COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITY ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UKY 8007 QUALITY ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN AVŞAR KURGUN

Offered to

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Course Objective

The aims of this course are to equip students to define quality cost datas, to structure, do documentation, reporting and analysing of cost systems and finally to project enhancement suggestions by using quality costs as a database; for evaluating the economic performances of quality management systems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define quality costs
2   To be able to establish quality cost system
3   To be able to measure quality costs
4   To be able to analyse quality costs
5   To be able to project enhancement suggestions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cost Accounting and Purposes - Consepts of Cost and Expense - Categorizing Cost Expences
2 Concept of Quality Cost and Approaches to Categorizing Quality Costs
3 Prevention Costs - Appraisal Costs
4 Internal Failure Costs - External Failure Costs
5 Establishment, Operation and Purposes of the Quality Cost System
6 Reporting of Quality Cost System - Analyzing of Quality Cost System
7 Documentation of Quality Cost System
8 Problems of High Quality Costs and Efficient Solutions
9 Project Presentation
10 Project Presentation
11 Project Presentation
12 Project Presentation
13 Project Presentation
14 Project Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Kalite Ekonomisi, B. Tayfun ÖZENCI, O.Lütfü CUNBUL, Kalder Yayınları, 1998, Istanbul.
Kalite Maliyetleri Yönetimi, Zeynep TÜRK, Adana Nobel Kitapevi, 2010, Adana.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Class lecturing, 2) Presentation of case studies, 3)Discussion and analysis of case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.20 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 2 5 10
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 2 3 6
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.143
LO.2343
LO.34343
LO.443
LO.534433