Quality- and environmental management systems (5 cr)

Objective

You know the mostly used quality and environmental management standards, principles and concepts. You know what quality policy means in an organization and how it is implemented. You identify both quality and environmental management systems as tools of leadership. You are able to define quality goals as well as to determine the processes that quality objectives are achieved with through quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement. You know the environmental management system to improve environmental management and environmental protection and the effectiveness in the organization. You know and recognize the environmental management system and its possible business benefits.???

Content

What is the goal of quality management?
What are the most essential quality standards and environmental management system requirements, and how are they applied in practice?
What is quality management and what kind of specific quality management systems are in use?
What are the benefits achieved by using an environmental management system?
What kind of guidance is available for the introduction of an environmental management system?

Evaluation

Students can
a) use professional vocabulary systematically.
b) look for information in the key information sources of the field.
e) use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
You will know the most used quality and environmental management standards, principles and concepts. You know what means the quality policy of the organization and how it is implemented. Identify both quality and environmental management systems as a part of leadership tool. You are able to define quality goals, as well as to determine the processes that quality objectives are achieved as quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement. You know the environmental management system improve environmental management and environmental protection and the effectiveness in the organization. You know and recognize the environmental management system and possible business benefits.

Blended track:
You make a development project related to the contents of the course, and report this verbally and in written form. The scope and extent of the project must comply with the theorethical and practical aims of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

a) use professional vocabulary systematically.
b) look for information from the key information sources of the field.
e) use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field