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10.1108/09534819410061379
<jats:p>Describes three approaches to incorporating sustainable development into the agri‐food system. Presents the argument that long‐term sustainable development demands trans‐formational change, whereas stop‐gap sustainable development measures can be introduced on an add‐on piecemeal basis. Rooted in strategic choi...
Build in Sustainable Development and They Will Come: A Vegetable Field of Dreams
[ "Dyck Bruno " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819410061379
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819410072737
<jats:p>Tells the personal story of one individual′s journey in trying to understand how she is situated in the world relative to others, what she has absorbed (often unconsciously) about those who are different from her in some societally defined way, and how her Whiteness has both framed and limited how she sees, thi...
A Different Way of Making a Difference: Learning through Feelings
[ "Jean Ramsey V. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819410072737
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819510084346
<jats:p>Living and living with the postmodern values of diversity, flexibility, voice, humanness, inspirational leadership, shared power, and global sensitivity can result in very different outcomes for organizational members. Discusses these potentially contradictory out‐comes. Presents the authors′ personal accounts ...
Gender, voice, electronic communication and postmodern values
[ "Gillespie Janet ", "Meyer Gordon " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819510084346
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819610107349
<jats:p>By definition, all organizations that survive as their environment evolves are learning, at least to some degree, but proposes that the learning capabilities of most organizations are extremely limited, especially when learning requires that diverse constituencies build shared understanding of dynamically compl...
From theory to practice: research territory, processes and structure at an organizational learning centre
[ "Roth George L. ", "Senge Peter M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819610107349
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819610113711
<jats:p>Often associated with early stages of individual and organizational change is exploration of basic premisses or assumptions held by individuals. Management faculty could benefit from an increased awareness of epistemological and values assumptions that they and others are applying in their educational planning ...
Qualitative research and reflexive faculty change potentials
[ "Payne Stephen L. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819610113711
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819610116592
<jats:p>Examines one particular sector of a Japanese affiliate based in the USA, namely female Japanese local hires. Uses the format of an ethnographic diary, with examples from the experiences of a female American local hire. Shows how gender, race and language affect the dynamics of daily communication between male J...
Maintaining Yoshino’s traditional hierarchy: the roles of gender and race in Japanese transplant management
[ "Clark Sara " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819610116592
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819610116637
<jats:p>Asian management systems, led by the so‐called lean production system invented by Toyota and refined by Japanese companies are being transplanted to North America with mixed success. A necessary but not sufficient condition for a successful transplant across vastly different cultures, such as from east to west,...
Managing changes in globalizing business: how to manage cross‐cultural business partners
[ "Graen George ", "Hui Chun " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819610116637
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819910263640
<jats:p>Behavioral integrity is the perceived fit between espoused and enacted values. We propose that the maintenance of behavioral integrity is a highly problematic and consequential element of the successful management of change. Support for this view is drawn from the literatures on management fads, transformationa...
Behavioral integrity as a critical ingredient for transformational leadership
[ "Simons Tony L. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819910263640
2,002
July
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10.1108/09534819910282171
<jats:p>This paper argues that community is a necessary element of spirituality. Community is based on connectedness and a healthy interdependence. Using Wilber’s integrative framework, I argue for three propositions linking community and spirituality: people need to belong to communities where they can make meaningful...
Linking community and spirit: a commentary and some propositions
[ "Waddock Sandra A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819910282171
2,002
July
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10.1108/09540910210416431
<jats:p>Solder paste printing and reflow are well established processes for producing solder joints in electronic assemblies. Solder paste consists of a dense suspension of solder particles in a liquid medium (vehicle) that acts as an oxide reducing agent (flux) during reflow, cleaning the metal surfaces of oxides. Thi...
Solder paste reflow modeling
[ "Mannan S.H. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09540910210416431
2,002
July
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10.1108/09540910210416468
<jats:p>This paper introduces a simple computational model for the analysis on the solder ball shear testing conditions. Both two‐dimensional (2‐D) and three‐dimensional (3‐D) finite element models are used to investigate the effect of shear ram speed on the solder ball shear strength of plastic ball grid array (PBGA) ...
Analysis on solder ball shear testing conditions with a simple computational model
[ "Ricky Lee S.W. ", "Huang Xingjia " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09540910210416468
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780010318334
<jats:p>Companies, irrespective of size or sector, often use ISO 9000 and TQM as a route to world class status. The aim of this paper is to show if this has had any impact on or contributed to raising their competitiveness. This paper gives brief details of a large‐scale UK benchmarking study on the adoption of best pr...
The impact of ISO 9000 and TQM on best practice/performance
[ "Prabhu Vas ", "Appleby Alex ", "Yarrow David ", "Mitchell Ed " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780010318334
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780010325949
<jats:p>Total quality management resulting from the quest for total customer satisfaction implies giving every customer a product tailored specifically to their needs at a price comparable to that of mass produced products. Mass customisation offers several benefits, but are organisations ready for the paradigm shift? ...
The readiness of selected South African organisations to mass customise
[ "Radder Laetitia ", "Louw Lynette " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780010325949
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780010341923
<jats:p>In a manufacturing environment, the 5Ss in practice can result in considerable improvements in environmental performance in parallel with improved housekeeping and health and safety. The 5Ss in theory are a set of straightforward steps to continual improvement. In practice implementation of the 5Ss is influence...
A study of the influence of company culture, communications and employee attitudes on the use of 5Ss for environmental management at Cooke Brothers Ltd
[ "O’hEocha Mary " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780010341923
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780010341950
<jats:p>This paper presents a conceptual framework for managing the process of systematically deriving improvement actions from customer expectations and strategic decisions through business processes, and prioritising improvement actions that will most contribute to strategic objectives. It proposes the use of managem...
A conceptual framework for deployment of strategy‐related continuous improvements
[ "Carpinetti Luiz C.R. ", "Gerólamo Mateus C. ", "Dorta Marcelo " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780010341950
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780110360615
<jats:p>Quality management is an essential part of an organisation’s competitive strategy. The training that underpins quality management determines the likely effectiveness of the quality initiatives undertaken. This article details the findings of a questionnaire survey into the training provided to support quality m...
