...), Resource-Based Theory , Oxford University , Oxford . Basir , S.A. and Davies , J. (2018), “ ISO 9000 maintenance measures: the case of a Malaysian local authority ”, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence , Vol.  29 No.  2 , pp.  185 - 201 , doi: 10.1080/14783363.2016.1172480...

... the motives for obtaining an ISO 9000-certified quality management system in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and whether such motives differ between large companies and SMEs. This study employed a qualitative approach, using multiple case studies. The primary research consisted of interviews...

... 28 11 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only ISO 9000 Supply chain Quality management Quality programmes The integration of quality management systems across supply chains has become more common in the manufacture...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> ISO 9000 Quality United Kingdom The Case against ISO 9000 (2nd ed) John SeddonVanguard Education£18.45 Keywords: ISO 9000, Quality, United Kingdom Since 1979 British organisations have been persuaded to register to ISO 9000...

... “practice” with “theory”. Analyses the implementation process for quality assurance systems designed to meet the requirements of the ISO 9000 standard to identify the role of the different “actors” to find out which factors facilitate the implementation or make it more difficult. Suggests that the primary...

.... This simple analysis can be used as a basic model by an enterprise which wishes to implement a process leading to formal quality certification such as ISO 9000. Most systems rely for their efficacy on people. It is the ways in which the people that populate systems, processes and procedures carry out...

...Kwai‐Sang Chin; Gary K.K. Poon; Kit‐Fai Pun ISO 9000 is now a widespread quality management practice in Hong Kong manufacturing industries. There is a pressing need to investigate the critical success factors that can help those ISO 9000 registered companies to plan for the continuous maintenance...

... published in Facilities, Volume 15 Number 11, 1997. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Business schools International management centres Internet ISO 9000 Management development When most core competences can quickly be copied, lifelong learning is increasingly being recognized as the route...

..., TQM is a culturally based approach; it is always easier to change procedures than to change culture. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Corporate culture ISO 9000 TQM THE TOTAL QUALITY CULTURE Shirley Daniels Much (perhaps too much) has been written over the last few years on the subject of total...

... for registration. Surmises that the costs of BS5750 registration are only a small part of the production of a Quality Manual, and that accreditation is a useful starting point for TQM. © MCB UP Limited 1991 ISO 9000 TQM United Kingdom BS5750 QUALITY ACCREDITATION - WHAT, WHY, HOW? Anna Baines...