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Post Graduate Diploma in Total Quality Management

Postgraduate Diploma

Develops quality leaders, managers and consultants capable of designing, implementing, monitoring and continually improving quality management systems across sectors.

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Program Highlights

Program Highlights A Pathway to a Successful Business Career

Lean & Six Sigma

Apply Lean, Kaizen and Six Sigma methodologies to improve performance.

Quality Auditing & Compliance

Conduct internal and external quality audits and manage compliance.

Capstone QI Project

Design and evaluate an organisational quality improvement intervention.

The programme provides comprehensive knowledge of quality philosophies, Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, ISO standards, risk management and organisational excellence models.

The Post Graduate Diploma in Total Quality Management programme gave me practical, industry-relevant skills I use every day.

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Programme Outcomes

Graduates will explain the philosophy and principles of TQM, design quality management systems aligned with ISO standards, apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, and lead strategic quality improvement projects.

  • Design and implement quality management systems aligned with ISO standards.
  • Apply Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Conduct quality audits and lead organisational excellence initiatives.

Programme Curriculum

The full module structure of this programme is set out below.

  • Evolution of quality management and quality pioneers (Deming, Juran, Crosby, Ishikawa)
  • Principles of TQM and customer focus
  • Continuous improvement and organizational excellence
  • Cost of quality and quality culture
  • ISO 9001:2015 requirements
  • Documentation and records management
  • Process approach and risk-based thinking
  • Certification processes and integrated management systems
  • Lean philosophy and the eight wastes (TIMWOODS)
  • Value stream mapping
  • 5S workplace organisation
  • Standard work, pull systems and flow optimisation
  • DMAIC methodology
  • Statistical process control and control charts
  • Process capability analysis
  • Root cause analysis and design of experiments
  • Kaizen philosophy and the PDCA cycle
  • Suggestion systems and Gemba
  • Daily management and team-based improvement
  • Visual management and sustaining improvements
  • Seven Basic Quality Tools
  • Seven Management and Planning Tools
  • Pareto analysis, fishbone diagrams and histograms
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Process mapping and process ownership
  • Workflow analysis and process redesign
  • Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
  • Process performance indicators and automation
  • Customer requirements and Voice of the Customer (VoC)
  • Service quality and customer satisfaction measurement
  • Complaint management and customer loyalty
  • Service recovery and customer-centric culture
  • Audit principles and audit planning
  • Internal auditing and supplier audits
  • Corrective and preventive actions
  • Enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance
  • Leadership theories and quality culture
  • Employee engagement
  • Organizational change and change resistance
  • Excellence models (EFQM and Baldrige)
  • Digital quality management and Industry 4.0
  • Artificial Intelligence in quality
  • Innovation management
  • ESG considerations and sustainable operations
  • Problem identification and situation analysis
  • Root cause analysis and project planning
  • Implementation, monitoring and evaluation
  • Report writing, oral presentation and dissemination

Certification Requirements

Candidates must attend at least 80% of scheduled sessions, complete all twelve taught modules, pass all continuous assessments and examinations, and successfully complete and defend the Capstone Quality Improvement Project to be awarded the Post Graduate Diploma in Total Quality Management.

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