Is there a link between total quality management and learning
organizations?

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The TQM Magazine

ISSN: 0954-478X
Currently published as: The TQM Journal
Incorporates: Training for Quality

Online from: 1988

Subject Area: Managing Quality

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Title:	Is there a link between total quality management and learning organizations?
Author(s):	Amrik Sohal, (Teach at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.), Michael Morrison, (Teach at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.)
Citation:	Amrik Sohal, Michael Morrison, (1995) "Is there a link between total quality management and learning organizations?", The TQM Magazine, Vol. 7 Iss: 3, pp.41 - 44
Keywords:	Australia, Learning organizations, Organizational change, Organizational development, Ramset Fasteners Ltd, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia, TQM, W.A. Deutscher Metal Products Group
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/09544789510087751 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Focuses on an attempt to determine whether or not there is a link between TQM and learning organizations. Data from three TQM companies are tested against a series of building blocks for developing learning organizations. Total quality management tends to create the environment necessary for organizational learning to occur. The learning organization creates competitive advantage by adapting to changing environments, continually improving and being able to absorb new concepts and innovations.