...J.A.A. Sillince; G.M.H. Sykes; Deol P. Singh One problem in studying quality circles (QCs) is the shortage of objective measures of success. Another is the fact that many previous studies have been longitudinal but based on only one site. Presents results of a large sample of over 5,000 QCs which...

... UP Limited 1988 Goal Programming Japan Quality Circles Quality Control Technical Paper: Quality Control Circles Measuring the Effectiveness of Quality Control Circles: A Goal 59 Programming Approach by Received October 1986 Revised April 1987 Maling Ebrahimpour University of Rhode...

...A.I. Temple; B.G. Dale A recent research project on white collar quality circles in manufacturing industry was carried out because previous research at UMIST indicated that white collar circles were more difficult to set up and sustain. The study involved interviews in eleven companies which had...

...B.G. Dale; J. Lees What constitutes a success, survivor, or failure regarding UK quality circle programmes, is not a clear‐cut issue, according to results from four questionnaire‐based surveys carried out by the Department of Management Sciences at UMIST, 1982–4. It is an open question whether some...

... and that western industry should not expect too much from quality control circles. © MCB UP Limited 1983 Quality Circles Work Organisation 18 IJOPM 3,2 Work Improvement Programmes: Quality Control Circles Compared w i t h Traditional Western Approaches by Richard J. Schonberger* Quality control...