BSS Business School

BSS Master Diploma in Quality Management

Part I : Introduction to Quality Management

  • Perspectives on Quality

  • Approaches and Philosophies in Quality Management

  • Quality Culture

  • Concept of Total Quality Management

  • The TQM Philosophy (Juran, Ishikawa, Taguchi, Deming, Baldrige)

  • Implementation of Total Quality Management

  • Benefits of Total Quality Management

  • The Continuous Improvement Philosophy

  • Total Quality Assurance

  • Quality Management Systems (ISO 9000 & Total Quality)

  • Developing Quality Manuals for Organizations

  • Case Studies

Part II : Requisites for Quality Management

  • Organizing for Quality Management

  • Employee Empowerment for Quality

  • Role of Leadership

  • Interpersonal Relations Issues

  • Employee Education and Training

  • Strategies for Implementing Quality Programs

  • Role of Quality in Strategic Management

  • Role of Quality in Services

  • Increasing Customer Value through Quality

  • Quality Management and Ethics

  • Case Studies

Part III : Quality Management in Manufacturing

  • Overview of the Quality Tools

  • Management Tools - Problem Solving and Decision Making

  • 5S Principles or Kaizen Theory and Pokayoke Tool

  • Tool Design Review

  • Production and Product Development Tools

  • Tools in Design of the Experiments

  • Overview of Statistical Quality Control (SQC) Techniques

  • Optimizing and Controlling through SQC

  • Seven Tools of SQC

  • Quality Problems & Quality Error Mapping

  • Benchmarking - Process and Issues

  • Acceptance Sampling Techniques

  • Process Capability Studies

  • Six Sigma Approaches

  • Case Studies

Part IV : Quality Management in Services

  • Services and Quality

  • Customer's view of Service Quality

  • Getting started on Service Quality

  • SERVQUAL and its applications

  • Marketing quality services to customers

  • Service Quality in Financial Services

  • Service Quality in Airlines

  • Service Quality in Hotel industry

  • Service Quality in Health Care industry

  • Delivering Service Quality on the Internet

  • Case Studies