COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE AND ITS APPLICATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5044 QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE AND ITS APPLICATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FAHRIYE HILAL HALICIOĞLU

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

The course aims to explain the philosophy and basic principles of Quality Management in architecture. Also, the course focuses on quality improvement/development techniques. The course includes key topics with respect to quality management such as quality, cost of quality, customer satisfaction, continual improvement, process improvement, total quality management, quality assurance systems, quality improvement/development techniques, quality function deployment, implementations of quality management in the building design and construction.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the important of quality in the life cycle of the building projects
2   Having skills to apply quality management methods in the life cycle of the building projects
3   Improving information and skills concerning quality management in building design and construction
4   Being able to make team working with disciplines related and having leadership qualities
5   Being capable of monitoring technological developments aimed at quality improvements in building design and construction process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction 1.1. Information about the aims, methods and references of the course 1.2. Information about research assignments
2 Definition of management and quality 2.1. Historical development of quality 2.2. Important of quality in the life cycle of the building projects
3 Organization of quality 3.1. Types of organization in building design and construction process 3.2. Factors affecting quality
4 Quality management 4.1. Total quality management 4.2. History of quality management 4.3. Quality plan 4.4. Philosophy of quality management: Approaches of Phill Crosby, Dr. Deming, Juran, and Feigenbaum.
5 Quality improvement/development methods 5.1. Benchmarking 5.2. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis 5.3.Six Sigma 5.4.Quality Function Deployment
6 Total Quality Management 6.1.Total quality management in the building design and construction process 6.2.Quality Assurance System and ISO 9000
7 Application of quality management methods
8 Examination of quality management implementations in the life cycle of the building projects
9 Examination of quality management implementations in the life cycle of the building projects
10 Application of Quality Function Deployment for building projects
11 Mid-term exam
12 Student seminars on research topics
13 Student seminars on research topics
14 Student seminars on research topics Submission of the research assigment

Recomended or Required Reading

- Akao, Y. (1990). Quality function deployment QFD, Integrating Customer Requirements into product design. Portland, Oregon: Productivity Press.
- Arditi, D. & Günaydın, H. M. (1997). Total quality management in the construction process. International Journal of Project Management, 15 (4), 235-243.
- Burati, J. L., Matthews, M. F., & Kalidindi, S. N. (1991).Quality management in construction industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 117 (2) 341-359.
- Halıcıoğlu, F. H. (2005). Kalite Fonksiyon Yayılımı Yönteminin Mimarlıkta Uygulanmasına Yönelik Model Önerisi ve Bir Bina Projesi Kapsamında Irdelenmesi, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 27 Mayıs, Izmir.
- Halıcıoğlu, F. H., (2005), The Important Role of Quality Function Deployment in the Building Design and Construction Process, 11th International Symposium on Quality Function Deployment, September 26-30, pp. 201-215

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, research assignment, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RPT REPORT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.10 +RPT * 0.20 +PRS * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.10 +RPT * 0.20 + PRS * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)
Term paper % 20 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)
Presentation % 20 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)
Final exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture
Department of Architecture
hilal.halicioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 22 22
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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