Quality training: findings from a European survey
[ "Mathews Brian P. ", "Ueno Akiko ", "Lopez Periera Zulema ", "Silva Graca ", "Kekal Tauno ", "Repka Mikko " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780110360615
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780210416702
<jats:p>Six sigma is a popular approach to drive out variability from processes using powerful statistical tools and techniques. Although originally introduced by Motorola in 1986 as a quality performance measurement, six sigma has evolved into a statistically oriented approach to process and product quality improvemen...
Critical success factors for the successful implementation of six sigma projects in organisations
[ "Banuelas Coronado Ricardo ", "Antony Jiju " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780210416702
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780210416711
<jats:p>The term “transformation” is much used in the practice and literature of management and organizations. We are curious as to why there has been little challenge to or questioning of usage of the term. In this paper we identify a number of dimensions on which usage of ‘transformation’ appears to vary. This result...
When change is no longer enough: what do we mean by “transformation” in organizational change work?
[ "Tosey Paul ", "Robinson Graham " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780210416711
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544780210425874
<jats:p>With the success of the Deming Prize, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and the European Quality Award, many other countries have developed or are in the midst of developing their own quality award programs. This article provides background information on 16 national quality awards (NQAs) and discuss...
A comparative study of 16 national quality awards
[ "Tan Kay C. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780210425874
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789410054064
<jats:p>Presents the results of a study which examines the implementation of Total Quality Management in small and medium‐sized manufacturing companies. The study is based on personal, structured interviews with the senior manager responsible for quality in 30 manufacturing companies in the Sheffield area. Identifies f...
The Implementation of Total Quality Management in Small and Medium‐sized Manufacturing Companies
[ "Goh P.L. ", "Ridgway K. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789410054064
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789410062768
<jats:p>The control of documentation in large multi‐site operations brings many problems. One company addressed these by reviewing the nature of documentation and then transferring the bulk of the paper work to a network computer system. The transfer took two years and resulted in improvements in control, access and aw...
Taming the Paper Tiger
[ "Bridge Martin " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789410062768
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789410062795
<jats:p>The benefits of total productive maintenance (TPM) are quantifiable as a direct contributor to improved bottom‐line performance. Describes the procedures for implementing TPM. Overall TPM aims to result in equipment that is easy to operate flawlessly, requires minimum maintenance effort and is capable of reliab...
Total Quality with Teeth
[ "Willmott Peter " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789410062795
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789410062803
<jats:p>Quality assurance and associated activities play an increasingly important role in industry today. Aims to remind the academic of the need to understand fully and consider industrial sectors which operate in environments where computers and paper have no part to play.</jats:p>
Where Is the Academic Now?
[ "Dunn Peter " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789410062803
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789410062812
<jats:p>Describes a Swedish method of management by objectives (<jats:italic>resultkontrakting</jats:italic>, or contracting for results). The group involved completes a contract for improvement; they then agree who the stakeholders are and what demands they have. The group has to take responsibility for their action p...
How to Implement Management by Objectives in the Workplace
[ "Ingham Terry " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789410062812
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789410073586
<jats:p>Reviews the literature on leadership and management in the context of TQM. Discusses an American study which identifies key strengths and areas of improvement. Determines the role of senior managers in TQM implementation, with reference to case studies of several companies which have won the Malcolm Baldrige Na...
Leadership in TQM Implementation
[ "Zairi Mohamed " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789410073586
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789510076870
<jats:p>Reforming and restructuring education through Deming’s 14 points have proved successful in yielding quality outcomes. However, many newly proposed programmes take the traditional, unimaginative approach to implementation – orientation sessions and workshops. These approaches often promote failure before program...
Principals and quality performance: getting in the back door
[ "Weller L. David " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510076870
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789510076898
<jats:p>This research is mainly concerned with the reasons why many organizations remain rooted in the early quality eras and what prevents them from making the transition to the era of strategic quality management. The study examined the characteristics of 13 organizations at various stages of their quality initiative...
The fifth era
[ "Kaye Michael M. ", "Dyason Marilyn D. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510076898
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789510076942
<jats:p>Argues that the theory of TQM can be extended into an interorganizational perspective. Based on research aimed at establishing the extent to which TQM and “partnership” working can be used in conjunction to achieve collaborative advantage. Defines the objective and describes the design process used in pursuing ...
Designing quality partnerships
[ "Rounthwaite Tony ", "Shell Ian " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510076942
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789510081117
<jats:p>Describes the results of a survey which shows that there is a gap between managers’ understanding of the importance of using performance measures, and the actual performance measures used. Argues that an inappropriate performance measurement could be a major cause of failure in the implementation of total quali...
Performance measurement as an obstacle to TQM
[ "Sinclair David ", "Zairi Mohamed " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510081117
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789510087715
<jats:p>Suggests a list of TQ “giants”, with some notable exceptions (Deming, Taylor), and concludes that Joseph Juran was pre‐eminent among them.</jats:p>
The shoulders of giants
[ "Duffin Murray " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510087715
2,002
July
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10.1108/09544789510087742
<jats:p>Suggests that successful TQM initiatives are frequently spurred by “stretch” goals created by benchmarking an organization’s performance and practices with others. Differentiates results and process‐driven benchmarking. Explains how TQM and benchmarking link with the philosophy of continuous improvement</jats:p...
Benchmarking: a process‐driven tool for quality improvement
[ "Zairi Mohamed ", "Hutton Rob " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510087742
2,002
July
"UNBYXAqil9rAiNE1P2tVf67fV5R0M7P5ZBB29ZH35t3MFBsdWsDcWGQEvkvT4KTimA59CTG02gfo+WrsYVpwJeUUEeH7z1S2CLiooNEm8tWF+x3iECOK55iy/Z6MBrOY7tc1nKK2hmRv5I8wAz80go3Gwg1vUxMwXXZSXZETRhE="
10.1108/09544789510103716
<jats:p>Examines an alternative to downsizing in the restructuring of organizations. Suggests that the restructuring and downsizing of staff often result from economic inefficiency. They are used to make immediate financial savings and to keep floundering organizations solvent. Such practices seldom produce sustained r...
