Course Prerequisite(s)
- Please note that this course has the following prerequisites which must be completed before it can be accessed
- HDIP 011 Facilitating, Coaching and Mentoring for Quality
About Course
Welcome to unit DIP 012 Management Systems Auditing (Diploma in Quality Leadership). Please read this carefully.
All 3 units in the Higher Diploma course, as in the Diploma courses, are all tutor supported and are externally examined. All units are tested by the submission of a 4,500 word assignment but also include live presentations to DHI staff and being an imaginary presentation to your own Board.
Auditing is something that many people involved in the Quality function are familiar with and involved in as a key part of their job. However, not everyone has been properly trained in this so in order to be sure, we have covered the topic in some depth here but we have another motive. You have now completed the whole course. Along the way, you will in your various assignments have highlighted somethings which you probably think the organisation can do better.
So, in the final presentation, imagine this is a Closing meeting after you have conducted a full company Audit and your audience includes your CEO and some other executives. He/she might well ask you to do it all! If that is the case, we will still be here to help. Good luck.
As before, after reading this note, before doing anything else, please go to the tab below entitled ‘Additional References’.
This file contains all of the essential information and forms that you will need. Please read the assignment brief for the relevant unit very carefully.
We wish you the very best of luck with this unit.
Course Content
Modules
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Introduction
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Section 1 – Introduction to Management Systems Auditing
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Section 2 – Understanding the purpose of 1st, 2ndand 3rdparty audits
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Section 3 – The roles and responsibilities for the audit
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Section 4 – Evaluation of the approaches to auditing
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Section 5 – Analysis of the audit process
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Section 6 – Suggested audit flowcharts
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Section 7 – Analysis of the different forms of audit findings
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Section 8 – The nature and purpose of different types of audit findings
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Section 9 – 3rd Party Auditing
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Section 10 – Audit related standards
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Assignment