Description

This course investigates the concept of “quality” in organizational culture, and how it has developed over time. A number of quality-improvement techniques will be explored, such as employee empowerment, quality-improvement tools, cross-functional teams, leadership for quality, continuous learning, process management, Taguchi methods, ISO 9000 standards, and the role of inspection in quality management. Issues concerning the implementation of methods such as Total Quality Management (TQM) will also be studied.