MGT 449 Quality Management and Productivity – Complete Class
All DQs, Inidvidual Assignments & Team Assignments
WEEK 1
MGT 449 Week 1 Individual Assignment – Total Quality Pioneers Paper
Resource: Quality Management for Organizational Excellence
Write a 350- to 700-word paper about one of the total quality pioneers mentioned in Ch. 1 of your textbook. Address the following in the paper:
Define quality and its elements.
Describe how the quality pioneers use of the total quality elements made the pioneer successful.
Explain why the elements of quality are useful in todays environment.
What do you foresee about the future of quality?
Include at least one additional online resource or article from the University Library to support your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
MGT 449 Week 1 Discussions
DQs 1, DQ 2, DQ 3
WEEK 2
MGT 449 Week 2 Individual Assignment – Effects of Quality Management on Domestic and Global Competition Paper
Write a 700- to 1,250-word paper in which you compare and contrast quality management at two organizations in the same industry.
One organization must compete in the domestic market and one in the global market, such as Southwest Airlines and Lufthansa.
Consider researching the airline industry, the auto industry, the electronics industry, or the pharmaceutical industry.
Complete the following in your paper:
Describe or diagram a process or procedure that is similar between the organizations. Explain the process or procedure from beginning to end.
Explain why the process or procedure produces a competitive product or service in the domestic and global markets.
Explain how quality management affects the position of the companies in the domestic and global market.
Include a minimum of two resources in addition to Quality Management for Organizational Excellence.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
MGT 449 Week 2 Discussions
DQ 1, DQ 2, DQ 3
WEEK 3
MGT 449 Week 3 Team Assignment – Strategic Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction Paper
Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper in which you discuss the strategic position, quality management approach, and customer satisfaction measurements within a company. Complete the following:
Choose a company that a team member is familiar with.
Conduct a SWOT analysis for the company.
Develop a vision and mission statement for this company along with guiding principles that incorporate quality principles.
Create the organization’s strategic plan and strategic objectives that explains and defines quality as the organizations core principles.
Include, in the strategic objectives, the tools used by the company to measure customer satisfaction. Discuss how these measurements could be used to enhance quality planning.
Formatyour paper consistent with APA guidelines.
MGT 449 Week 3 Discussions
DQ 1, DQ 2, DQ 3
WEEK 4
MGT 449 Week 4 Individual Assignment – Quality Textiles International Scenario
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Quality Textiles International
Review the University of Phoenix Material: Quality Textiles International document, located on your student website.
Obtain the mean and standard deviation of the provided data.
Create a histogram for data frequencies using the Microsoft® Excel® program. The bin range can be left blank.
You may need to download the add-in program Analysis ToolPak in Microsoft® Excel®. This add-in is required for generating the histogram data. Information on adding and using the Analysis ToolPak can be found using the Help feature in Microsoft®Excel®.
Use the histogram to determine how many points are out of control according to the upper control limit and lower control limit.
MGT 449 Week 4 Discussions
DQ 1, DQ 2, DQ 3
WEEK 5
MGT 449 Week 5 Team Assignment – Quality Improvement Implementation Paper
Resource: Hartman Industries, LLC web page
Review the Hartman Industries, LLC web page by following the link on your student website. For the purposes of this assignment, assume your team has been selected to draft a proposal with recommendations to improve the companys manufacturing processes.
Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word proposal suggesting a quality system to the management team of Hartman Industries, LLC. Work together to complete the following in your proposal:
Identify a quality management system for process or organizational improvement.
Summarize the requirements of the chosen system.
Explain how your quality management system will benefit the organization.
Define the variation you have identified in the as-is flow chart.
Detail the implementation plan for your chosen quality improvement process.
Provide examples of the quality tools you plan to use for identifying and reducing process variability.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
MGT 449 Week 5 Discussions
DQ 1, DQ 2, DQ 3
