... norms present unique challenges to modern management practices. This study also discussed the organizational culture (OC) as a potential moderator to strengthen the impact of Lean and HIHRM practices on operational performance (OP). Design/methodology/approach Convenient and snowball sampling...

... kaizen performance. Additionally, the study delves into the potential moderating roles of organizational culture in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Data samples include 481 employees who are working at Japanese manufacturing companies. SPSS software is used for data analysis...

... mechanisms through which organizational culture (OC) affects TQM. Design/methodology/approach A thorough review of the relevant existing studies focusing on the direct and indirect links between OC, employee readiness for change (ERFC), employee commitment to change (ECC) and TQM implementation...

... Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Total quality management Organizational culture Quality management Let us start with an intriguing question: “Could an organisation use its organisational culture profile to assess the readiness for implementing Total...

... analysis, 263 accurate completed questionnaires are used. Structural equation modeling is applied to investigate the relationship between the research variables. Findings The findings showed that some types of organizational culture (i.e. self-criticism, team, and participatory culture) (β...

... and their existing culture in order to survive in a competitive business environment. From the above discussions, it is evident that both TQM and BPR are linked to knowledge, leadership, organizational culture and organizational learning (Arh and Blazic, 2012 ; Al-Bourini et al., 2013 ; Smith et...

... to improve quality in all these areas Barbara McCrory can be contacted at: B.McCrory@napier.ac.uk 27 11 2015 23 05 2016 22 08 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Organizational culture Continuous improvement...

... or a platform to support a closed community, with users in UK, Europe, USA, Africa and Asia. Current customers include professional bodies, companies and universities. Organizational culture Quality culture Learning organizations This paper describes work to develop online tools to support...

... that organizations that apply Lean have the same overall needs, to reach perfection. To be able to change the system, you need to change the way you think first (Seddon, 2005). Within Lean the major way of changing the organizational culture is by doing. Shook (2010) writes in his paper about his experiences...

... Organizational culture Company size Manufacturing industries Quality management practices (QMP) have recently flourished across the globe. These practices encompass activities that are planned, developed and/or implemented in compliance with the philosophy and requirements of total quality management...

...K.A.S.P. Kaluarachchi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the effect of organizational culture (OC) on the total quality management (TQM) practices of a Sri Lankan public sector hospital, which practices Japanese 5‐S based TQM and has won several national quality awards. Design...

... corporate office to its overseas operations has been the subject of considerable debate. Implementing an innovation methodology such as the total quality management (TQM) can be challenged by the organizational culture unique to each operation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship...

... questionnaires were used to elicit responses from hospital managers and employees. Data collected included the characteristics of organizational culture in IUHs and the degree of TQM success and its implementation problems in these hospitals. Findings The paper finds that TQM success in IUHs was medium...

.... Dahlgaard can be contacted at: jenda@ikp.liu.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Lean production Six sigma Quality Total quality management Organizational culture There is a widespread confusion and misunderstanding of what is “lean production”. Is it just an old “fad” which...

... on the behaviour of employees. The reasons for this are discussed within a TQM framework, and suggestions made as to how compliance might be improved in future. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Total quality management Electronic commerce Organizational culture Ethics United Kingdom...

... Organizational culture Empowerment Motivation (psychology) Self‐managing teams Slovenia Manufacturing companies face serious quality problems caused by economic globalization processes. The global market triggers new opportunities and these, in turn, open up new markets. But new markets change...