School restructuring and downsizing: using TQM to promote cost effectiveness
[ "Weller L. David " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510103716
2,002
July
"knFQbICmtr7AiZdXZyjRr2b1ZcVVNaOrZldxxXfv9d3G0DNdFgBJXDqDOmP0haTjEY/4TD2MkJfKqiztMXgaBOeUEGG4x1ishrt4KIA2PtSj/ATiUoKgdpCovhIMRwmYk9s1HFiEnxz2xY9nRi5WA43HXAt/VrnxCDbfldEefl0="
10.1108/09544789510103752
<jats:p>Explains how the collection and subsequent analysis of information on the personal interactions within an organization, and the identification of natural work groups, can provide a powerful diagnostic tool to evaluate the organizational health of a company, measuring internal customer/supplier relationships, th...
Natural work groups
[ "Williams Paul " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789510103752
2,002
July
"WNBMfChmttrgGNe3XWgda0TnRcJkM7FjRhN4wBX75dzncBgdUsBOGWSUOynUULSrUU78jzGcjAftq+ypcONonOW2k8L471GeC7hgpBC2c92p+53gErKSJcoYrYgfB7qZrdsUn9zAB2xTxJfhY2N2go3CXil+YJOoTOJ1zPMZehU="
10.1108/09544789610107270
<jats:p>Examines a modern approach to competitiveness and describes current phenomena which have altered the principles which underlie competitive success. Discusses the meaning and implications of several key competitive principles including market‐driven strategies, time‐based competition, global competition, competi...
Competition: what does it mean?
[ "Zairi Mohamed " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789610107270
2,002
July
"VvNMXguiutqg0PV3HUsVfwbfF0ZUk5PrREdzdZN/t53EUBOdWsDdmqKCu+mkgaTr2B6ZzzGM2M9stGys4FHgLeSUmeA6zdWsjPqoqPCmN1SpeRWok6OqD5j1vMKfRoca59s1n/CWl0xOUJthFzeGio/G2ihvUpNySvLXlTgaBjk="
10.1108/09544789710159362
<jats:p>Features responses to a piece by the Editor on the “Ethics of capitalism”. Views include the point that irresponsibility is not a characteristic of capitalism although it is a characteristic of some people. Also notes some of the moves being made to promote more responsible behaviour from companies, suggesting ...
Social responsibility is free?
[ "Peters John " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710159362
2,002
July
"Ut7YXBigLtrRikc3TWUd83DXVcNWA/NzdhFySbHv9P3NlAo9E4DYVWKHi0N9QKWjsE/djKO2CFcn625tYVhYDveWEICf51msu5GAaNM2J/S/CQ2CuQOZ95gUrUqNBQ2dm9M9PYCgtihelI8pwxPWCA/k3Cp/R4HxSLbclZhfBjo="
10.1108/09544789710159407
<jats:p>Outlines the key findings of applying the UMIST Total Quality Management Sustaining Audit Tool at Aeroquip Iberica. Presents findings using the five‐part category classification of internal/external environment, management style, policies, organization structure and the process of change. Concludes that there a...
Sustaining TQM: a case study at Aeroquip Iberica
[ "Kemp Axel ", "Pryor Stan ", "Dale Barrie " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710159407
2,002
July
"FNDQXIqiu97AmPd1dWEdy07fxqRXM/NjRlF09PH/9N1M0Bs9EsDcGWaEqkGft6bnMI/9CbGc2A/s8Whs42z6hMQck6EazVGmmvV4oIGmfsSjWx3gAjKaNcis/JqcZr/Z/8MV9PiblAVG8NtlQieEgo3FWi1vWZO4DHbWjYEYdho="
10.1108/09544789710159461
<jats:p>Argues that winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Deming Prize, and the European Quality Award are held up as models of how organizations should be managed. Unfortunately, what may be good for them can be disastrous for your organization. Bases this report on one of the world’s largest int...
The fallacy of universal best practices
[ "Harrington H. James " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710159461
2,002
July
"kvxYXIiin97AyPf1H2MNz2TvR8ZXc7NzRlB6dLOlttzEVBNdEoDcGGaGmGPcMaXnUE/9DLmcmMfsmnntwEHwpO0UEkO6j1isgPiS4JG29sWh+R3iEhCa1Zgkv46OB6fYdtM1lqKWl0zG1MmhQbdUgo3GTihtUpOSTGbWnLYOJjc="
10.1108/09544789710168957
<jats:p>Describes some of the shortcomings of the traditional approaches to business ethics in organizations, posing the question “Can capitalism co‐exist with social concern?” Discusses social responsibility as successful business practice, rather than nice‐to‐do irrelevance in business. Outlines how quality assurance...
Nice guys finish first: how ‐ and why ‐ to apply TQ disciplines to social responsibility issues
[ "Peters John " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710168957
2,002
July
"1F5YfIgiudrAivez3Wkdf2TXU8J0M9PzYlJ2BDPv5tzskRs8GkDJVTKCm1N1QKSikM9wzCOsiMetu2xtYFR4jv2Vl+C871mMivuIKJC2N9ShSQCiEgKqbZgRrw6NRo+dj9s1v8SUtoh+3d9xz752gA/G3ip+SILgTbZXtbzbBhU="
10.1108/09544789710168993
<jats:p>In today’s competitive environment, global competition has forced many companies to seek ways in which to improve their manufacturing performance. Describes a case study of a small/medium subcontract jobbing shop situated in the industrial heart of North West England, and explains how, despite considerable setb...
Improving business performance through developing a corporate culture
[ "Irani Zahir ", "Sharp John M. ", "Kagioglou Mike " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710168993
2,002
July
"kttYTAgms5qAgPd1F2md+0b/Rsd0E6HrakM2dRH3sd3skBoNGoBcGDaCemO1gabrMR/djDOczE/s+2ys4lL4ZeWUA+E771Gegrjq4JE2ddWhS0yggaKYL5j0vJqZRb34+9s13uiWlw1ORMshQiYkko3B3i1vRIM0SuJ3VfEaRjs="
10.1108/09544789710178532
<jats:p>Considers the importance of brand names. Looks at Manchester United as a club which has built a brand and notes the merchandising director’s comments that the logo and control of its usage are vital to the interests of the club. Suggests all companies should consider their brand image and take responsibility fo...
