May 12, 2024  
Course/Program Inventory 
    
Course/Program Inventory

BUSN 2160 - Quality Improvement



Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: BUSN 2330 - Principles of Management  

Course Description:
This course is an introduction to quality management as a system through the application of statistical process control, W. Edwards Deming’s management philosophy and various quality management techniques. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Explain how statistical process control fits in to the quality management system.
  2. Interpret the relationship between quality/productivity and world market competitiveness.
  3. Evaluate the cost of quality.
  4. Describe and analyze W. Edwards Deming’s 14 points of management and his quality management philosophy.
  5. Summarize the history of quality control.
  6. Summarize the history of team management.
  7. Evaluate team management.
  8. Describe current events in the quality management field.
  9. Compute and/or construct, analyze, and apply the following evaluative methods:
    1. Flowcharts
    2. Operational Definitions
    3. Cause and Effect Diagrams
    4. Check Sheets
    5. Pareto Diagrams
    6. Histograms
    7. Run Charts
    8. Process mean, range, and standard deviation
    9. X-BAR and R and X-BAR and S variables control chart
  10. Describe the Plan, Do, Study, Act continuous improvement cycle.
  11. Evaluate rational subgrouping schemes.
  12. Identify and evaluate process state of control.
  13. Evaluate process capability.