Total Quality Management (TQM)

Course Description

This highly challenging course is designed to explore and understand the philosophy, methodology and system of tools created in order to maintain continuous improvement within the organisation, by adopting Total Quality Management (TQM). TQM’s main objective “doing the right things right, first time and every time” involves all departments and employees improving the processes, products or services. It also aims to reduce costs and to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of customers and stakeholders of an organisation. TQM encompasses the concepts of business and social excellence, which is a sustainable approach for an organisation towards; competition, efficiency improvement, leadership and partnership.

What Do Participants Learn?

• Identify and explain the basic concepts in Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Determine the impact of quality on profitability
• Explore the seven QC tools for data collection and analysis
• Implement a business strategy driven by Total Quality Management (TQM)
• What is necessary for successful implementation of total quality practices
• Understand the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award guidelines to TQM initiatives
• Differentiate between product quality characteristics and service quality characteristics
• Identify and explain specific tools and techniques for quality improvement

Who Should Attend?

• Business Improvement Leaders
• Quality Managers
• Anyone with an interest in improving organizational performance in a very practical way.

What Will the Learning Experience Include?

Phase: 1

Introduce

• Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
• Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
• Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.

• During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
• Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
• Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
• **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.

Phase: 2

Explore & Practice

Phase: 3

Apply

• Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
• To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
• Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
• Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)

• Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
• Participant's Evaluation
• Trainer's Evaluation

Phase: 4

EVALUATE