Follow the prompts below and make sure to address each in sufficient depth to answer the questions and cover the associated concepts.

Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence
Prior to beginning work on this final paper, read Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in the course textbook. It is recommended to review Chapters 1, 2, and 3, too.

For this final paper, you will be reviewing and reflecting on the quality management concepts and knowledge gained throughout the course. You will be applying your critical thinking, drawing your own conclusions, and applying what you have learned to improve quality and performance excellence.

Follow the prompts below and make sure to address each in sufficient depth to answer the questions and cover the associated concepts. This will serve as a good review of the content, methods, and principles learned of total quality management.

Describe the specific steps in the process and their sequence. Provide a map of the process and the sequenced steps, along with standard operating procedures and work instructions.

Recommendations for Improvement

Process management activities include the following:

Ensuring that the inputs to the process, such as materials, technology, work methods, and a trained workforce, are adequate, and that the process can achieve its requirements.
Control:

Maintaining consistency in output by assessing performance and taking corrective action when necessary.
Improvement:

Continually seeking to achieve higher levels of performance in the process, such as reduced variation, higher yields, fewer defects and errors, smaller cycle times, and so on.
For this assignment, you will select a service or product in your organization or an organization of your choice, and write a paper discussing the process management activities that are involved.

In your paper,

Evaluate the effectiveness of process management in your organization.
Suggest potential improvements to improve process management within your organization.
Describe the specific steps in the process and their sequence.
Provide a map of the process and the sequenced steps, along with standard operating procedures and work instructions.

Evaluate the effectiveness of process management in your organization. Suggest potential improvements to improve process management within your organization.

Recommendations for Improvement

Maintaining consistency in output by assessing performance and taking corrective action when necessary.
Improvement:

Continually seeking to achieve higher levels of performance in the process, such as reduced variation, higher yields, fewer defects and errors, smaller cycle times, and so on.
For this assignment, you will select a service or product in your organization or an organization of your choice, and write a paper discussing the process management activities that are involved.

In your paper,

Evaluate the effectiveness of process management in your organization.
Suggest potential improvements to improve process management within your organization.
Describe the specific steps in the process and their sequence.
Provide a map of the process and the sequenced steps, along with standard operating procedures and work instructions.

Summarize the expected outcomes, the questions to be answered, and the expected results that would indicate success of the program or policy.

Research Question and Introduction Development

Present your research question and introduction from the assignment you completed in Week Two.

Describe the program or policy that is to be evaluated, including its purpose, stakeholders, history, and outcomes, which will be part of your introduction and description you completed in Week Two.
Explain the impact of relevant issues, including potential political, social, economic, and/or cultural constraints associated with this program or policy.
Proposal Narrative

Summarize the expected outcomes, the questions to be answered, and the expected results that would indicate success of the program or policy.

The “Evaluation Proposal,” Final Paper

Describe the program or policy that is to be evaluated, including its purpose, stakeholders, history, and outcomes, which will be part of your introduction and description you completed in Week Two.

Present your research question and introduction from the assignment you completed in Week Two.

Literature Review
From the assignment you completed in Week Four, compose a literature review comprised of previous scholarly material and research results relevant to your selected topic.

Program or Policy Description

Describe the program or policy that is to be evaluated, including its purpose, stakeholders, history, and outcomes, which will be part of your introduction and description you completed in Week Two.
Explain the impact of relevant issues, including potential political, social, economic, and/or cultural constraints associated with this program or policy.
Proposal Narrative

Present your measures and methodology from the assignment you completed in Week Three.
Critique the design of the program or policy by describing the methodology, including the data to be collected, the means of collection, and how the data will be used.
Identify a proposed budget and projected schedule for the evaluation.
Summary
Summarize the expected outcomes, the questions to be answered, and the expected results that would indicate success of the program or policy.