Branded
[ "Peters John " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710178532
2,002
July
"Kr/MzJjmpN6tAGdz12CR52/tc8J0N/sjRll+S5H+9/zmlArdckRcnXqA60Pl4aSgwE7FERO8GtFsqm6pZdhIRfWWkaA9p1iMAPjgaNAm9vSh3TWju6QDLwo07cKfTKKZLft1H/qK0yxS1RbpgyMGk+3kmo1ny6GhSJIUlTzThHg="
10.1108/09544789710178640
<jats:p>Among the three important managerial indicators, quality, cost and productivity, the human history of quality is far more long‐standing and quality is the only item of common concern to both manufacturer and customer: quality is a more “human” concept than either cost or productivity. Senior managers’ appeals t...
Quality as a source of empowerment
[ "Kondo Yoshio " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710178640
2,002
July
"wiBZXaDiut7QiNd2V2kV61LVU8d0E+NzRhlcIBH/5v3tlVo+M8DYVXqC/2P1MLbvEM5diau8mtfK+Oip5mpqLOWUE6E4pXWEKriIaJA2t9CpjV7iACCL64g2vUqNRJ+dDvM1tOCOlwxHkNchVC80go/G0il/ewO5HUtXldubZh0="
10.1108/09544789710186957
<jats:p>Describes six levels of TQM adoption (or lack of it) which are termed uncommitted, drifters, tool pushers, improvers, award winners and world‐class. The levels are not necessarily the stages which organizations pass on their TQM journey, rather they are characteristics and behaviour which organizations display ...
Total quality management adoption: revisiting the levels
[ "Dale B.G. ", "Lascelles D.M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710186957
2,002
July
"AtVYXACmN56AiPf1X2Od+8zX04f0k7NhTlF085H35P3OlBc9WsBdGWKEug+4gazjkB9VDLGcmM1q8UgtYEZwxeUUA2D6rVGmCjX6oNEmN8Gl6RXgEiKea5i0/JqbBq6Y/8M19qKGlwVOVJthQytWmI3CyC1/VgOwjGdWnX0bZjo="
10.1108/09544789710367802
<jats:p>Looks at the concept of luck, featuring illustrative stories ‐ one of which relates to personal experience. Suggests that we need to learn from good and bad experiences and not merely dismiss them as matters of luck. Underlines the need for discipline and attention to quality systems in business.</jats:p>
Good luck and bad luck ‐ a personal story
[ "Peters John " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710367802
2,002
July
"4vZAfZIkqtrAzdc3XSqVz0bNRMZWM7ehYh9yYTX/9tzmkBqdIoBoU27Gmyv9ILSrEQzECyOsytet76ppYUN4BPUUE8R6h0GsGPrAaNi259GpK1XgEqCNZbndv8KMBov9Avk/3p6Gh2xu0M2hBzqWgo2OXCx32oM1TSLUjfCfEr8="
10.1108/09544789810197855
<jats:p>Based on fieldwork carried out on two Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council‐funded projects in the area of design, the paper presents the details of an assessment approach which has been developed to assess the use and application of quality tools and techniques in the new product design and develo...
The use of quality tools and techniques in product introduction: an assessment methodology
[ "Spring M. ", "McQuater R. ", "Swift K. ", "Dale B. ", "Booker J. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789810197855
2,002
July
"QMtYWIiiMt7BCdf/H2sdw07XRYNVs/sjRlRw+tH51Jzc0BOdWkBcGWafqwu14q7nEk/VDbWu3Qfo8mmt4EM4ne2UKyX6zViclr2iJLAic9Ch+RjjECKKJdmkvZqrBYuY26s1fbryjeznVMthBOMEAsfASClvW5MZTEJWhROddj4="
10.1108/09544789810211353
<jats:p>Suggests that organizational improvement methodologies have a life cycle. This takes them through the stages of being the “in” thing to do, then into a decline because they are no longer exciting or have failed to produce results. Ultimately they are left being pursued by only a few committed individuals before...
Performance improvement: the rise and fall of reengineering
[ "Harrington H. James " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789810211353
2,002
July
"EPxQXIAmF97AiPd1HCmd70bnRsVUM/PjblFw/pP/9tnMEBI9WoBJViKGm23woKTjkY+1LLGsmEfp+2xtwFkYJe0WAUH651yujL3CoEH2J9WlqxTgkiKqaxiw/54JR1iY/vM1X5iXl01mVIlkAqNWgo/CzCl/16K2THcX3fESFBE="
10.1108/09544789810211407
<jats:p>Process capability studies are of great use to the quality practitioner, but quite often, processes with excellent capability indices have a high percentage of nonconformance. One of the major reasons for this is that the studies do not take the variation in the raw materials into account. For this study, we pr...
A method of including material variation in capability studies
[ "Foguth Robert C. ", "Motwani Jaideep " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789810211407
2,002
July
"ZNsQTIigOprACPPZf2Nd687VRD4VO/PrREFy+lP99NxcBBIdAoBdmmYEGWP1kq6nkA29KRCsmU+puHmtwEiYeU0UIMTU7VCWmL+SaeA2fVizLxjgAxOKRdy8/ZqJBI+Y3/M1X+qSlXzGRNv0BSc2Ao2C2gVvFZb4TGvWnZEbUio="
10.1108/09544789810211443
<jats:p>This research evaluates the performance of the organizations in Taiwan that have been recognized as ISO 9000 series registered companies. Using discriminant analysis methodology, we attempt to determine if the implementation efforts toward quality have improved the performance. Cross‐sectional survey methodolog...
Performance evaluation of ISO 9000 registered companies in Taiwan
[ "Jeng Yann‐Chyn " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789810211443
2,002
July
"QHBYXQJmPx6ACPN0f2uc6gzNQ8Z1M7NrTgl+1bP/tL1GlBBdEsBUGWaUu4k106bHIE/9CbmcmAfgsWrtYVSqNeWck+D6jlWmArcAaJMmf9S56YXoE7GST8gCrd4KB6+Zf889vNKWhXTORJvoQ08Eio3GyC9/MJEQRHZWmPcKRjU="
10.1108/09544789810214792
<jats:p>Leadership effectiveness is considered to be a key factor for the implementation of TQM. Although companies worldwide are increasingly adopting TQM, Greek companies have not taken major steps towards this concept. Research was organised by the Chemical Engineering Department of the NTU Athens in order to invest...
