Quality Management (3 cr)
Code: KCIPSQM-3005
General information
Enrollment
30.07.2021 - 12.09.2021
Timing
30.08.2021 - 17.10.2021
Credits
3 op
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Professional Studies in Technology
Teachers
- Heikki Heiskanen
Student groups
-
IEPIP21International Professional Studies
Objective
The student is able to understand the fundamental concepts of quality as a tool of industrial and business environment.
Content
- Introduction to quality management. What does this concept include?
- Quality standards, ISO 9000 and its derivatives, Malcom Baldridge quality award.
- Quality evaluation tools;
- Pareto analysis
- fishbone diagram
- FMEA
- QFD
- balance score card
- the Deming quality cycle, PDCA
- overview to the pioneers of quality, W. Deming, K. Ishikawa, J. Juran
Materials
Material given by lecturer, E-books
Teaching methods
Interactive lessons, excercises
Student workload
The total work load of the student is 24 hours consisting of 12 hours of scheduled lessons and 12 hours of independent work.
Content scheduling
The evaluation is based on both examination and quality of exercises, ratio between those two is 50/50
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student can answer some of arbitrary questions about the contents described above. However, the student is not able to produce any deeper picture about the entire concept.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student is clearly showing capability to understand the entire concept. He or she can give a comprehensive answer to any question related to contents.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
In addition to what is required for grade 3-4 the exercise, quality manual, must represent a complete and realistic description of a real quality manual.