...Marek Bugdol; Piotr Jedynak Purpose The aim of this paper is to show the ways of setting quality objectives, their attributes and the conditions under which they can perform a motivational function. Design/methodology/approach Collecting relevant data, the authors used the results of previous...

... are the scope of respondents in this study. Findings – The adoption of QLASSIC assessment is not significantly affected by the awareness whereas the motivations and barrier factors do. It was discovered that the contractors perception on QLASSIC adoption are basically due to the significant factors...

... of internal motivation for seeking certification with level of quality management and performance in order to determinate whether internal aspects are more important than external aspects. For this purpose, a factor analysis (to identify reasons) and a cluster analysis (to establish significant differences...

... John realized that there were not 30 unique reasons (special causes) that moved him to break up with women. He saw that there were only five basic reasons (common causes of variation in his process) that contributed to his breaking up with women. Statistics Learning Motivation Quality control...

...Francis Buttle Reports a survey of the largest‐ever national survey of the international quality management system, ISO 9000 (BS EN ISO 9000), which has been installed in 95,000 companies internationally. Specifically, reports the marketing considerations which motivate companies to seek...

... of two aspects of senior executives’ mindset, namely their understanding of ISO 9000 and their motivations for pursuing it. Presents preliminary data which suggest that these two factors may have an important influence on future progress towards TQM, and postulates that the success of organizations...