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TQM -- Total Quality Management in the Workforce -- Fad or Fascinating Management tool -- or both?
Total Quality Management has the unfortunate distinction of being an excellent management system that bears a name that sounds more like a trademark than what it is, a philosophy of management that is both psychologically astute and scientific in its nature. Rather than pointing fingers at individual employees, it encourages managers to take responsibility for their staff as a whole and implement solutions to clearly defined and remediable problems, thus producing real results rather than mere corporate reshuffling of staff.
From a definitional, knowledge perspective, the concept of total quality management or TQM, stresses that quantitative or scientific measurement by managers "should be used as a helpful tool, not a weapon." (Hunicke, 2001) From the level of comprehension, one can, by using TQM, increase one's understanding as...
Yes, TQM might seem to be a management fad. And in some ways, one could characterize it as such in the sense that it is a brand name or a label that adapts other existing effective management styles and structures into its form. But this does not mean it should be distained.…
Works Cited
Wayne J. Hunicke. (2001) "How To Implement A TQM Process." TQM. Retrived on July 14, 2004 at Advantage Systems Website http://www.dbainc.com/public_html/dba2/library/meawork.html
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