1.)What is 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
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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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INTERNATIONAL B-SCHOOL MARKS: 80 SUB: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT N.B.: 1) All questions carries equal marks. 1. Which of the gurus would be the father of quality control? Which had the greatest impact on management? Which is noted for robust design? 2. Write your personal philosophy or creed? 3. List and explain the six most important factors that influence consumer purchases? 4. What conditions are necessary for empowerment? 5. Describe how empowerment‚ work groups‚ and multifunctional
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sustain continuous improvement. There are many different methods to sustain improvement‚ however there are four common strategies that can be used in many different scenarios: repair‚ refinement‚ renovation‚ and reinvention. 2. Give an example of the use of PDSA cycle in your personal life and in your work experience. PDSA indicates that we should Plan‚ Do‚ Study‚ and Act. In my personal life this class requirements are an example of PDSA. When working on an assignment I Plan what
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Management – Total Quality Management (TQM) Management: A Practical Introduction - Fourth Edition; Brian K. Williams‚ Angelo Kinincki‚ McGraw-Hill Irwin; 2009 1.0 Management – Total Quality Management Quality means a product or service free of deficiencies‚ or the characteristic of a product or services that satisfy customer needs. Total quality management (TQM) is defined as a comprehensive approach – led by top management and supported throughout the organization – dedicated to continuous
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thousands of people had lost their life savings because the top executives were lining their pockets with Enron’s losses. The following discussion will show how the leadership‚ management and organizational structures contributed to the failure of this American conglomerate and how it could have possibly been avoided. Working as part of the management team does not necessarily mean the manager is a leader. In the case of Enron‚ however‚ Ken Lay and Jeffery Skilling were considered successful leaders
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES The key objective of this course is to acquaint the students with the conceptualization of Total Quality (TQ) from design assurance to processes’ assurance to service assurance. Additional objective is to give focus on Quality Management Systems (QMS) like 1SO-9001 and environment and safety systems (ISO-14001 and ISO 18001).The course would also aim to closely link management
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The Importance of Organizational Behavior In any organization one can assume that the main goal of that business is to succeed; what exactly does being a winning organization mean and what does it take to get there? In the past companies placed a great amount of emphasis on the numbers and how to achieve those numbers. The people who actually helped achieve those numbers were graded on their technical skills‚ productivity‚ and budgets. Employees were moneymaking machines and how they achieved
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influence): Their impact on organizational citizenship and counterproductive individual and organizational behaviour The article under review has been taken from the “Journal of Occupational Psychology” by the University of South Florida. Abstract: Emotion and power as manifested in forms of social influence have been studied throughout millennia‚ and have recently enjoyed intense scientific scrutiny. However‚ their joint effects on important classes of discretionary behaviours in work organizations
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Programme in Total Quality Management (71838) Purpose The national quality policy focuses on the quality of product‚ quality of service delivery (to the internal and external customer)‚ quality of organisation (systems and processes) and quality of work-life (QWL). The purpose of this SLP is to provide students a complete body of knowledge of TQM as a holistic approach to managing quality. Students will acquire fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge in various concepts of TQM necessary
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