The TQM Journal: Volume 21 Issue 3

Subject:

Table of contents

Establishment and application of performance measure indicators for universities

Shun‐Hsing Chen, Hui‐Hua Wang, King‐Jang Yang

To promote university education quality, performance measure indicators (PMIs) must be established. These indicators ensure the maintenance of university operating standards…

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TQM: a knowledge enabler?

Maria Colurcio

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of total quality management (TQM) as a knowledge enabler in the creation and exploitation of organisational knowledge.

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Total quality management and supply chain management: similarities and differences

Assadej Vanichchinchai, Barbara Igel

The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively review, contrast and compare the differences and similarities between total quality management (TQM) and supply chain management…

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An empirical study of barriers to TQM implementation in Indian industries

K. Subrahmanya Bhat, Jagadeesh Rajashekhar

The purpose of this paper is to identify the barriers of total quality management (TQM) implementation, in order to make them known to the managers of Indian industries.

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The implementation of a quality management system in the not‐for‐profit sector

G.R.T. White, P. Samson, R. Rowland‐Jones, A.J. Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to examine the rationale for establishing a quality management system (QMS) by obtaining ISO 9001:2000 certification in a not for profit small to…

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Developing a European quality assessment tool for schools

Zdravko Pecar, Sara Cervai, Tauno Kekäle

The purpose of the research was to develop a simple self‐evaluation model and tool that would be based on the preferences of improvement areas of all the stakeholder groups and…

Cover of The TQM Journal

ISSN:

1754-2731

Renamed from:

The TQM Magazine

Online date, start – end:

2008

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Alexander Douglas