TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Lecture I History of Quality During the early days of manufacturing‚ an operative’s work was inspected and a decision made whether to accept or reject it. As businesses became larger‚ so too did this role and full time inspection jobs were created. Accompanying the creation of inspection functions‚ other problems arose: • More technical problems occurred‚ requiring specialized skills‚ often not possessed by production workers • The inspectors lacked training • Inspectors
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BACKGROUND Abstract Quotation: “Leadership and industrial management are two distinct but complementary system. While industrial managers promote stability. Leaders press for change. Only organization that can embrace both side of that contradiction can thrive in turbulent times” (Philip Kotter‚ 1995) Question: “How do you relate leadership and management with social network? In this paper‚ the author will describe the opinion about the quotation and question above with explaining by referring
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1.1 Introduction This essay discusses about one particular aspect of Value Chain Management‚ which is Quality and Performance Management‚ relates this to the theories put forward by the major Theorists also known as the “Quality Gurus” and interprets it from both a customer and a business process perspective. The subject matter we are going to consider is firstly the dimensions of quality‚ for both service quality and quality for goods‚ the cost‚ and outlining the theories of selected “Quality
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References: Access to HE (2011) ‘Access to HE comparative statistics 2011’. Available from [WWW] http://www.accesstohe.ac.uk/partners/statistics/2011/AVAcompstats2011.pdf Accessed June 2012 British Deming Association (1992) Deming’s 14 Points for Management Deming‚ W. (1982) Out of the Crisis. London: The MIT Press Butcher‚ L Jameson‚ J. and McNay‚ I (2007) Ultimate FE Leadership and Management Handbook. London: Continuum International Publishing Group Ofsted ‘College inspection
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Total Quality Management (TQM) concept was developed by an American W. EDWARDS DEMING. Still 1980s the Japanese only were concentrating in TQM concept where they dominated in world markets. There is a myth the use of TQM which is applicable only in Business and Industry where the production process are being made but the new concept of TQM is also applicable to Academics. Many educators strongly believe that the Deming concept provides guiding principles to make reform in educational system. Also
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PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 QUALITY MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 Quality Management Benefits of Quality Control I. II. Minimum scrap or rework due to reduced defectives. Reduced cost of labour and material as a result of reduced defectives. III. Uniform quality and reliability of product help in increasing sales turn over. IV. Reduced variability resulting in-higher quality and reduced production bottle necks. V. Reduced inspection and reduced inspection costs
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Involvement A. Quality Circle History Quality Circles are generally associated with Japanese management and manufacturing techniques. The introduction of quality circles in japan in the postwar years was inspired by the lectures of W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993)‚ a statistician for the U.S government. The newly formed Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers was familiar with Deming’s work and heard that he would be coming to Japan in 1950 to advise the Allied occupation government. It was first
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as a whole with the purpose of achieving a common goal.” This theory was used in the mid 1900’s‚ and used “systems organizations” that consisted of tracking inputs‚ transformation processes‚ outputs and then feedback. During this time W. Edwards Deming was accredited with his theory and the 14 points theory‚ resulting from comparing
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Trends Towards Holistic Thinking In Management Trends towards holistic thinking in "QUALITY MANAGEMENT" (in Manufacturing Sector) Quality as a concept has been widely used for the improvement in the performance of organizations. In its initial stages it was applied only to the manufacturing sector‚ but subsequently it spread to the services and other sectors. Over the years the definition of quality has been revised from being applied only to products; subsequently quality initiatives have
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not understand the quality management concept and was not interested in using statistics for continual improvement. Edward Deming‚ an American citizen‚ was sent to Japan and taught his quality management concept using his 14 points for management approach because he believed that poor quality is based on poor management. There have been other fathers of quality since the Deming era‚ to name a few‚ Juran‚ Ishikawa‚ Crosby‚ and Feigenbaum. Each adds their own unique beliefs in how to produce quality
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