvement & benchmarking. |
| Week 15 | - |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Foster, Thomas. (2010). Managing Quality. Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0136088503, ISBN-13: 9780136088509.
- 02 Aikens, C. Harold (2011). Quality Inspired Management: The Key to Sustainability, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0131197568, ISBN-13: 9780131197565.
- 03 Besterfield, Dale H. (2003). Total Quality Management, 3/E. Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0130993069, ISBN-13: 9780130993069.
- 04 Goetsch, David L. and Stanley Davis. (2006). Quality Management, 5/E, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0131189298, ISBN-13: 9780131189294.
Learning Outcomes
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Program Outcomes
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