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History and Uses of Total Quality Management

In forty two pages this paper examines the history of TQM, the models of Juran, Baldrige, and Deming, and implementation experienc...

Higher Education Facilities and the Application of Total Quality Management

impossible. Deming identified 14 points, or principles for management. They are: 1. Create constancy of purpose toward improvement...

Total Quality Management Generalities

In ten pages 5 articles are reviewed in terms of how they apply to actual situations in TQM. Five sources are cited in the biblio...

Total Quality Management and Characterizing Commitments

In a paper consisting of fourteen pages TQM is considered in terms of implementatoin and commitment to employees, customers, proce...

Prostate Victims & Their Partners/Quality of Life

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

To What Extent Can Decisions About Operations Really Be Strategic From The Firm's Point Of View?

For example, operations management may be able to help determine the right location for a factory, by looking at the available sit...

Risk Management Questions

the frequency of unexpected accidents or incidences, such as type blowouts and incidences of air range in passengers. Knowing the ...

Knowledge Management

Management In the past it may be argued that knowledge management was a potential source of competitive advantage, but i...

Servant Leadership: Application in Organizations

qualities of the ultimate Christian service leaders (Jesus and Paul) as including "personal sacrifice, humility, risk taking, and ...

Influences on Management Functions in McDonalds

corporate level, but also a store level, when planning the staffing rotas. Internal influences may come from individual employees ...

How Regulatory Agencies have Improved Outcomes

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

Los Angeles Air Pollution and Healthy People 2010

2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...

The Relevance of Business Quality Practices

How many cars can be built in a week? Service industries, on the other hand, are qualitatively different. Quality there has to d...

Total Quality Management - Three Cases

basis for their own self-assessments that are prepared for the Inspector General each year (International Public Management Networ...

Will Existing and Developing Technologies in Chemistry Protect Air Quality?

something known as the greenhouse effect, is something that can be controlled, at least to an extent. Many of the problems as it ...

Increasing the Quality of Care in Nursing

This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...

The Use of PM Tools to Improve Project Management

had not, this served as a useful introduction, and can be seen as a necessary stage as it allows introduction. The meeting was als...

Palliative Care/Hospice Websites

This research paper investigates the quality of three sites that pertain to the medical specialty Palliative and Hospice care. Eva...

Staffing the VA Outpatient Clinic

and a domiciliary residence for homeless veterans (Mountain Home VA Medical Center, n.d.); the Knoxville CBOC frequently sends its...

Heroism in the Epic of Gilgamesh

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

Project Managers

perspective to others on the project team as well. One of the first considerations in any decision-making process should be, "How...

The Relationship Between Risk Management And Project Management

has been different levels of risk. For example, the was the introduction of the use of French Oak barrels to age the wine in stari...

Adding MRI to the Orthopedic Practice

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

Leadership and Management in Nursing

management, in recent years, has been quite extensive. This body of empirical evidence and commentary largely supports the concept...

Flame Electrical; Inventory Management Case Study

be more important than others. The company operates a system where speed is inherent in the entire process; from the taking of the...

Airbus Case Study

has been the dominant supplier of aircraft. It was only in 1970 when Airbus was formed that a potential long-term competitor becam...

Decisions Involving Capital Structure

in the market conditions, or will come crashing to the floor. So, it would, one would argue, serve the company well if it were t...

The Call for Exemption from Government Cost Disclosure Requirements

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the attempt by one company, the Cajun Company, to justify their cal...

Company Improvement Prospectus of DataHelpers

In twenty five pages a small database business called DataHelpers is discussed in terms description of the online sales' companies...

L.L. Bean and Call Center Issues

L.L. Bean has been known for nearly a century for its high-quality and long-lasting outdoor wear that falls more easily into the c...