Quality management has evolved to become an internationally sought-after and rewarding career. The body of knowledge for quality management has expanded to include, among other things, leadership, communication, strategy, and technical skills in quality and project management. This course aims to develop participants' skills and provide them with the tools and methodologies that will enable them to shift into this rewarding career. The course will showcase quality professionals' most common tools and methodologies. Moreover, it will highlight the leadership traits that every quality professional should develop and the team development cycle that a quality team should go through.
Course Methodology
The course's exercises, workshops, presentations, role-plays, and group discussions are meant to challenge the participants while making the course enjoyable. Assessments and gap analysis tools will be used throughout the course. Videos will also be shown to emphasize and clarify specific learning points.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Explain the role and impact of leadership in supporting quality management systems
Assess the importance of quality in organizations and various quality schools and teachings by quality gurus
Summarize some of the common improvement methodologies and practices
Describe team dynamics and the role of teams in supporting continual improvement projects
Evaluate the most commonly used quality philosophies and tools and use the appropriate ones within their organization
Target Audience
Individuals, leaders, supervisors, and all those engaged in quality management implementation and improvement of organizational performance.
Target Competencies
Quality management
Quality control and assurance
Applying quality tools
Leadership
Team management
Using quality methodologies
Course Outline
Leadership and Management in Quality
Definition, similarities, and differences
Can leadership be taught and developed?
Traits of a leader in quality management
The role of leadership in supporting quality management systems
Situational leadership in quality
Quality Basics and Definitions
Definition and history of quality
Quality management systems (ISO9001)
Benefits of implementing a quality model
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Cost Of Poor Quality (COPQ)
The seven quality secrets
National quality and excellence awards
Quality gurus and schools
Improvement Methodologies and Practices
House of Quality and Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Six Sigma methodology
Lean thinking
Lean principles
Eight wastes of Lean (MUDA)
5S and Poka Yoke
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Building Teams in a Quality Management System
The importance of teams in quality management projects