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The Challenge of Kaizen Technology for American Business Competition
Peter B. Webb, Harold L. BryantEmphasizes one of the two basic types of technology, Kaizen technology, which was principally conceived in Japan. Also discusses the relationship between Kaizen technology and the…
Implementation of an Employee Involvement Programme in a Small, Emerging High‐technology Firm
Joseph C. Latona, Helen La VanReports the effects of an employee involvement programme on members of a small, emerging high tech firm. (Names of firm, industry, and officers used in this study have been…
Ambush along the TQM Trail
Mark MallingerIn order to deal with increasingly dynamic environments, organizations are rethinking the structure of their management systems. The recent literature suggests that, to a greater…
Should the Labour Movement Buy TQM?
Mike Parker, Jane SlaughterTotal quality management (TQM) is usually presented as a proven “win‐win” solution to the problems of private and public sector organizations. However, actual TQM programmes…
The Resurrection of Taylorism: Total Quality Management’s Hidden Agenda
David M. Boje, Robert D. WinsorLooks at the historical roots of TQM. Finds that TQM, while popularly attributed to W. Edwards Deming, can be linked in Japan to 1920s industrialization and to the importation of…
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- Prof Slawomir Magala