Course: Quality Standards

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Course title Quality Standards
Course code UPEM/CZSJ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šnajdrová Lucie, Mgr. Dr. phil.
  • Slavíčková Jana, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pickar Marek, Ing.
Course content
Definition of quality in a market environment. International and domestic quality standards. Quality management methods. Analysis of quality measurement system. Modern approaches to quality. Basic concepts of commodity knowledge, quality standards and testing Trading systems, wholesale and retail. Product characteristics, testing and certification of goods. Classification and labeling of goods and services (including customs tariff). European and Czech system of technical standardization. Types of standards, their creation and use. European Czech Metrology System and Metering Requirements. Placing on the market and conformity assessment procedures.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 13 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 13 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 45 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 40 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 15 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 15 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 10 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide information, understand the basic concepts of commodity knowledge, quality standards and testing in organizational units of both a production and an administrative nature.
A student who has successfully completed the course can: - explain the basic concepts of commodity knowledge, quality standards and testing; - characterise the different approaches to the subject; - describe the European and Czech system of technical standardisation, types of standards, their creation and use, - characterise the European and Czech metrology system and requirements for measuring instruments. The student who has successfully completed the course will be able to: - orient themselves in the individual concepts of commodity knowled, quality standards and testing, - be familiar with the European and Czech metrology system and requirements for measuring instruments, - be familiar with European and Czech legislation on the marketing of products, including control of compliance with relevant regulations, - apply conformity assessment procedures, including control of compliance with them. A student who has successfully completed the course is able to: communicate clearly and persuasively to experts and laymen information about the nature of professional problems and their own opinions on their solution.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of management at bachelor's level is assumed.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Didactic test, Presentation

Seminar credits are awarded on the basis of an assessment of the assigned work. The course is completed by an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • Blecharz, Pavel. Řízení a zlepšování kvality. Jesenice: Ekopress, 2023. ISBN 978-80-87865-83-5.
  • Brodský, Zdeněk. Systémové řízení jakosti : distanční opora. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7395-161-0.
  • Veber, Jaromír. Řízení jakosti a ochrana spotřebitele. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1782-1.


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