Course detail

Quality System Audits

FSI-XAKAcad. year: 2015/2016

The graduate will acquire the necessary overview about the principles and techniques for planning, organizing and conducting a quality management systems audit. Student will learn to manage an audit programme, plan conduct and evaluate an internal audit of the management system. He/she is acquainted with current requirements for the auditor and audit team competence and their evaluation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Róbert Jankových, CSc.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The subject of Quality system audits enables the graduates to acquire knowledge about the principles and techniques for planning, organizing and conducting a management systems audit. Students learn to manage an audit programme, plan and conduct an internal audit of the management system. He/she is also familiarised with current requirements for the auditor and audit team competence.

Prerequisites

General mechanical engineering knowledge.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Teaching methods depend on the way of conducting the lessons. They are described in Article 7 of the Study and Examination Regulations of BUT.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main purpose of the course Ammunition Quality is to teach students to understand the principles and techniques for planning, organizing and conducting a quality management systems audit. The graduates are acquainted with the rules for the management of an audit programme, planning, conducting and evaluation of an internal audit of the management system. He/she is also familiarised with current requirements for the auditor and audit team competence as well as for their evaluation.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures is voluntary, however recommended. Credit is awarded based on final test and semester project.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Dvořáček, J. Interní audit a kontrola (2. přepracované a doplněné vydání). Praha: vydavatelství C. H. Beck, 2003. ISBN: 978-80-7179-805-3 (CS)
Kafka, T. Průvodce pro interní audit a risk management. Praha: vydavatelství C. H. Beck, 2009. ISBN: 978-80-7400-121-5 (CS)
Kagermann, H. and all. Internal Audit Handbook. Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-70886-5 (EN)
RUSSELL, J. P. The ASQ auditing handbook: principles, implementation, and use. 4th ed. Milwaukee, Wis.: ASQ Quality Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0873898478. (EN)

Recommended reading

Fiala, A. a jiní. Management procesů. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer, 2006-2011. (CS)
Russell, J. P. The Internal Auditing Pocket Guide: Preparing, Performing, Reporting, and Follow-up. Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87389-710-5 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-KSB , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jozef Majtaník, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Management systems auditing. Key terms and definitions.
2. Types of audits. Internal auditing, supplier auditing, third party auditing.
3. Internal audit process, external audit process
4. Audit programme. Process flow for the management of an audit programme
5. Audit performing. Typical audit activities
6. Process of collecting and verifying information
7. Methods for analysis of results, preparing audit conclusions
8. Preparing and distributing an audit report
9. Completing the audit
10. Conducting audit follow-up. Corrective action and closure
11. Auditor competence. Auditor evaluation criteria
12. Auditor evaluation methods. Conducting auditor evaluation
13. Process of maintaining and improving auditor competence