Leadership performance in Greek enterprises using the EQA framework
[ "Lipovatz D. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789810214792
2,002
July
"lNEYXSjmFp6ggPX1/2q1+9zvRZRUM7PjRx12dZO/qNzGVBgfE8BcGWaGuiGUk6XHEB79ibucyM9u8W3s4En6LMecluD6rVW2irF4opE2d4ShSRnpExLa9YguvcoMA7f47cM1uNinVzTC3JuwQgeEkIWFmi1/WJQ4TGcWrNMeRjE="
10.1108/09544789910246561
<jats:p>The Czech Republic has a long history of product excellence recognizable in such diverse areas as beer, weapons and shoe manufacture. Moreover, many of the ideas regarded as central to contemporary expression of TQM such as empowerment and primacy of the organization’s human resource are to be found in the 1920...
A window on quality improvement in the Czech Republic
[ "King Rick ", "Gildea Michael ", "Edgeman Rick L. ", "Mansfeld George ", "Macurová Pavla " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910246561
2,002
July
"EFFYXAqmrh6wgLX3XWmV6073tcN8E7M7Rkl+fHP/9f3u1Bo/ckDMm2KMenvXs7Xr8g7xjbOcikfPsWbM4WjabO0UE6A8hVG8Gv0qaJP2JtWjaRTiEiOYV4gvvEMMBL/Yw/O1H9quh3xG8LchBjdmgo+GxCxvTqPwDf5WlRMaVlE="
10.1108/09544789910246624
<jats:p>Over the past several years, the Standards Department of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, MITI has rendered technical aid to ASEAN countries: promulgating total quality management (TQM) systems that Japan had developed and found to be very successful; developing human resources; and contributing...
Japan/ASEAN TQM project
[ "Onitsuka Tadato " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910246624
2,002
July
"QMBYfYqmnhqwyPdWRUs5OmT9xOd9k7FbRw12dNP3+rzCxFMNX8DeGGqEayvZgabnQE7zjTGs2kPmcGlsYUSwEHWcAuNfjVW+GrlQKZg2f0yhaZ7gEQCa10je/dosQIuZ3gsJ3pKSlHBaxcOhAjcEgo2GWCtvULIgTG5WlLsKVjg="
10.1108/09544789910272904
<jats:p>Quality cost systems have evolved from a purely manufacturing defect related cost reporting system that reflected the limited quality thinking of the 1940s to a poor‐quality cost system that reflects the total process quality orientation of the 1990s. The new poor‐quality cost system includes both the direct an...
Performance improvement: a total poor‐quality cost system
[ "Harrington H. James " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910272904
2,002
July
"UhEYXKWmCN7QjLNfXWAV+2bVxZRkc9FjThVW9HPntNVMlFIvOsBdEn6Qus390PbrEcm9jT2cls+qmH0pw0IiJe0UgeO6zVymGD2qIPgmN8yhXZXgArKas9i8vpoeB5/YlvM1vOCCl1Vi/MthQ2qWEsfG3Kl/cpJoJEOWHNMLVh4="
10.1108/09544789910272940
<jats:p>This article discusses the history of quality management in Germany, Japan, Britain and the USA. It suggests a need for further development of a European model for quality to fit the specific business and social cultures of European organizations.</jats:p>
Towards a European definition of TQM – a historical review
[ "Krüger Volker " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910272940
2,002
July
"0tEYfICmvlqArLd3XWu1f2bfh9d1E7NHTlF2XHH9/JzEVFodU0DcGWaE+mvc0qXjQA/djSGeyNeusmzs4EBapOWUEMD6jUW8kL36KJE2p9Wx7RXggyKK1YguvIoMBqfa1uM337qSg4xO4NegFm8Egs/G2C1/S4KwRH5W1JEYXjM="
10.1108/09544789910287665
<jats:p>Suggests that quality of product and service is the key to competitiveness in the open market. Points out that among the three corporate management indicators, quality possesses a far more human aspect than either cost or productivity. Notes that improving quality in creative ways reduces costs and raises produ...
Quality and humanity
[ "Kondo Yoshio " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910287665
2,002
July
"QvIYXjqmutrgCPf3HWqVWwTNVcZWk6PjTlFycNG/9tznlFs9UsBYUyqG+2v1IKSr0I5VjaOc2leuqkyp4UB4L+UUiuD7z1WMCriKaJA2J9Spa1bgEiKKb9gM/UqfR4eYTvM13uCGk0xWdJVhAyuUgo/GWil/ewMyDCrXhZibBj0="
10.1108/09544789910287674
<jats:p>Among the many tools available for measurement of human perceptions of product and service quality, sensory evaluation methods have been found to be most useful, particularly for food and related products. In fact, sensory evaluation has been defined as a “scientific discipline used to evoke, measure, analyze a...
Quality assessment through statistically‐based sensory evaluation methods
[ "Gatchalian Miflora M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910287674
2,002
July
"YuoNbouqiN7ACHfyb1AU6g1NxQJVE4PDHl1SeNH+99xmBBsdc2BeCmwH+eX3kKbjQN94g82smQfpjEmtYUCYn+UWmqL2p1yOCLGAYNBwNwy9OZHgM6KKKZou+d6tNibZz6c3vPLymejX1Jd2K2OEAIfk2i1/M5d9THpURR1bbjc="
10.1108/09544789910287737
<jats:p>Quality has a long tradition in industry. In and after the Second World War we all focused on quality control. In the 1980s, quality management systems, as given in the ISO standards 9000 series, paved the way for a quality‐related business management. Advanced companies today are in a post‐ISO‐era, in search o...
Evolution from quality management to an integrative management system based on TQM and its impact on the profession of quality managers in industry
[ "Mangelsdorf Dietmar " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910287737
2,002
July
"0tMYfYmmv16ASPd0X2o1607dxZd0E9NzR112dFH/8PzE1Fsdc0DMGG6Gu2vdobWrEA19ibGcykes+m5sYES6ZO2UE8HyjVysir2qoJA2P0Sh6RziIiCb54guvAqMRr+YzuM1neqCh+xCtJehAqeEgoeGmAl/U5I4AF5WlJOLRjw="
10.1108/09552069410053768
<jats:p>Explores and attempts to reconcile some of the differences between traditional professional and academic management qualifications and those based on the NVQ competence model. Based on the experience of Universities and Higher Education institutions delivering open learning MESOL materials to the UK health and ...
