This paper examines the mediating role of competitor orientation and inter-functional coordination between leadership styles Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation. The empirical data for this study were drawn from a survey 203 leaders manufacturing service firms in Addis Ababa its surrounding cities to examine reliability validity independent constructs; constructs (i.e., coordination);...

Sažetak: Upravljanje kvalitetom obuhvaća sustavno korištenje različitih metoda, smjernica, tehnika i alata kako bi se, kroz postizanje visoke kvalitete proizvoda i procesa, zadovoljili zahtjevi korisnika i postigla konkurentna prednost te poslovni uspjeh. Buđenje svijesti o kvaliteti u svim poslovnim procesima osnovni je cilj TQM-a, a pretpostavlja orijentaciju na korisnika, kontinuirana pobolj...

4 / 7 / 2 0 0 8 " There are many interpretations and definitions of TQM. Put simply, TQM is the mutual cooperation of everyone in an organisation and associated business processes to produce value-for-money products and services to meet and hopefully exceed the needs and expectations of customers. " Barrie G. Dale, 2004 Discuss the key elements of Total Quality Management within the context of ...

Indian manufacturing firms operating in rapidly changing and highly competitive market, over the last few decades, have embraced organization-wide transformation to achieve cultural and operational excellence. In recent years, numerous approaches have been proposed to improve business and manufacturing performance. Lean practices in particular, Total Productive Management (TPM) and Total Qualit...

Recent research on total quality management (TQM) has examined the relationships between the practices of quality management and various levels of organizational performance. These studies have produced mixed results, probably because of the nature of the research designs used such as measuring TQM or performance as a single construct. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this study iden...

Total quality management (TQM), continuous quality improvement (CQI) and quality control are terms that are becoming very familiar to workers in the health care environment. The purpose of this article is to discuss these terms and the concepts they describe. The origins of TQM and the keen interest in its application to the health care environment today are addressed. In other environments, TQ...

Total Quality Management (TQM) is one of the approaches that contributes towards ensuring that projects are being delivered to the stakeholder requirements. The main purpose of this paper is to identify critical success factors (CSFs) that affect the implementation of TQM in Libyan Construction Industry (LCI). This research adopted both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The finding...

There is a need for an appropriate culture to support the scope of Total Quality Management (TQM). Customer focus, systems approach, teamwork, involved management and continuous improvement are the aspects of TQM that facilitate improved organisational success, growth, and competitiveness. Many companies are now complementing continuous improvement with innovation, which is seen as the successf...