A path analytic model of a theory of quality management underlying the Deming Management Method: preliminary empirical findings
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The results of an analysis of a quality management theory thought to underlie the Deming Management Method support several of the theory's proposed relationships and suggest new ones. The results suggest that efforts to help organizational constituents achieve satisfaction, happiness, and pride of work can potentially serve the goal of improving customer satisfaction.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 1995
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A comparative analysis of quality practice in manufacturing firms in the U.S. and Taiwan
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The results of a study of Taiwanese and US middle managers' perceptions indicate that there is a causal relationship between quality constructs, such as customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction, and organizational performance. That relationship differs, however, for different types of firms and, for firms of the same type, by country.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 1995
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A model for evaluating organizational competencies: an application in the context of a quality management initiative
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A study on developing procedures for measuring certain issues on the operational definition of the theoretical concepts that characterize the competency-based perspective (CBP) in association with quality management (QM) initiative is presented.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 2005
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