Management Development
[ "Wellman Neil " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069410053768
2,002
July
"knsEXgjgmh4AGsd1f0mdywfXQsx7s/PNRl1yfxf+9N3NGFgdEkLJmCYFasm1UaTjDg7wjbGMnA9Is0gt9AWQjc2UG+S+z1Gsi/XscJj2N9S3TSTgsjiao5gl/4qdRB+Y/9MFvLiyh/lmYZ9h1LeGsY3M2il/S4LUDPpQjRebPjM="
10.1108/09552069410064900
<jats:p><jats:bold>NHS</jats:bold> managers must think of health care in a much wider sense than equating it solely with the National Health Service. Health care should rather be viewed as a continuum of businesses and services, including research and development, manufacturing, distribution and actual service delivery...
Health‐care Continuum
[ "Deffenbaugh John L. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069410064900
2,002
July
"wt8IfJmislrACtc1fwg1b2b3RcU1M+GjYRdyGRH+Jn3F3FtdUsLc2DaIK2n1wKSrWMz5iRmMmDdMeuypVGaoIe2WgMa471CsiqpoRJi29tSnfZ7iaiKKfZi2vMidBwqY95s1m/iMg11KVN/nUiNWA83EWqx3U7OYDKbQx7ObPhM="
10.1108/09552069410070624
<jats:p>Examines the introduction of PRP into occupations like nursing. Essentially a literature review, examines the theoretical case for and practical problems of PRP in its “natural setting” in the private sector and highlights the issues of performance measurement, motivation and control in nursing. Generally concl...
Performance‐related Pay in Nursing
[ "Martin Graeme " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069410070624
2,002
July
"gn9UfEHiO77hbJe1f2gd66b3R8FWs9PBbldyRBPftt3EmBg5aspdmDKGKkOxQKDjWtrs3DGcmNfE5uwp4GmYge8UAcX+y1CmiLHgSJk2NtW/CBXhQoG6/pC3PtYdBjPZ99sVfs4Ex70HWN9nR38GMo3M2i9ny7O4SmJWlXMaPig="
10.1108/09552069410070642
<jats:p>Using several frameworks for public policy analysis, documents how midwifery in Ontario evolved from being illegal in 1982 to being a self‐regulated health profession in 1990. In 1985, the Ontario Government agreed that midwifery should be “legalized”; but how to do it was the question. The lobbying efforts of ...
Midwifery – From Parasite to Partner in the Ontario Health Care System
[ "Wayne Taylor D. ", "Nesdoly Faith " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069410070642
2,002
July
"AuucbcqmQJ6SGmH3Pkm9awvlUcURI/XLZ1diQ3P99t3M8AI5UgtZSzYBKkvQUrar0Q/9ixEsntctxlut0SQ4he+6FeC8JFCsmLFgdLImk8eVaZ7gruG4fKis/MrdBA65sxk9O/iQp/3DVZ8plB5WA43IzK1n55LVIJrmxfOSXmI="
10.1108/09552069510097110
<jats:p>The downsizing of many areas of the NHS is now affecting nurse education as it moves into the Further/Higher Education sector. Many staff are terminating their employment relationship through early retirement. Describes a career management workshop run for such staff and makes reflections on careers, especially...
Career management support for nurses
[ "Edmonstone John ", "Watt Shirley " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069510097110
2,002
July
"kinEfIGqs7bACMe3fyC17ybHQcUXtdOh5l9yTQn+Yh3F2DsdUgtImDSHOSu2YqWpWp/0nAks2IWKZu0plE+QAPeUgaWez1SuiaJoMIi2P9CDKRTh8qKoL5Sm/tK8QiuZ95sdHdiQg9ymUJ9jRpLGM8zh/i13V7OQCa5VTLCxejg="
10.1108/09552069510102447
<jats:p>Based on personal observation, discusses personal reflections on job sharing – the application process, scope, and successes during the first year. Notes benefits both for the job sharers and their employers and indicates areas which the authors feel still need to be addressed. Gives some suggestions for those ...
Some personal reflections on job sharing
[ "Meadows Sandra ", "Rankin Peter " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069510102447
2,002
July
"k9xELQiiujzwIIffX0jVbSbHQ8Nfk/OBYBNz6FH/vtzm0BodXkIMkGSHayvwQKSrUEr9EBEsmJX8ryytIGCegPW2G+DaT0XsBrjpeNi2Mp+ROR2i+sA8JyywvNqMQjGZltA1v9iUr1RihI9hFg82os3Gni9z25GhSKNVhbrTYjo="
10.1108/09552069610117945
<jats:p>Outlines the changes in legal restrictions on the eligibility of dismissed employees to pursue unfair dismissal claims. Includes a discussion of recent decisions in this area including the July 1995 decision in the case of <jats:italic>R</jats:italic>. v. <jats:italic>Secretary of State for Employment</jats:ita...
Discrimination matters
[ "Prest Catherine M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069610117945
2,002
July
"mFlUjQihuDbAQ4dRv0K980Pl0OtVM5ODZl9yUz/vdPzM8MpRFkJImD6Dqmu5wL6rMI/xXjOslAXI+OyswHkahP6UM8W+jlC/i7CgarK2ctSzeQDi4LS4J6gg7NieLhG4i8sFONyEp91KXZ2kVlsGM81EHq9rA5D0TCrcRaPffkY="
10.1108/09552069710155753
<jats:p>Views the closure of a hospital in an unusual manner. Questions the role of health workers as “care in the community” comes to the fore. Raises questions about psychiatric hospitals, people with mental health problems and mental health workers.</jats:p>
Doctors and management ‐ a model for change
[ "Gatrell John ", "White Tony " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069710155753
2,002
July
"k3icbTokwsrAKod3fWgx7yb3VIV1t7OpclPyRVBucn3O+RtV4gFYWQqXTVnUEqSrGs71n2MoyGcIIvatcX6YhduVCOIUh1iuGbMAZNG0Ef2DXxXjogXqfyDXiwZNJi+YsRM9n9xcivzS5N5mgjLWA02NnCp+26KxCToTVbO+qhI="
10.1108/09552069710166661
<jats:p>The new education commissioning system in the NHS in England offers opportunities to health care employers to achieve greater value for money. This article offers five means by which this could be achieved ‐ tighter contracting with Higher Education; moving from block to cost‐per‐student contracts; using altern...
