I nnovative and oriented towards the personal development of students

• Innovative and oriented towards the personal development of students

• Teaching faculty members with rich academic and practical experiences in the field

• Active cooperation with businesses

• Study programmes that encourage creativity and ensures employability – requires us to continuously adapt to the needs of employers

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• 2008-12-22: FOS was established and entered in the register of legal entities

• 2010-01-07: Entry of FOS in the directory of higher education institutions

• 2010-10-01: First generation of Master and Doctoral students at FOS

• 2011-10-01: First generation of undergraduate students

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• Public-private Faculty• Study programmes QUALITY MANAGEMENT cycles I, II,

and III. • Part-time studies• Located in Novo mesto• Lectures are scheduled according to students‘ working

life-styles

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• MISSION: Developing creative potentials of individuals and in organizational sciences as well as contributing towards continuous improvement of quality of life.

• VISION: To be the best Slovenian and one of the leading European centres from the area of quality and excellency; our graduates to be the most sought-after professionals from their areas of expertise.

• SLOGAN: FOS. Developing your Creativity.

FOS’s Excellency Policy

• Scientific-research and developmental excellence• Excellence in studies• Excellence in business• Student satisfaction• User-satisfaction of research and development work• Employee satisfaction• Social Responsibility Activities

FOS’s Strategic Orientation

Strategic Partnership

• With strategic partnerships we want to achieve:– Realizing our vision to become one of the leading

centres in Quality and Excellence– Contribute towards continuous improvement of

business results and excellence of strategic partners– Ensuring continuous knowledge flow among faculties,

students, and strategic partners– Effective cooperation in developing and transferring new

knowledge from the area of organizational studies.

FOS Activities

• Academic evenings (DAP, FOŠ, FIŠ, URS)• Forum of Excellence and Mastery Otočec • Journal: JUE – Journal of Universal Excellence• Doctoral colloquiums • Open house• Forums of best practices• Student tribunals• Summer-Winter schools

BACHELOR‘S DEGREESTUDY PROGRAMME Ist CYCLE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• 3 years• 180 credits (ECTS)• Part-time studies• Professional title: Bachelor‘s in Organization ‘diplomirani

organizator (VS)‘• Courses:

1st year – 10 courses2nd year – 10 courses3rd year – 5 courses and diploma thesis


Year 1


Year 2


Year 3

• Informatisation of Business Processes• Elective course 2, 3, 4, 5• Work-placement• Diploma thesis


Electives

• Management Systems• Strategic Management• Business Communication• Quality Engineering• Management Audit• Standards, Models, and Tools of

Quality• Quality Management Systems• Environmental Management System• Safety Management System and

Occupational Health

• Social Responsibility of Organizations

• Quality Statistical Tools• Innovation Management• Entrepreneurship• Quality Lifestyle of Managers• Career Planning• Business Coaching• Undergraduate Research Seminar• Effective Performance


Recommended set of Electives

MASTER‘S DEGREESTUDY PROGRAMME 2nd CYCLE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• 2 years• 120 credits (ECTS)• Part-time studies• Professional title: Master‘s in Quality Management

‘magister menedžemnta kakovosti‘• Courses:

1st year – 10 courses2nd year – 5 courses and diploma thesis


Year 1


Year 2

• Master‘s Research Seminar – Preparing a professional article

• Elective courses 2, 3, 4, 5• Master‘s Thesis


Electives• Management Excellence • Organizational Behaviour • Leadership Excellence• Business Excellence• Management Information Systems• Learning Organizations and

Knowledge Management• New Tourism Paradigms• Marketing for Hospitality and

Tourism• Tourism Destination Management• Specialized and Adapted

Kinesiology• Sports Activities for Health

• Management of Work and Leisure Time

• Management in Sports• Quality of Life• Quality Governance• Quality and Excellence in Tourism• Quality and Excellence in Healthcare• Quality and Excellence in Public

Administration• Quality and Excellence in Education• Environmental Management and

Sustainable Development• Business Globalization• Excellence in the Lifestyle of

Managers • Personal Excellence





Ph.D. DEGREESTUDY PROGRAMME 3rd CYCLE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• 3 years• 180 credits (ECTS)

• Academic title: Ph.D. in Quality Management

• Emphasis on individual work


Year 1

• Triangulation methods• Theoretical elective course• Seminar for Dissertation Proposal• Individual work on dissertation proposal

Ph. D. DEGREESTUDY PROGRAMME 3rd CYCLE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Year 2

Year 3

• Individual work on dissertation proposal

• Seminar for dissertation• Individual work on dissertation


Electives

• New Paradigms of Organization Theories• New Paradigms of Innovation and Excellence• New Paradigms of Sustainable Development

Research Institute

• Systematically develop and improve research/developmental and experimental activities

• Develop technical, natural and social science fields• Ensure personal development of researchers to continuously improve in

their individual research/developmental activities and experimental development

• Implementing research/developmental activities and experimental development in international, national, and market projects for both the private and public sector

• Organizing and executing all forms of scientific and professional events• Including students in research/developmental and experimental activities• Directing promotion and publishing results of research/developmental

and experimental activities

Research Institute

Contact

Faculty of Organisation Studies in Novo mestoNovi trg 5SI-8000 Novo mesto

Tel. no.: +386 (0) 59 074 164Email: [email protected]: www.fos.unm.si

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I nnovative and oriented towards the personal development of students