MANE 6319 - Quality Management Systems
Quality Pioneer Report - Overview
Overview
As a group, you will prepare a written technical report focusing on a quality pioneer. Your group will select a quality pioneer, research his/her career and contributions and prepare a written report with references. Quality pioneers, some of which were studied, include Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, Philip Crosby, Genichi Taguchi, Mikel Harry and Shigeo Shingo. You may also select other quality pioneers with my approval. Your report will be submitted electronically through group Quality Pioneer Drop Box (BlackBoard).
Assignment to groups will be determined by the instructor. Given the short amount of time in a summer course, this arrangement is necessary. Team size is usually three to four members.
The report is explained in greater detail below. I will try to accommodate everyone's selection of a quality pioneer but you may not receive your first choice. Order of preference will be based upon order of submission.
Milestones
In the course of completing the Quality Pioneer Report, you will complete the following assignments.
- Submit selection of quality pioneer for report. Please submit three people and rank your selections (Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 1),
- Submit a bibliography with a minimum of one journal and one book reference. You may not use the course textbook as your book reference (Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 2),
- Submit draft of biography (Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 3),
- Submit draft of contributions (Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 4),
- Submit draft of key elements contributions (Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 5), and
- Submit final report (Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 6.)
Report
You will prepare a professional type-written report containing references and a bibliography describing your quality management pioneer and the relationship between his/her contribution and total quality management. You will prepare the following submissions in preparation of your Final Quality Pioneer Report submission:
- Bibliography
- Biography
- Quality Management Contributions
- Discussion of Key Elements Contributions
Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of references used in a research paper. As part of your first learning objective, you will provide a one-page document containing your bibliography. You are required to find a minimum of one journal article and one book reference containing information about your quality pioneer that you will use in your report (you may not use your textbook as the book reference).
Biography
The biographical section is a summary of the life of your selected quality management pioneer. Your biography should contain as much information about your subject as possible; where and when he/she was born, when he/she died, where he/she was educated, work experiences and awards. The biography should not contain a description of the contributions of your pioneer to the field of quality management.
Contributions to Quality Management
The contributions section contains the information regarding the contributions that your pioneer made to the field of quality management. List and explain the contributions of your quality management pioneer. Include a discussion of the importance of the contributions to the field of quality management.
Discussion of Key Elements
The discussion section of your report contains a discussion of the 11 critical elements for quality management found on pages 7-8 of your textbook (or in Figure 1-2 on page 4). Discuss how the contributions of your quality management pioneer addresses each key element.
Formatting and Submissions
The text of your report (excluding the bibliography) must be a minimum of five pages. You may use double-spacing with 12 point fonts and 1" margins. You will submit a rough draft that I will critique and return to you. The rough draft will be submitted as document using the assignment drop box. You will submit your final report in two different manners. The first method for my grading is to place a document in the final Quality Pioneer drop box. You will also post a text version of your report in the Learning Objective One Report Discussion Area. In a future Learning Objective One assignment, you will compare your quality management pioneer with a different quality management pioneer.
Grading
Groups will submit each Quality Pioneer to the appropriate drop box. The submission of your draft section will be assessed using rubric contained in the drop box. Each draft submission will count towards the Participation grade. In addition to the Participation score, your instructor will provide detailed evaluation of the content of your submission. This evaluation information is not a component of the Participation grade and is intended to improve the quality of the final report.
Your final Quality Pioneer report will be evaluated using the following rubric.
| Component | Weight |
|---|---|
| Biography | 20% |
| Contributions to Quality Management | 30% |
| Discussion of Key Elements | 30% |
| Bibliography | 10% |
| Spelling, Grammar and References | 10% |
Quality Pioneer Report Schedule
The final schedule for the development of the Quality Pioneer Report is provided below.
| Course Week | Assignment | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 1 | 6/19/2024 |
| 4 | Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 2 | 7/10/2024 |
| 7 | Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 3 | 7/24/2024 |
| 8 | Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 4 | 7/31/2024 |
| 9 | Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 5 | 8/7/2024 |
| 10 | Quality Pioneer Report Assignment 6 | 8/16/2024 |