The challenge of education commissioning ‐ part 1: seeking value for money
[ "Edmonstone John " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069710166661
2,002
July
"kn1UfIGCEhbFisf1P0GVayfVQsV7k8OpYl/3K1H/dB3NnBrdCsPYkD6IakP1U6bhGxi8xz2EmFfMYtytxEOwAfeUmeSdz1TsizDoQZr2Y9SVCQ3gq7C4fRCk/oidhgu494s1nviUn9UnBRvl0zYAI93M2K13zoOWDHJXRb6TOis="
10.1108/09552069710166670
<jats:p>Argues that by interpreting the semantic content of different actions, it will be possible to draw boundaries between those aspects of a system that can be computerized and those that will best serve the purpose if left alone. This will dissuade systems developers from being caught in the technology trap. The a...
Drug use management and IT‐based medical thesauri: issues of semantics and linguistics
[ "Dhillon Gurpreet ", "Hackney Ray " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069710166670
2,002
July
"Mv1UfsommNrBLVK9XWkVIyH3VItVM/MzdlVSVpN949zPsEK14sJ9XVCGO8nykKSjHc69DyWMmichiusoaGgYjfmSIcIZ61SMD7JA7Pg2VLWlqT3iIiiebwod7wi/Bp6JzDsXvba4BnlzVMf9E6HWAo35DS1/U6KZBMfUQTubNpY="
10.1108/09552069710175490
<jats:p>Management of the NHS is necessary and vital to effective delivery of health services. It is not a process that can be avoided, whoever does it. New Labour needs effective managers in the NHS if they are to bring about the changes they want to see. Manager bashing, which New Labour is showing signs of continuin...
What chance a caring management culture?
[ "Flanagan Hugh " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069710175490
2,002
July
"kl2cXEGjs8wBqN93N2G972L3T4FTseOrYlxyA1P/b/3F3Ro8AsLYAD6rOmP0UqDrWk6c3DOcADfI8M2p8CaMTMeUhYS4b3SkoNDooJkmstSl2VxiIgCK/9Am/giMB4q54tsVOrCehx3G8NWngAdWM8zMWC1nyYORDCaWBbLLtDE="
10.1108/09552069810200030
<jats:p>This article describes the journey of managing the change from seven separate health providing units to one overall team providing a range of services. To facilitate the change the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award self‐assessment model was used. The benefits and limitations of the model are described as ...
Using the business excellence model to effectively manage change within clinical support services
[ "Freer Jan ", "Jackson Sue " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069810200030
2,002
July
"kv0FXIAiNlzAmNf3Mym96yb3x8R189OhY1dyBnP3ppnO2BudWkJcCHaOukHkE6TtGl7VjjEkuJfM6GgswXPIDe2clUB7z3SmAHTgMNi2M9Wn/xXgKjCCbbA2/5r8Ai65/pM1v+iYlz1HRZ8hBj4UAM7N2g13zrK1RWJWFLubdhI="
10.1108/09552069810222784
<jats:p>The role of the chief executive in a transformed organisation is an extremely challenging one. The development of vision, building a commitment to it and communicating it constantly are key skills for a chief executive. However, the need to build and empower the stakeholders within and outside the organisation ...
Developing our leaders in the future
[ "Hackett Mark ", "Spurgeon Peter " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069810222784
2,002
July
"iHxofBimNr5ACOf3H0q9x8TnBodVMeupZll2LxX28NnlWBofE8BJXCaHOmIw86TLGh7FnDeMyJcOwF4sxpb4BvWUD+C4j2Gmi6UIZosyPvCJyXygEgiKMZkNvIrtQA4Z5rkxn8iWh+3CQNMhDqfGgoyN2gl3TYL0Se8XzblbaBU="
10.1108/09555349410050730
<jats:p>Examines the characteristics and structure of executive recruitment consultancies in France. Search consultants recruit through “head‐hunting” while selection consultants recruit through advertising. These consultancies play an important part in the market for executive recruitment. The nature of the product ha...
Executive Search and Selection Consultancies in France
[ "Christine Britton L. ", "Ball Derrick F. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09555349410050730
2,002
July
"AX3MbQEmMv646LdV72oRU0fPRoJVO/PhRl1yaVdv8v3geBMFWs5dGraCu+u8w7Tr0A7tXhuMkA8eKn2t4EHIjOUeDeS4z1mOiLjqYJomPtiNuRSgEeaCL6iE/EmeDzEZhfsRO9CQg12S1Z9iIiZGIpfG3KtvQZPwCrbW37IUBqM="
10.1108/09555349410063790
<jats:p>Analyses the economic influences that led to the development of the proposal to introduce employee investment funds into Sweden in 1976. Discusses the proposed objectives of the funds and describes the controversy, both political and economic, which surrounded them. Outlines the modified form in which employee ...
Employee Investment Funds in Sweden
[ "Burkitt Brian ", "Whyman Phillip " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09555349410063790
2,002
July
"LnkYPoKkKhvxrNdXWfjVV0TlTONZM7dKYhtzaVHvtt3C0EJUOibIkGaFKiP8gLbrUU/hDDOogN2ot1+pQmAGhGKfGcE47FGulbFEKLomFv2haQTAooJ4NxyYvEI9BBaZh/s9Px4ch8Vi1ZfiFhNGEq3Nno93QbIxKpLOnfJ5Bjs="
10.1108/09555349510085218
<jats:p>One of the most important challenges that the member states of the European Union have before them lies in future decisions that will have to be adopted in relation to fiscal policy. Most of the economies share the aim of achieving public deficit reductions, without increasing fiscal pressure unduly, and throug...
