Organization, Management and Quality

Base Knowledge

General knowledge of access to higher education;
MS-Excel as  a basic user

Teaching Methodologies

Lectures to present the concepts and models of the syllabus, with the support of Powerpoint.
Practical classes in problem solving, assisted work and presentation / discussion of research work.

Learning Results

At the end of this course the student should be able to:
Identify the processes that underlie the organization and management of companies, as well as define, describe, analyze and operationalize the main concepts, theories, methodologies and practical tools for managing companies in their different functions, from the strategic to the operational level.

 

Program

Module 1-Management of organizations

»Organizations and companies; companies and its environment.

»Management functions: planning, organization, leadership and control.

»Strategic management: company positioning, analysis and diagnosis, strategic formulation.

»Marketing and strategy: General concepts of Marketing; the market, segmentation or the marketing mix.

»Organizational Behavior: The organizational structure; Human resource Management; Motivation and Leadership; The communication process; Negotiation.

»Introduction to Financial Management: The financial statements.

 

Module 2- Production and quality management

»Production management: Planning horizons, Master production plan, material requirement planning (MRP) and capacity requirements, product structure (BOM) and production routing, scheduling of operations, inventory management,” lean “systems.

»Project management: phases, planning and its graphic representation, execution and control.

»Quality management: evolution of quality concept and function, the principles of Quality, standardization and certification, ISO 9000 series standards, audits, graphic tools and statistics for Quality, non-quality costs

 

Curricular Unit Teachers

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

Mitra, Amitava; 1998; Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, Prentice Hall, London, ISBN – 0-13-645086-

Kume, Hitoshi; 1985; Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement, AOTS, Tokyo, ISBN – 4-906224-34-2