The aim of the course is the acquisition of competencies for the application of research methods in the areas of maintenance and quality management, on the basis of already acquired knowledge and skills.

By mastering this course the student gets the following scientific and research capabilities: 1. Diagnose the current state of the maintenance system, 2. Diagnosing the current state of the quality management system, 3. Design of new models of the maintenance system, 4. Design of new models of quality management system, 5. Writing scientific papers in the field of the course.

1. Importance, organizational factors and maintenance management system 2.Importance, organizational factors and the structure of quality management systems 3. Organizatinal Design Factors and maintainance system 4. The organizational structure of the maintenance function 5. Quality Menagement System and organizational changes 6. Quality management and business performances relationship 7. Integrated Management Systems.

Case studies in the areas of theory in form of seminal work with possible paper publication.

Enrolled semester

Scientific resources on Scopus, Science Direct etc.

Total assigned hours: 65

New material: 30
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 20

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 5
Review and grading of the project: 5
Test: 0
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Activity during lectures: 0
Test/test: 0
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 30
Project: 20
Final exam: 50
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 30

Spasojević Brkić Vesna, Contingency Theory and Quality Management, MNTRS- FME, ISBN 978-86-7089-675-4, 2009.; Hofert, M., Frey, R., & McNeil, A. J. (2020). The Quantitative Risk Management Exercise Book. Princeton University Press.; Milivoj Klarin,Gradimir Ivanović,Petar Stanojević - Terotechnology (in Serbian) - ICIM Kruševac 2001; Spasojević-Brkić, V, Milanovic D, etc. Quality management System and Business Performances (in serbian),MNTRS- FME,ISBN: 978-86-7083-741-6 ,2012.; Smith R., Hawkins B., Lean maintenance : reduce costs, improve quality, and increase market share, Elsevier Butterworth–Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 2004