...Dr Madhav Sinha; Jan M. Myszewski Purpose – This investigation focusses on the mechanisms that obstruct an organization’s ability to develop. The purpose of this paper is to focus on short-term phenomena, which occurs during an organization’s general development process. Design/methodology...

...Joseph A. DeFeo; Alexander Janssen Predicts a major role for quality in the business world of the twenty‐first century. Considers a broad range of developments such as the possible advances in online business, increased coverage of quality issues in higher education, and developments in tools aimed...

... they understand and are ready to accept their implications. ISO 9000 TQM Development © MCB UP Limited 2000 This paper examined the implications of the changes from the 1994 version of ISO 9000 and the next generation for 2000. The case was made that in order to benefit from these changes...

..., successive governments of Greece tried for the next 140 years to develop the basic infrastructure of a new nation and regain much of the territory under foreign rule. It was natural for the need of survival to take priority over excellence until the end of the Second World War, followed by bloody...

... responsibility for the achievement of quality, as it was originally perceived by Feigenbaum. However, TQC did not include many of the elements (e.g. supplier developmental relationships, people empowerment and teamwork) that are now considered part of the TQM concept. Japanese companies have developed...