EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Status: Optional course
Period: Third year, Second semester
ECTS credits: 2
Class hours: 30 class hours lectures
Language: Bulgarian
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Course content
The course considers the European strategies and practices for quality management as a movement to achieve excellence in business. Based on best practices of leading European companies, students are introduced to the values, principles, development of ideas and approaches to quality and excellence in business. Contemporary management tools and paradigms (“quality systems”, “models of excellence”, “benchmarking”, “balanced scorecard”, etc.) are emphasized. The lectures underline the role of the “soft” factors in the strategy for evolution from quality management to organization excellence in the European business environment. The detailed study of the concepts, criteria and utilization of the Model of excellence of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM Excellence Model) increases the management knowledge and skills of the students and the opportunities for their application.
Intended learning outcomes:
By the end of the course students will know:
- The basic values and principles of quality/excellence management, the European strategy and concepts of quality and excellence in business;
- International standards for quality management (ISO 9000) and their application in Europe;
- The model of excellence of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM Excellence Model) and its application for self assessment, control and overall improvement of the organization activities.
By the end of the course students will be able:
- To use elements and systems for quality management in the organization;
- To apply the excellence criteria of the EFQM Excellence Model for self assessment/company diagnostics and improvement of planning.