Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister menedžmenta kakovosti/magistrica menedžmenta kakovostiAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Arts in quality management
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A completed first-cycle study programme in a relevant professional field and at least 180 credits (under the Bologna system); or
  • a completed study programme leading to a professional or Academic Bachelor Degree qualification in a relevant professional field (pre-Bologna system); or
  • completed study programme of equal value set out in the previous indents in another professional field and completed additional course units amounting to 12 credits.
ISCED field Field:
Business, administration and law
ISCED subfield subfield: business and administration not further defined
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • understand and take into account the diversity of the global environment in the organisation, implementation and constant improvement of overall quality and business excellence,
  • demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of social, organisational and inter-organisational processes and their complex analysis,
  • recognise the need for changes and their introduction,
  • apply methodological tools, i.e. implement, coordinate and organise research, use various research methods and techniques,
  • perform critical assessment in the selection, application and improvement of modern approaches, models and tools of quality and excellence,
  • formulate original ideas, concepts and solutions to specific problems,
  • demonstrate coherent mastery of basic knowledge and integrate knowledge from various areas providing a basis for quality and business excellence,
  • develop communication skills for communication with different circles,
  • pursue team work, i.e. be willing to cooperate, show cooperativeness, respect the opinions of others and fulfil an agreed role within a team or group,
  • demonstrate a knowledge of professional ethics, legislation, recognise and respect moral and ethical principles and values and apply them in work,
  • present acquired basic knowledge and research findings in the form of a project assignment, applied research and development assignment or technical paper,
  • pursuing education and mentor work in promoting quality and business excellence,
  • take responsibility for professional development and learning, improve their own work through evaluation with the aim of bettering oneself and thereby constantly improving the quality and excellence of work,
(subject-specific competences)
  • internalise the autopoietic concept of mastering quality and excellence founded on the spiral-screw sequence of plan-do-check-act,
  • internalise the basic building blocks of the modern paradigm of quality and excellence,
  • focus on the needs of current and potential users of products and services with the aim of increasing their loyalty,
  • develop mutually beneficial relations with partners based on trust, exchange of knowledge and integration,
  • guide creative capacities of co-workers based on shared values and a culture of trust and empowerment that encourages everyone to be involved,
  • master the formulation and constant improvement of procedurally conceived organisation based on processes and facts,
  • guide and exchange knowledge in the context of a culture of constant learning, innovation and improvement,
  • internalise behaviour that creates clarity and unity of purpose within the bounds of the organisation and environment in which the organisation and its employees can demonstrate their excellence,
  • operate with social responsibility based on ethics and exceeding the expectations and rules of wider society,
  • focus on results with the aim of balanced satisfaction of the needs of all parties involved,
  • solve specific work problems through the application of scientific methods and procedures,
  • demonstrate a comprehensive command of fundamental knowledge in the area of quality and business excellence and of the methodology of research and its interdisciplinary use,
  • understand and apply critical analysis methods and development of theories, and apply them in solving problems in the field of quality and business excellence,
  • develop skills in the application of knowledge in the field of quality and business excellence,
  • demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of organisations and processes in the modern business environment,
  • master selected approaches, models and tools in the field of quality and business excellence,
  • use information and communication technologies and systems in the area of quality and business excellence,
  • demonstrate organisational and leadership skills for guiding the work of an organisation,
  • perform advisory work (transfer of knowledge).

Assesment and completion:
Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

 

Progress:

In order to progress from the first to the second year, students must complete at least 45 credits from the first year.

Magister menedžmenta kakovosti/magistrica menedžmenta kakovosti

SQF 8

EQF 7

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja menedžmenta kakovosti

SQF 10 / EQF 8

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Students must meet all requirements defined by the study programme to complete their studies.

Awarding body:

Faculty of Organisation Studies Novo mesto

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.fos.unm.si/en/
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