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Origins of Total Quality Management
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Origins of Total Quality Management

The origins of the Total Quality Management philosophy can be traced back more than half a century to the work of W. Edwards Deming. In working with Japanese engineers and scientists to rebuild Japan's industrial capacity following World War Two, De...
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Operational Efficiency Case Study: General Dynamics
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Operational Efficiency Case Study: General Dynamics

-in-time" production in 1990. In addition, Convair installed an automated warehouse system and began training workers to look for ways they could improve operational
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Transcript: SUGGESTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL WORKERS. YOU NEED TO LAY IT OUT INTO A FLOW SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AND SEEING WHETHER YOU CAN

Organizational Re-Design: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
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Organizational Re-Design: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

To operate more efficiently in the increasingly competitive world of health care, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center instituted a massive organizational re-design called Care 2000. In Mercy's former design, the simplest tasks were parceled out to a m...
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Organizational Design and Change
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Organizational Design and Change

Like Hospitals everywhere, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center has had to deal with drastic changes in a business environment that has become increasingly competitive.
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Organizational Culture and Quality
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Organizational Culture and Quality

In the 1980's, the issue of quality became so critical that an entire philosophy of management--known as total quality management, or "TQM,"--evolved. It was based on the notion that, ultimately, corporate success rests on quality. The impact of thi...
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Organizational Design and Diversification: Fluor Corporation, The
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Organizational Design and Diversification: Fluor Corporation, The

To implement its diversification strategy, Fluor Daniel adopted a highly flexible, diversified network organizational design that aligned separate business units with a wide variety of engineering and construction markets.
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Organizational Culture: Manager's Role, The
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Organizational Culture: Manager's Role, The

A company's culture is much like the culture of a society. It is the sum total of that organization's behaviors, beliefs, and values. One outgrowth of a firm's culture is the environment or "climate" that exists within the organization. Along with w...
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Organizational Structure
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Organizational Structure

Organizing, as the word suggests, is the phase of management that defines the structure of an organization. It lays out a set of parts and coordinates efforts to achieve goals developed in the planning phase. In practice, however, many organizations...
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Employee Morale and the Auto Industry
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Employee Morale and the Auto Industry

During the 1960's and 70's, Japanese auto companies developed a new approach to managing their workers. They placed the workers on teams and gave
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Transcript: DEMORALIZATION OF WORKERS. DURING THE 1960S AND 70S, JAPANESE AUTO COMPANIES DEVELOPED A NEW APPROACH. THEY PLACED WORKERS ON TEAMS AND GAVE THEM THE AUTONOMY TO

Employee Morale Case Study: Solectron
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Employee Morale Case Study: Solectron

Companies like Solectron (which has been acquired by another company) often utilize a number of systems, including teamwork and frequent meetings between managers and employees, to encourage employees to contribute their best ideas. The goal is to f...
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