The MQM is the only international program that prepares working executives for the role of chief quality officer. Quality management is an important management philosophy and competitive strategy. Worldwide recognition that products and services that meet customers quality requirements are essential to compete effectively in today s economy created an awareness that quality is everybody s business. This recognition resulted in a tremendous need for professionals who have extensive backgrounds in the concepts and tools of quality management to lead organizations through the needed transformations. The MQM is beginning its eighth year, with over 100 graduates and an impressive list of students and alumni who have received many promotions and job offers at higher levels of responsibility and higher salaries.
Applied projects are integral to every course.
These projects are very popular with the organizations that employ the students because the projects provide immediate returns. Students attend the program with a cohort group of 25 to 30 professional colleagues. These cohorts are on the Loyola campus together for eight consecutive days three times a year for two years, and they develop friendships that extend well beyond the program. Students help each other solve work-related problems throughout the year. They stay in touch through telephone, fax, e-mail, and a listserv.