Due to the growing prominence of total quality management (TQM) in health care, the present study was conducted to identify the set of TQM practices for its successful implementation in healthcare institutions through a systematic review of literature. A research strategy was performed on the...

In the present era of competitive business environment due to increasing complexity and globalization of quality products and services, quality managers and practitioners have started to improve services to customers especially in healthcare and hospitality industries. These industries are...

Quality gurus such as Juran, Deming and Crosby have advocated various methodologies for business success and single out some quality practices. These practices have a positive impact on business performance in both manufacturing and service sectors.This paper attempts to identify the TQM...

In recent years, there is an increasing interest in the healthcare industry to apply total quality management (TQM) principles and practices to improve customers’ quality of service and care. The most influencing reason behind this is increased competitive market, advancement of medical...

Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach for continuously improving the quality of goods and services delivered through the participation at all levels and function of the organization. TQM also requires continuous improvement not only in products or services but also at all operational and...

Total quality management (TQM) practices are those few critical factors which are key to successful implementation of TQM in an organization, whether it is manufacturing, service, public or SMEs. Proper application of TQM will improve the business performance of the organization globally, and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a set of total quality management (TQM) and supply chain management (SCM) practices through an extensive literature review and to identify the relationships among them by comparing the identified TQM and SCM practices....

Service sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world and is facing immense pressure to improve their quality of products and services to compete and achieve a leading position in the global market. The issues related to quality therefore, need to be addressed for better...

Purpose – Previous research showed that there are some barriers which hinder the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in organizations. But no study has been undertaken to understand the interaction among these barriers and to develop a hierarchy of TQM barriers model. There is an...