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. ESRA BOSTANCIOĞLU
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Day, hours, XXX Campus, classroom number.
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
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of architectural theory, design methods and design philosophy. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-2
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of social and cultural geography and on the concepts of space and time. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-3
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the field of built environment and human/society relationship within the framework of human-environment-behaviour. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-4
Ability to direct the experience gained from architectural design and other knowledge areas to new fields and generate strategies. (ABILITY)
PO-5
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of academic knowledge and design process. (ABILITY)
PO-6
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of architectural design referring to undergraduate competence. (ABILITY)
PO-7
Competence for analyzing and interpreting architectural products within the framework of architectural concepts. (COMPETENCE)
PO-8
Competence for relating architectural design, architectural theory and building construction with social sciences and humanities such as psychology, philosophy and political economy. (COMPETENCE)
PO-9
Competence for presenting a work - made individually or in a group- systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, verbal, written and visual. (COMPETENCE)
PO-10
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-11
To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-12
Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-13
Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-14
To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-15
To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-16
To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-17
To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
PO-18
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-19
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-20
Ability to direct the experience gained from construction management and technology to new fields and ability to generate strategies.
PO-21
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to construction management and technology to the beginning of project, design and construction processes.
PO-22
Competence for analyzing, interpreting and establish relations within the framework of construction management and technology with the project and construction process.
PO-23
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of construction management and technology, and generating original solutions.
PO-24
Understanding the basic principles of structural systems, development and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-25
Understanding managerial tasks of architect and approaches, models and techniques to improve effectiveness in project and construction management.
PO-26
Understanding the relationship between sub systems which forms entire building and building technology, to ensure effective and correct use of a complex building from the beginning of design process to the usage, and ability to be able to criticize them.
PO-27
Ability to transfer and apply knowledge according to architectural engineering, to the beginning of design and construction processes of a project.
PO-28
Competence for producing a comprehensive architectural project from the beginning of schematic design to detailed system development phase (structural and environmental systems, safety and fire protection, partition systems, building envelop, building service systems).
PO-29
Competence for making strategic decisions of architectural design projects, in the field of architectural engineering, and generating original solutions.
PO-30
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about two different scale monument and site conservation.
PO-31
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about basic issues of conservation which are restoration theories, international modern conservation principles, national and international legal and organizational regulations and recording cultural heritage.
PO-32
To have advenced level of knowledge and realization about design principles of new addition to the historic building and infill building in historic settlement, measured drawing, restitution and restoration projects of historic building.
PO-33
To be informed and own critical awareness for utilizing from national and international examples of conservation of historical sites that are rapidly disappearing, preparing analytical surveys, preparing morphology and typology study and evaluating the data reunited from these studies.
PO-34
To gain cognitive and practice knowledge for proficiency in practice about monument and site conservation.
PO-35
To apply and integrate the knowledge, conception and problem solving ability about monument and site conservation with the knowledges from architectural history, city planning, urban design, archeology, civil engineering and such discipline areas and to apply within interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and upper-disciplinary contexts.
PO-36
To develop new data and methods on monument and site conservation and to have ability for merging the gained knowledge with the knowledge from the other discipline areas.
PO-37
To have ability for performing research, survey and critical evaluation on academic knowledge and design process, using approprate technics and producing unique outcomes.
PO-38
To have ability for carrying out individual study on monument and site conservation.
PO-39
To have ability for making a decision in analysis stage about monument and site conservation area, to lead projects/academic studies, to produce a work in a group by taking individual responsibility and to have ability for leading and changing complex processes.
PO-40
To have ability for taking strategic decisions about monument and site conservation projects and concerning ethic values while producing unique solutions.
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.
