Course detail

Quality of Goods in Business Venture

FP-PjoKAcad. year: 2020/2021

The course addresses the problems related to the significance of quality in business venture and its role in the world markets.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have a clear idea of modern approaches to the quality management at company, including the most frequently used quality management systems, namely according to the norms ISO 9000, TQM and EFQM.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of the organization and managerial functions of the company, understanding of importance of customer in market economy.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures consist of an explanation of basic principles, methodology of the discipline, problems and their solutions.
Exercises promote the practical mastery of subject presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course completion:
Credit: elaboration of semester work.
Exam: written form. The student will receive two questions, the answers to which he has a limited time. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale.

Completion of the course for students with individual study:
Credit: elaboration of a semester work, which will be sent to the lecturer.
Exam: written form. The student will receive two questions, the answers to which he has a limited time. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale.

Completion of the course in distance form:
Credit: elaboration of semester work.
Exam: test through e-learning. The exam is classified according to the ECTS scale.

Course curriculum

Topics of lectures are as follows:
Topics of lectures are as follows:
Introduction — terminology, quality development
The national policy of the quality support
The quality Loop
Basic methods for quality control
Consumer protection
Customer satisfaction
Quality management systems according to ISO 9000, TQM and EFQM
The Economics of quality
The strategy of the company quality
The methods and techniques of evaluation products
Self-evaluation in quality systems
The trends in the development of quality

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with necessary theoretical foundation and methodology from the field of products and services quality. It also focuses on mastering modern approaches to the quality assurance, management, and improvement of products as well as corporate processes in companies.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Control of results of independent work on specified tasks.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BARTES,F. Quality Management. Řízení jakosti. VUT v Brně. VUT v Brně, 2005.
FREHR,H.U. Total Quality Management. Brno: Unis publishing, 1995.

Recommended reading

MIZUNO,S. Řízení jakosti. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1998.
VEBER,J. Řízení jakosti a ochrana spotřebitele. Praha: Grada Publishing.2002.
NENADÁL,J. a kol. Moderní systémy řízení jakosti. Praha: Management, 1998.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-KS Master's

    branch MGR-PFO-KS , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

16 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are as follows:
Introduction — terminology, quality development
The national policy of the quality support
The quality Loop
Basic methods for quality control
Consumer protection
Customer satisfaction
Quality management systems according to ISO 9000, TQM and EFQM
The Economics of quality
The strategy of the company quality
The methods and techniques of evaluation products
Self-evaluation in quality systems
The trends in the development of quality

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

25 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are as follows:
Introduction — terminology, quality development
The national policy of the quality support
The quality Loop
Basic methods for quality control
Consumer protection
Customer satisfaction
Quality management systems according to ISO 9000, TQM and EFQM
The Economics of quality
The strategy of the company quality
The methods and techniques of evaluation products
Self-evaluation in quality systems
The trends in the development of quality