Quality is one of the factors determining the most strategical tools in management and the level of competition between the parties. Quality management is growing up recently in construction also. The main purpose of this course is putting forward the importance of quality management in construction for consideration. It is aimed to reveal the new management approach in construction. The course comprises evaluating the applications and the results of quality management systems in construction. Having sufficient knowledge and ability to coordinate quality management systems in construction are among the other purposes of the course.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s)
It is suggested to be completed the course "Management and Organization in Construction"
Instructor(s)
PROF. DR. ESİN KASAPOĞLU
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
The course has not been opened this semester.
Office Hour(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Esin Kasapoğlu, XX Date, XX-XX Hours, AK-2-D-15
Teaching Methods and Techniques
--Lecture, discussion and student presentation
Principle Sources
-- Kanıt, R., (2005) İnşaat Sektöründe Kalite Yönetim Sstemi Uygulamaları,ISO 9001:2000, 1st Ed. Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
- Efil, İ., (2003) Toplam Kalite Yönetimi ve Toplam Kaliteye Ulaşmada Önemli Bir Araç, ISO 9000 Kalite Yönetim Sistemi, 5th Ed. Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul.
- Halis, M., (2000) Paradigmadan Uygulamaya Toplam Kalite Yönetimi ve ISO-9000 Kalite Güvence Sistemleri, ISO-9002 Kalite Belgesi Çalışmaları, 1st Ed. Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım, İstanbul.
Other Sources
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- Bennett, F. L., (2003) The Management of Construction, A Project Life Cycle Approach, 1st Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing, Oxford.
- Güney, S., (2001) Yönetim ve Organizasyon, Yönetim ve Organizasyon, 1st Ed. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
- Ataman, G., (2002) İşletme Yönetimi, Temel Kavramlar ve Yeni Yaklaşımlar, 2nd Ed. Türkmen Kitabevi, İstanbul.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
General information and discussion; concept of quality
oral presentation
2. Week
Concept of quality and development of quality management
oral presentation
3. Week
Quality Management; principles of quality management
oral presentation; discussion
4. Week
Total quality management in construction
oral presentation; discussion
5. Week
Total quality management in construction
oral presentation; discussion
6. Week
Application of total quality management in construction on a sample project.
oral presentation; discussion
7. Week
Application of total quality management in construction on a sample project.
oral presentation; discussion
8. Week
Total quality management in architectural offices
oral presentation; discussion
9. Week
Total quality management in architectural offices
oral presentation; discussion
10. Week
Presentation of the seleced articles by the students
presentation; discussion
11. Week
Presentation of the seleced articles by the students
presentation; discussion
12. Week
Presentation of the seleced articles by the students
presentation; discussion
13. Week
Presentation of the seleced articles by the students
presentation; discussion
14. Week
Presentation of the seleced articles by the students
presentation; discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
3
65
Attendance
1
5
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Understanding the principles of environmental systems’ design such as day lighting and artificial illumination, acoustics, active and passive heating and cooling, indoor air quality, and embodied energy; including the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-2
Understanding time management and control, cost planning and control, risk management, approaches, models and techniques to improve organizational / management effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-3
Understanding classic and contemporary management theories and human relationship in management to improve management effectiveness in beginning, design and construction processes of a project.
PO-4
Understanding the basic principles of building materials and components’ design and utilized in the appropriate selection of construction technology in building production process and ability to be aware of their relationships.
PO-5
Ability to direct the experience gained from construction management and technology to new fields and ability to generate strategies.
PO-6
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to construction management and technology to the beginning of project, design and construction processes.
PO-7
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of the field related, referring to undergraduate competence.
PO-8
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of construction management and technology.
PO-9
Competence for analyzing, interpreting and establish relations within the framework of construction management and technology with the project and construction process.
PO-10
Competence for conducting an original academic/scientific study.
PO-11
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of construction management and technology, and generating original solutions.
PO-12
Competence for presenting a work – made individually or within a group – systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, oral written and visual.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Understanding concept of quality and quality management.
LO-2
Understanding Total Quality Management and ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance systems.
LO-3
Understanding Total Quality Management in construction.
LO-4
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge about total quality management, to project and construction prosesses.
LO-5
Ability to analyze quality management applications in construction, to the beginning, design and construction processes of a project.
