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Middle Managers and TQM Implementation Implications

either business type or size. Future research could be limited to a particular SIC code for intra-industry comparisons between fi...

Flexible Firms and Human Resources Management

In nine pages this research paper examines the concept of a flexible firm and discusses the importance of TQM or total quality man...

Xerox, Corning, and Total Quality Management

Xerox and Corning are examined from a TQM perspective in a paper consisting of ten pages. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliog...

The Utilization of Total Quality Management

Problems sometimes crop up in the implementation of TQM and this paper focuses on those issues. The barriers that confront the pro...

Consumer Behavior Changes and Marketing Implications

In thirty three pages consumer behavior since the 1920s is examined along with the implications changes had upon marketing with Wo...

Comparing and Contrasting TQM and BPR

result in improvements (Mintzberg et al, 2008; Reed et al, 1996). Defining TQM is difficult, there is no standard definiti...

Ishikawa and TQM

Management" or TQM. This paper is a brief biography of Ishikawa, his key ideas; how he has influenced quality practices around the...

Questions About Project Management Articles

all can be outlined and appreciated. For example, if this is a project for a new supermarket it may include all elements from the ...

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: FAD OR LEGITIMATE TOOL?

many definitions out there, however; such as continuous improvement, customer focus and employee involvement. Most TQM gurus also ...

TQM at Plastics Manufacturer

adoption of the Six Sigma quality process. Six Sigma itself is a statistical quality that allows for no more than one defect in 3....

The Benefit of TQM in Support Operations

the education itself, but quality support services. At the same time there are budget cuts and universities are having to assess...

Competitive Advantage and the Impact of Total Quality Management

In five pages this paper examines how organizational competitive advantage can be achieved through TQM. Four sources are cited in...

Global Automobile Industry and Generational Changes

In eight pages this paper examines how the U.S. market has been changed since 1985 in terms of the American and Japanese auto indu...

Using 6 Sigma and TQM

are manufacturing firms, and there is a bias towards manufacturing, but it is not only this sector that has seen the introduction ...

Catalyst for Bad Behavior at Work

Culture is the sum total of characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people. Our culture tells us what is acceptable...

The Transfer of TQM Practices from Japanese to US Companies

been conducive to increasing adoption and adoption in the US. By looking at the developments in Japan the similar pressures that f...

Considerations for a New Product

may also be a requirement. With a high quality unit the after sales service may also need to be considered, including the guarante...

The Federal Express (FedEx) Corporation

as well as preparation for customers who ship hundreds of packages every business day (Cisco Systems, 1999). The company would lat...

Organizations, Six Sigma, and Total Quality Management

satisfaction, no matter the burden that such a far-reaching objective might have upon the company. Both the customer and the orga...

Total Quality Management and James W. Cortada's Explanation

cultures, one must first understand the classification of culture and leadership. Cortada emphasizes several issues when assessin...

TQM and Leadership Importance

products can be produced. The purpose of this paper will be to explore the history of quality management and determine what...

Dental Practice Quality Management

Although quality approaches to management have been around since the mid-20th century, its been since the 1980s that TQM has foun...

Total Quality Management Implementation Preparation

organisation or the improvement of performance, alone it is not a transformation device that will automatically result in improvem...

Automotive Industry and the Effects of Total Quality Management

crisis. In some sense, this view has helped to define exactly what a leader means, and whether or not the masses place far too mu...

Quality Control and the Connection Between Total Quality Management and Reengineering

just mentioned, and Shewharts wheel - plan, do, check, act; recognition of the need for continuous improvement; and the use of mea...

Total Quality Management and Engineering and Architectural Companies

1). The current trend within the fundamental basis of business operations is to establish a sense of empowerment, both fro...

Case Study on Total Quality Management and Organizational Change

can be achieved for the implementation of Total Quality Management. Without a change in culture the vision of Total Quality Manage...

Disney Company's Total Quality Management Implementation

tarnished image really did not have a substantial effect on its business as the company continued expansion to other countries and...

Human Resource Management and Total Quality Management

his remarkable achievements. Some articles state that Total Quality Management is an American perception of managing quality. This...

Total Quality Management and Characterizing Commitments

In a paper consisting of fourteen pages TQM is considered in terms of implementatoin and commitment to employees, customers, proce...