Who needs to learn what from whom? Understanding quality management by differentiating organisations and practices
Paper i proceeding, 2014

The purpose of this paper is to understand quality management by describing differences between organisations and practices. This study looks at the scores for different criteria from the different quality award applicants in Sweden between 1992 and 2010. It is noteworthy to mention that the service industry outperforms the manufacturing industry. Furthermore, and maybe not surprisingly, large organisations are ahead of small and medium enterprises in the race for quality progress. In general, when comparing public with private organisations, private organisations do better, and especially process issues seem to be easier for private firms. This study also suggests that process management as it is described and taught needs to be revised to better fit the organisations. The time has come to question old truths about quality management, especially regarding who is better than whom at what, and who needs to learn what from whom.

Quality Management

Business Excellence

Quality Awards

Författare

Henrik Eriksson

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Industriell kvalitetsutveckling

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

21573611 (ISSN) 2157362X (eISSN)

295-299 6962421

Styrkeområden

Produktion

Ämneskategorier

Annan samhällsvetenskap

Företagsekonomi

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962421

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