MSc/PgDip/PgCert Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence
Distance learning
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
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John Sharpe, Rolls-Royce employee and total quality management and organisational excellence graduate, describes his experiences on the course.
We designed this course for professional managers who wish to develop their career in the important area of total quality management and organisational excellence.
Flexible attendance allows you to fit your study round your personal commitments, providing you complete stage one in three years and all three stages in six years.
The course is suitable for a wide range of applicants including those
• employed in quality improvement
• seeking up-to-date knowledge of the methods, principles and practice of total quality management and organisational excellence
• responsible for setting up total quality management projects
• working closely with senior colleagues and others to carry out total quality initiatives
It is practical in nature and you gain notable personal management development skills, which bring significant benefits for your organisation.
If you successfully complete this course, you can apply for full membership of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) and become a Chartered Quality Professional (CQP). CQP status is the gold standard for the quality profession.
You can upgrade your membership from member to fellow and are exempt from modules D1 and D2 of the current CQI diploma.
You can also gain continuing professional development status if you have met the requirements for CQI member or fellow and actively participate in the CQI's scheme for continuing professional development.
This course has been awarded a national award for best research in TQM for 2005.
Opportunities are available for MPhil/PhD research in areas of Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence.
Find out more about MSc/PgDip/PgCert Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence
Distance learning – typically two years, including three weekend study schools and a one day induction seminar held in Sheffield
Starts October
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £3,060 a stage for PgCert, PgDip and MSc stages
Stages one and two are typically delivered and charged in year one. Stage three is typically delivered and charged in year two.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,980 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
100% course work
Sheffield Hallam University is a member of the Academic Board of European Masters in Quality Management.
Distance learning study
Distance learning is a rewarding and flexible way to learn. You study at the time, place and often pace of your choosing, to fit around your personal and working life. Like all types of learning, you need skills in personal organisation, time management, self-motivation, and a commitment to academic study.
As a distance learning student, you normally learn away from the University – in your own home or place of work. Most of our distance learning courses are delivered online via a portal called Blackboard.
We prepare you for your distance learning course with an online induction package. It helps you develop and practise your skills and allows any issues, concerns or development needs to be addressed prior to commencing a course of study.
You're fully supported by our learning centre, with library database searches and information enquiries, journal article supply and other help in accessing library and information services, all without having to travel to Sheffield.
We believe that you learn best when you engage in prolonged debate. Your course provides an active learning experience, with an ongoing dialogue between you, your peers and your tutors via discussion forums, blogs and others. You carry out a series of structured tasks, which build towards a successful final assessment submission.
Vincent Or
MSc Total Quality Management
'My MSc in Total Quality Management opened up new doors for me as my undergraduate degree was in accounting.
'After graduating from Sheffield Hallam, I found a job with the Langham Hotel in Hong Kong. My job consists of improving the quality culture within the hotel and one of the projects I am currently working on aims to align all hotel operations to the new corporate vision. I really enjoy seeing my co-workers appreciate the impact of the improvements I have proposed and then seeing their shift in behaviour.
'Before my MSc at Sheffield Hallam, I felt that I had come to a dead end. Completing this course allowed me to take a career path that was completely different to the one I had started on.'
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Vincent Or
MSc Total Quality Management
John Sharpe - 1 (1:51)
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John Sharpe, Rolls-Royce employee and total quality management and organisational excellence graduate, describes his experiences on the course and how he has been able to apply what he learnt to his day-to-day role.
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John Sharpe, Rolls-Royce employee, and one of our MSc Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence graduates, talks about his experiences of studying a distance learning course while working.
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