Course Title: Quality Management

Assessment Title: Group Term Paper

Course Lecturer: Mr. Samuel M. Nyema

University: African Episcopal University (AMEU)

Program: Executive Master in Procurement and Supply Chain

Submission Date: Monday, January 28, 2023

Presentation dates by Groups:

 January 30, 2023 (Group 1, 2 & 3)

 January 31, 2023 (Group 4, 5 & 6)
Note: Each group will have 40 minutes for presentation follow by 20 minutes Q&A

Assessment brief:

You group is required to identify any process within a manufacturing company or service
organization and discuss the following:
o Input
o Output
o Resources that are consumed in the process of transforming input to output.
o Feedback loops
o Sub-processes

Does your case study organization have any quality assurance and quality control policy in
place? If yes, assess the effectiveness of the quality assurance and quality control policy put
in place for said organization. If no, find out why quality assurance and quality control policy
is not being used by said organization? Also, suggest recommendations for implementation of
such quality program, mentioning its merits and demerits for said entity/company.

You will also need to consider the following when completing your assignment:

• Quality of executive summary (does it give a brief summary of your paper for an
executive to read?)
• Establishment of relevant theory (e.g. how supply chain environments are
differentiated in the current situation?)
• Examples (is the examples focused on the current context and supply chain
environments)
• Allocation of credit and sources used (have we included references and
citations to the material we have used?)
• Clarity of argument (is the arguments clear and focused on the questions and the
context given)
• Understanding of the matter (does the report demonstrates your Knowledge and
Understanding of the current context and supply chain environments)

Group Term Paper/Assessment brief – Quality Management

 • Quality of Conclusions (does it give a summary of your main findings and suggestions)
• Overall report presentation, including spelling and grammar (is the overall report
presentation is as per the standard)
• Adherence to the nominated word limit (3000 words +/- 10%)
• Word processed (letter size 12, times new roman, 1.5 space)
• Fully referenced (APA Referencing Style).

Grading scheme:

Criteria Marks
Use of theory/reference to course ideas 10
Knowledge and Understanding of the subject matter 10
Examples 10
Quality of argument 10
Executive summary/Conclusions 5
Citation and References 12
Individual Presentation 13
Total Marks 70

Please remember that marks for the group assignment will also be awarded in relation to
the main questions, presentation and structure and aspects such as the use of examples,
figures, tables, illustrations, and statistics that indicate more comprehensive/independent
reading.

Please follow report format. Therefore the report should include:

 Cover page that details:

- Name of University and Address including logo
- Assignment Title
- Student Name and ID Number
- Lecturer’s Name
- Submission Date
 Executive Summary (not part of the word count)
 Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Main body based on the assessment brief.
 Conclusion
 Recommendations
 References

Group Term Paper/Assessment brief – Quality Management