early 1980s‚ a new concept entered managerial discourse: Total Quality Management (TQM). TQM was heralded by governments‚ major corporations and the business media as the most effective and elegant way out of the economic crisis and into the global market. TQM claimed not to be a set of techniques but a philosophy of management (Sashkin and Kiser‚ 1993). Some commentators have argued that TQM is little more than an attempt to enhance management ’s control over labour (Delbridge et al.‚ 1992; Sewell
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Productivity vs. Quality – this is the common knowledge that if a business sells more goods‚ the more income How quality is defined? – quality is defined as simply meeting customer satisfaction How quality is measured – Business employing the traditional view measures their level of competence and customer satisfaction on their own then match it with a benchmark to see where the business is How quality is achieved – check the finished product for defects but for total quality business they check
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Lecture I History of Quality During the early days of manufacturing‚ an operative’s work was inspected and a decision made whether to accept or reject it. As businesses became larger‚ so too did this role and full time inspection jobs were created. Accompanying the creation of inspection functions‚ other problems arose: • More technical problems occurred‚ requiring specialized skills‚ often not possessed by production workers • The inspectors lacked training • Inspectors
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Total quality management may be defined as “managing the entire organization so that it excels on all dimensions of products and services that area important to the customer.” It has two fundamental operational goals‚ namely 1. Careful design of the product of service. 2. Ensuring that the organization’s systems can consistently produce the design. These two goals can only be achieved if the entire organization is oriented toward them – hence the term total
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Total quality management Total quality management or TQM is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the quality of products and processes. TQM is based on the premise that the quality of products and processes is the responsibility of everyone involved with the creation or consumption of the products or services offered by an organization‚ requiring the involvement of management‚ workforce‚ suppliers‚ and customers‚ to meet or exceed customer expectations. Cua‚ McKone
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Total Quality Management TQM or better known as Total Quality Management is a tactic that seeks to enhance quality and performance of your products or services to meet or exceed your customers’ expectations‚ while ensuring that your employees are up to speed with their training. In other words it’s a “Management approach that works horizontally across an organization‚ involving all departments‚ employees‚ and extending backward and forward to include both suppliers and clients/customers.” TQM notion
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Total quality management- a way of managing an organization with the objective of carrying out right jobs. The first time and every time. “ a management approach of an organization‚ centered on quality‚ based on the participation of all its members and aiming at long term success through customers satisfaction and benefits to the members of the organization and to the society. Thumb rule=85/15 rule – the root causes of 85 % of the problems in the organization are due to faulty systems and 15 %
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Total Quality Management – MGT510 VU Lesson # 01 OVERVIEW OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL MANAGERIAL ERA (1950) In our present age of market driven capitalism and futuristic knowledge driven economic markets‚ the decision are made and the trends are set by the professional managers. Unlike their predecessors‚ the captains of today’s business do not own their own companies. They must know the whole business but have control over only one small part. They must be product oriented‚ process
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There are eight such dimensions of quality. These are: 1. Performance: It involves the various operating characteristics of the product. For a television set‚ for example‚ these characteristics will be the quality of the picture‚ sound and longevity of the picture tube. 2. Features: These are characteristics that are supplemental to the basic operating characteristics. In an automobile‚ for example‚ a stereo CD player would be an additional feature. 3. Reliability: Reliability of a product is
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Total quality management or TQM is defined as a form of management that ensures that every element of the business is contributing to the overall total effort of a business of achieving the highest quality levels in the delivery of its products and services. This type of management’s goal is to assure that everything that is produced has meet very high standards. In this paper I will discuss the history of Total Quality Management‚ the philosophy of Total Quality Management (Fourteen Points)‚ and
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