IME 415 Team Topic Presentations

Topic Presentations - Spring 2009

1	Project Description: Each team is to research a quality or management related topic based on a book review and supplemental research and prepare a 20-30 minute PowerPoint presentation to share with fellow classmates. Topics are assigned as shown in the table below. If you cannot find enough material related to your topics, please check with the instructor for guidance--however, do this early...not the last few days before your presentation is due.
2	Research: Each project will include the following: Each team member will read the assigned book completely. The team will become an expert on their assigned guru/topic. Then the team can decide on and research topics for a presentation for the class. Feel free to contact professional organizations or societies, read other books, or conduct interviews with experts or practitioners from industry who can relate the important concepts, issues or problems in using or applying the system or methodologies involved. By dividing up this responsibility no one person should have an excessive load. Discovery of useful resources in terms of organizations, books, journals, websites, annual conferences or other sources. Interaction on the team discussion board in Blackboard with other team members to brainstorm and create a presentation that has value to the class. Presention of the material to the class Q & A, discussion, and suggestions from other teams in the class during the follow-up class period
3	Presentation guidelines: Title slide should show the title of your presentation at the top and list your team number/name and team member names, course & quarter, and date. Outline slide should identify major sections of the presentation and who is presenting for the team. Everyone will have a part. Brief Biography of the guru if it seems relevant (no more than 2-3 minutes) Overview of the major philosophy and or concept of the book/guru (3-5 minutes) Major points or concepts (three or four points and/or major examples, 2-4 minutes each) Relevance to IME 415, IE, MFE, or the engineering profession (1-3 minutes) The last slide or two should include references so others may do further research.(1-2 minutes) PowerPoint Guidelines Maximum of 36 slides including title and references (This results in a 3 page handout). Avoid using slides full of text (exceptions: very important quotes--used sparingly) Charts, graphs, and other illustrations should be included for clarification. For legibility, lists should be short and not more that 6-8 lines long. Observe the 7x7 Rule: No more than 7 lines and no more than 7 words per line. Avoid using similar colors for lettering and background, even if it looks good on your screen. Either light letters on dark background, or dark letters on light background. Presentation Do's and Don'ts- Avoid "Death by PowerPoint" Do be prepared. Rehearse as a group to make sure timing is OK. Don't read from the PowerPoint slides. Team grade will be reduced if that happens. Don't read a script. It is unprofessional. Act like you know what you are talking about
4	You will want to use the Internet to do some of their research. ASQ has a web site at http://www.asq.org. Also check http://www.quality.org/
5	Submit PowerPoint presentations via Email on the date shown on the syllabus to Dr. Rosenkrantz. The presentations will be loaded on a laptop computer for class the day of presentations. Include in the text of your email message three multiple choice questions based on the topic presentation, including answers. In addition, each team member will be required to write a user book review and post it with the book's review page on the internet with a bookseller such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, or other major company. Print off your book review and submit to the instructor (this is not a team book review, it is an individual assignment). It is strongly suggested that you have someone proofread your review before posting it.
Team Topic Deming Deming's second major book was The New Economics (1994), in which he explained his management concepts explicitly to managers. Includes Deming's "Theory of Profound Knowledge" - The PDCA Cycle (Shewhart and Deming promoted the use of the cycle). Deming's was famous for the "Funnel Experiment" and "Red Bead Experiment" Goldratt Theory of Constraints (TOC) - Based on the book: The Goal (1986) by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Another expert on the Theory of constraints is Bill Dettmer. de Bono Six Thinking Hats (de Bono, 2000) is a classic book covering the basics of creative thinking. de Bonos approaches are excellent for use with teams or situtations where you do not have time to train the participants extensively. Senge Dr. Peter Senge's "Learning Organization" (Ref: The Fifth Discipline (1990) and Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (1994)) Include the 5 disciplines. Many sub-topics or examples that can be covered. Collins Jim Collins' "Good to Great (2001)" - Recent best seller that explains why some companies have left their competition behind. There are some common elements within these companies that are relevant to the culture change required to implement SPC (although that is not a topic of the book)