Course detail

Quality System Audits

FSI-XAK-KAcad. year: 2022/2023

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. General audit requirements (ČSN ISO 19011); Specific requirements of the subject of the audit; Practical examples of technological processes.

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. According to the possibility of teaching can be organized lectures for students by practitioners and excursions to companies focused on activities related to the course content.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit is awarded based on final test (50%) and semester project (50%). It is graded on the ECTS grading scale.

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

Russell, J. P., The Asq Auditing Handbook: Principles, Implementation, and Use. Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-87389-666-51
Kagermann, H. and all, Internal Audit Handbook. Berlin: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-70886-5
Dvořáček, J., Interní audit a kontrola (2. přepracované a doplněné vydání). Praha: vydavatelství C. H. Beck, 2003. ISBN: 978-80-7179-805-3
Kafka, T., Průvodce pro interní audit a risk management. Praha: vydavatelství C. H. Beck, 2009. ISBN: 978-80-7400-121-5

Recommended reading

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
Fiala, A. a jiní, Management procesů. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer, 2006-2011
ČSN EN ISO 19011 Směrnice pro auditování systémů managementu

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-KSB-K Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Róbert Jankových, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. Course content, introduction to auditing.
  2. Audits of management systems. Basic terms and definitions. Comprehensions auditing.
  3. Types of audits. Internal audits, supplier audits, third-party audits.
  4. Internal audit process, external audit process (process approach, planned audits, audit criteria).
  5. Audit program. Audit program management process (specific requirements of audit areas).
  6. Auditing. Characteristic activities during audits (examples of technological and special processes).
  7. Information collection and verification process.
  8. Methods of analysis of results, preparation of audit conclusions (examples of technological and special processes).).
  9. Preparation and distribution of audit reports (examples of technological and special processes).
  10. Completion of audit (examples of technological and special processes).
  11. Carrying out follow-up audit. Corrective actions and final evaluation (examples of technological and special processes).
  12. Competence of auditors. Evaluation criteria for auditors.
  13. Methods of auditors evaluation. Conducting evaluations of auditors. The process of maintaining and improving the competencies of auditors. 

Guided consultation

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Róbert Jankových, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. Course content, introduction to auditing.
  2. Audits of management systems. Basic terms and definitions. Comprehensions auditing.
  3. Types of audits. Internal audits, supplier audits, third-party audits.
  4. Internal audit process, external audit process (process approach, planned audits, audit criteria).
  5. Audit program. Audit program management process (specific requirements of audit areas).
  6. Auditing. Characteristic activities during audits (examples of technological and special processes).
  7. Information collection and verification process.
  8. Methods of analysis of results, preparation of audit conclusions (examples of technological and special processes).).
  9. Preparation and distribution of audit reports (examples of technological and special processes).
  10. Completion of audit (examples of technological and special processes).
  11. Carrying out follow-up audit. Corrective actions and final evaluation (examples of technological and special processes).
  12. Competence of auditors. Evaluation criteria for auditors.
  13. Methods of auditors evaluation. Conducting evaluations of auditors. The process of maintaining and improving the competencies of auditors.