Quality Improvement Initiative General Motors

LP5 Assignment: Quality Improvement InitiativeIdentify a business that has recently launched a quality improvement initiative (Harley Davidson would be just one of many examples). Your business could be one that is primarily product-providing or one that is primarily service-providing. Do some independent research in order to provide an overview of this initiative and the results of their efforts.The overview should take the form of a two-page paper. Within the assignment, cite examples of any control costs or failure costs that you can identify, in addition to prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs, and external failure costs.Rating Scale20 – 19Work meets or exceeds criterion at a high level of competence.18 – 17Work meets criterion at a clear level of competence; may include some minor errors.16 – 15Work reflects an understanding of criterion with minor misunderstandings/misconceptions.14 – 13Criterion partially met, but one or more important concepts/skills are missing or flawed.12 -11Work reflects an attempt to meet criterion, but significant misunderstandings/misconceptions are apparent.10 – 0Criterion not met or work is absent.Criteria1.Student identified a business that recently launched a quality improvement initiative.An overview of the initiative was discussed.2.The results of the initiative were discussed. Examples of any control costs or failure costs were cited.3.Prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs, and external failure costs were cited.4.The student supports his/her key points; paper is clear and easy to read.5.The paper is well-organized and well-developed. The paper reflects proper word choice, sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation.