This document provides an overview of quality and quality management. It defines quality using definitions from various experts as conformance to specifications, requirements, fitness for purpose, and meeting customer needs. It discusses why quality has become important, including competition, changing customers and products. It outlines the history of quality management from craftsmanship to modern approaches. It also introduces the three major quality gurus - Deming, Juran, and Crosby - and their contributions to developing quality principles and practices.