This guide is for BUSI 616 Week 8 TQM Presentation, start to submission. A 5 to 7-minute presentation of your TQM project in no more than 10 slides with talking notes, posted to the forum and submitted.
BUSI 616 is Total Quality Management, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI616; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 616 Total Quality Management |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 195 points |
| Length | 5 to 7 minutes; no more than 10 slides |
| Sources | Your seven short papers and the course |
| Faith integration | Biblical integration in the conclusion |
| Format | Slides with talking notes; submitted to the forum and the assignment link |
What BUSI 616 Week 8 TQM Presentation asks for
You create a 5 to 7-minute presentation summarizing the highlights of your Total Quality Management project in no more than 10 slides, using talking notes to supplement the slides, as if presenting at a conference, with the grading rubric as your guide. The outline is: about 1 minute for the introduction, problem statement, search history and reason for study; 3 or more minutes on the quality philosophy used (1 or more minute), the quality tool used to create a process flow diagram (1 or more minute) and the statistical process control used for tracking (1 or more minute); and 1 or more minute for the conclusion with biblical integration (the solution, implications for business and projected outcome). You submit it to the discussion board forum and the assignment link. It is due in Module/Week 8 with Deming's 14 Points and 7 Deadly Diseases. Worth 195 points, the largest assignment in the course.
Where it fits in BUSI 616
In the published schedule, TQM Presentation is one of 21 graded written assignments in BUSI 616. It follows Week 8 Discussion Board Forum 13, and it is the last written assignment in the course. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 13, so plan the week's writing together.
How BUSI 616 Week 8 TQM Presentation is graded
Liberty grades TQM Presentation with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 195 points in the published guide. That is about 19% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in BUSI 616 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Module/Week 1 begins on Monday and ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Modules/Weeks 2-8 begin on Saturday and end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 616 Week 8 method, step by step
Plan the talk before the slides
Write the message of the TQM Presentation in two sentences, then outline the points that support it. Slides built before the message tend to become a stack of facts.
One idea per slide
Each slide carries one point, stated in its title. Short lines, readable type, no paragraphs on the slide.
Put the evidence where it is used
Cite sources on the slides where you use them and list them on a references slide (Your seven short papers and the course).
Write speaker notes or a script
Write notes for each slide in full sentences. They keep the recording on time and give the grader the reasoning the slides only point to.
Rehearse to the time limit
Record a practice run and time it. Cut slides rather than speeding up; a rushed recording hides the points you worked on.
Check the technical requirements
Before submitting, check the slide count and timing (5 to 7 minutes; no more than 10 slides), that audio plays, and that the link or file opens for someone else.
Draft the talking notes first, at about 130 words a minute, then build the slides from them. Rehearse with a timer and cut content to stay within 7 minutes; not everything from your papers will fit.
A structure for BUSI 616 Week 8 TQM Presentation
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,300 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Problem, search history and reason. | ~210 words |
| Quality philosophy | The theorist's approach applied. | ~260 words |
| Quality tool and process flow | How the tool shaped the process. | ~290 words |
| Statistical process control | How results are tracked. | ~290 words |
| Conclusion and biblical integration | Solution, implications and outcome. | ~260 words |
A topic angle that works
Follow the timing outline closely; graders check that each part gets its minute. The SPC section should show how you will track the improved process, for example a control chart of weekly average waiting time.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Slide 7, Statistical process control. After the change, we will track average waiting time each week on an X-bar chart. Our centerline is the new average of 11 minutes, with control limits calculated from the test period. A point outside the limits, or a run of seven points above the centerline, signals a special cause the manager should investigate, rather than reacting to every slow day.
- The chart.
- Its limits.
- How it is used.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 616 Week 8
- Over 7 minutes or 10 slides.
- Skipping SPC.
- No biblical integration in the conclusion.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 5 to 7 minutes; no more than 10 slides
- Sources: Your seven short papers and the course
- Faith integration: Biblical integration in the conclusion
- Slide count and time limit within the guide's numbers
- Audio, notes or video included if the guide asks
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How long is the BUSI 616 TQM presentation?
5 to 7 minutes with no more than 10 slides and talking notes.
How many points is BUSI 616 Week 8 TQM Presentation worth?
195 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 616, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 19% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 616 Week 8 the same in every section of BUSI 616?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 616. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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