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Total Quality Management Defined in Terms of Reported Practice

Pegels, C. Carl - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 11 (1994) 5, pp. 6-18

Total quality management (TQM) has taken hold in the Western world. Organizations are either adopting or contemplating adoption of TQM programmes before they fully realize what they are getting into. Seeks to lift some of the veil on TQM. The TQM concept is described or defined in terms of what...

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Implementing a quality maintenance system in a military organization

Goh, Mark; Tay, Guan‐How - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 12 (1995) 4, pp. 26-39

Over the past few years, considerable attention has been focused on the implementation and usage of quality improvement and related techniques to the service industry. Reports on an ongoing project to implement a quality maintenance system (QMS) in a military maintenance organization. Total...

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Quality management, problems and pitfalls: a critical perspective

Wilkinson, Adrian; Willmott, Hugh - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 13 (1996) 2, pp. 55-65

Quality initiatives have become widespread in recent years. However, the diverse meanings attached to quality initiatives make it a seductive and slippery philosophy of management and an elusive topic of study. Many books champion the cause of quality management but few address its meaning or...

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The manufacturing TQM and service quality literatures: synergistic or conflicting paradigms?

Silvestro, Rhian - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 15 (1998) 3, pp. 303-328

Compares, contrasts and assimilates the contributions of the TQM manufacturing and service quality management literatures. A manufacturing model of TQM is proposed, and then developed and enhanced in the light of concepts, tools and techniques which have emerged from the service quality...

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Organizational learning capability and battlefield performance

Visser, Max - In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis 24 (2016) 4, pp. 573-590

Purpose While intended as a bridge between the concepts of learning organization and organizational learning, current conceptualizations of organizational learning capability still predominantly lean toward the learning organization side, specifically directed at profit firms. The purpose of...

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Sensemaking at work: meaningful work experience for individuals and organizations

Asik-Dizdar, Ozen; Esen, Ayla - In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis 24 (2016) 1, pp. 2-17

that job crafting is a sensemaking tool – enabled by empowerment – for individuals to make sense of the internal …

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The challenges of empowering waqf land in Indonesia: an analytical network process analysis

Fauzi, R.M. Qudsi; Hapsari, Meri Indri; Herianingrum, Sri; … - In: International Journal of Ethics and Systems 38 (2022) 3, pp. 426-442

Purpose This paper aims to identify the factors that hinder the successful empowerment of waqf land in Indonesia … optimising the community’s role in the empowerment of waqf land. Research limitations/implications The development of the ANP … illustrate the main problems of waqf land empowerment in Indonesia. ANP is a new approach to the decision-making process through …

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The role of performance measurement in business process re‐engineering

Kuwaiti, M.E.; Kay, John M. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 20 (2000) 12, pp. 1411-1426

examining the relationship between the congruence of PMS and the concepts of empowerment, integration and strategic alignment … PMS and strategic alignment are strongly related, empowerment is moderately related and integration showed a weak …

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An analysis of line‐stop strategy in just‐in‐time manufacturing

Shin, Dooyoung; Min, Hokey - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 15 (1995) 9, pp. 104-115

In pursuit of zero‐defect quality, a growing number of JIT manufacturing firms often consider a line‐stop strategy that allows workers to stop the assembly line when abnormalities occur during production process, and to repair defects immediately as they occur. The line‐stop strategy...

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Set‐up reduction in pharmaceutical manufacturing: an action research study

Gilmore, M.; Smith, D.J. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 3, pp. 4-17

The Japanese approach to manufacturing has been well documented. Many European firms have successfully adopted and adapted a variety of Japanese manufacturing techniques. This paper describes how a pharmaceutical manufacturer responded to an increased requirement for manufacturing flexibility...

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