The measurement of productivity is a complex task. The OECD has recently released a comprehensive manual or guide to … the measurement of industry-level and aggregate productivity. In the fifth article, Paul Schreyer from the OECD and the … author of the OECD productivity manual provides an overview of the manual. He highlights a number of the key issues addressed …

Japan's adoption (and adaption) of QC circles 10 years earlier than most of the rest of the world, and the role this … has played in Japan's advancement as an industrialised nation, is examined. The growth of circles in Japan is charted, and …

Quality Circles would represent an effective and less expensive solution in order to improve quality level in Romanian … mentality focused on a high quality level for company‘s products. …

Over the past decade much has been written on service quality (SQ) in the financial services industry and on the value … of quality circles (QCs) in service industries in general. The SQ literature propounds the competitive importance of … standards. In a different area of management, quality circles (QCs) have been developed as a method of improving processes …

Presents a brief assessment of the quality movement in Fiji, which has the largest economy in the South Pacific islands …. Relates the history of the beginning of the movement, then presents the means used by Fiji to introduce the quality movement … in the country by the creation of the FNTC, the organization of the national quality convention and the establishment of …

The 1980s have seen the emergence of a new perception of productivity and its relationship to quality, cost and … quality and high productivity and profitability are mutually exclusive has been seriously challenged by academics and managers … alike. While most company studies point to a positive relationship between quality and productivity, the results of the …

productivity management and their control systems. Reveals the prominence of productivity and quality in Japanese operations …Gives an overview of Japanese productivity management in both manufacturing and service industries. Discusses education … and training, as well as corporate attitudes to productivity. Highlights the relationship of productivity to the Japanese …