Course Title: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Course Code: ____________
Course Objective
The course has been designed by keeping in view the significance of standard. Quality requirement
in the Global trade. It covers the principles and concepts of Quality systems along with their
application to manufacturing and service industries.
Course Contents
The course has been designed to focus on the introduction of the comprehensive framework
of Total Quality Management. It covers the principles and concepts of Quality Systems along
with their application to manufacturing and service industries. The broad outlines of this
course are: Definition, types, dimensions and paradigm of quality. History of quality
evolution, Elements of total quality management organizing for Total Quality Management.
Productivity and quality. The cost of quality. Tools and techniques of quality management
ISO standards of quality.
Quality Management
Definition of Quality
Quality Movement
Taguchi Approach
The Malcolm Baldridge National Q. Award
ISO 9000
Quality Management Concepts
Cost of Quality
Responsibility
Just-in, time Manufacturing. (JII)
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Reading Books
1. Thompson fr, Arthur A. A.d. Strickland III; Strategic Management: Concepts and
cases, 10th Edition, Irwin McGraw-Hill.
2. Omachonu, Vincent K. and Ross, Joel E., 1995, Principles of Total Quality. New
Delhi: S. Chand & Co.
3. Sarkar, Debashis, 2001. The Managers Handbook for Total Quality Management. New
Delhi: Beacon Books
4. Brocka, Bruce and Brocka, M. Suzanne Essentials of Quality Management. Homeword,
Illinois.