Fiscal policy in Europe: the case of the Basque Country
[ "Lémbarri Carlos " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09555349510085218
2,002
July
"EHEQbCqAG5rJkZVXfQiUYzff5sZFtqfzTHl37XfGbt2P8Es1M1PRW76IKkZep6Trko7xpSGUqOlJo1mjY2i+HOUdifIYzVm+CtnsaPsmthyteQbAoIDsHKApLEP8hFfYu6qlnt6LxVwksR9jEjZGNp3/2qt37KNhLr7wBRq61mg="
10.1108/09555349710167530
<jats:p>Considers the importance of Eastern European markets to Europe’s large food retailers. Describes and evaluates the international retail activity which has already taken place in Eastern Europe and the impact this is having on retail structures in Eastern Europe. Presents the results of a survey: compares senior...
Food retailing opportunities in Eastern Europe
[ "Myers Hayley ", "Alexander Nicholas " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09555349710167530
2,002
July
"UlB4HYLmtl6wArdXzWIRUwfdB7EVU7FK1lsySXN7p8xGVZqXUkZciqqHm2P1kbSq0sr9pTOMEAfqKCxJ4kj4jMWWiOAy5lDOkPrq6ZvGd7Cb2Qygg6KYL4j/rMkeQyCYheO/vjiWH9za1CNzFy7WsozEWL92TrE5TB7VlJAOTvE="
10.1108/09555349710179825
<jats:p>The interdependence of ecology and the economy has become a highly significant feature in contemporary European business society. This degree of interdependency emphasizes the need for compatibility of the goals of economic growth, environmental protection and the rational management of natural resources. The i...
Environmental reporting in Europe: an analysis of UK and Spanish developments
[ "Stittle John ", "Machota Blas Maria ", "Martinez Conesa Isabel " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09555349710179825
2,002
July
"dFuYfAKuONrAstXXXUkVcUPfR8tXMPHHnH1iUvne6d2HmUpNEkLZWa6Ji2B507TrUAjQjaEMGMeB5knN4Q0cjO+RE8QYjlnuGvk4KPayttaheQDigoKAHoipLMqeDAGYj9oVnJyQ5+xmTR9jlrcWsofFXql2a6NkCN7UDbrbnkA="
10.1108/09556219410051048
<jats:p>Examines the applicability of current career theory to women scientists. Data were collected from a group of New Zealand women scientists and interpreted using the Concept Mapping technique which produces a two‐dimensional visual map of the participants′ responses. The results show that the respondents see thei...
How Do Women Scientists Perceive Their Own Career Development?
[ "Simpson Barbara " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09556219410051048
2,002
July
"j3vUfADiEt7gCNf3F2q8coVnQspWs5NJZpUyyhf+8d3GkBtdUkpNmTQWa2O1Qq6Dcs7cTDEMzOcuJlct5EeIBv0UC8G570m2ULmocJomPsCbIRTAcqSqLLmG/No8JLkNxtk9P5i2w+3mxJ9hzrN2mo2KTi9/RJPzWOJWmHQaDjo="
10.1108/09556219410066664
<jats:p>Describes a study of 104 CEOs in Australia′s top 500 companies. Identifies their reasons for success in times of economic downturn. These reasons and attributes contained both “hard” and “soft” management skills, such as strategic management and interpersonal relationships respectively. Compares major managemen...
Successful CEOs in Tough Economic Times
[ "Sarros James C. ", "Santora Joseph C. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09556219410066664
2,002
July
"2/DYXAGmP/7Eytf3H2md90bvRYZXs7fpRhFyKVd+td3kGBs9E4BM2SqGM2N0U7eLcQ95jDWMiJsss34NQFTIhPeUF/G4zlmuiPmI4JM2NsGtTWyiM7CIJZgIrMMfBvuYB9kVm6iUkUxSwJnhRr/WAo3O2J1lVJNoSrLXjfgdAjE="
10.1108/09556219510079597
<jats:p>Examines the relationship of individual demographic characteristics, work‐setting factors and work outcomes to perceived bias, both personally experienced and observed in organizational decision making. Data were collected from 829 women and 766 men employed in a single professional services firm using anonymou...
Correlates of perceived bias in a professional services firm
[ "Burke Ronald J. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09556219510079597
2,002
July
"E2hMTKjAst7gIFd1RWrd/29FU+pUM7PhYpVySjf/9/yg+BJVVsBMmiKWuGuyEa6rUE2EDDuMiI/spEwp4mPQhPccB6W+zlimgbDpILM2etW7ORShMiCuNKA8+N4MJCr8j8k0OdCGh81GzP3kWpkWCI3m3i9/WIXwWOrXrfOaWjE="
10.1108/09556219510098073
<jats:p>Illustrates the rising significance of foreign‐language training with respect to employment opportunities in commerce and industry. Draws on a wide‐ranging and diverse base of literature in order to indicate the value of learning a foreign language, the manner in which such training can be utilized and several ...
Career enhancement through foreign language skills
[ "Bloch Brian " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09556219510098073
2,002
July
"gnsBfYumuh6wAKdVzV2RaVXNx8tdsZFPcn9yedPf8Z3GkFocUspM2H6Ga0N/QaTruAihT7eIiImqek5tQ0SajWUUG+a8jkCMirkkaNr2F5ihDTeg8qa6XBpJ/NKNQLsZj9sVn1qUh9DCxJNjB79Gko3tmq1/U5FUDJbXybnbZj0="
10.1108/09556219510098082
<jats:p>Explores the direct effects of internal orientation, self‐esteem, instrumentality, expressiveness and the interactive effects of internality, instrumentality and self‐esteem on the variance of career decision‐making self‐efficacy expectation. A set of questionnaires was administered to a group of Kuwaiti colleg...
Arab business administration students: attributes and career decision making self‐efficacy expectations
[ "Abdalla Ikhlas A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09556219510098082
2,002
July
"A2NNTojAKt7Q0JfXj3qV651nRulWM+dh5BdyMDd/8d3mUHsdIghNmDKGe2I5V6aDGI7kfllMiYEuJ1op4EoYonUcIeG/zlGuHLnoaPq2M8S/CgTxM6oqdPiN3NK9AK9Nxtk1P/jQh2nCzJ9hTBh2E42s2il/UZFsWqCWkPA6YjQ="
10.1108/09564230010340788
<jats:p>The focus of this paper is on the emotional experience of consumption and its impact on satisfaction in the context of extended service transactions. Drawing on a multi‐component perspective of emotions, we present a series of research propositions to specify how both retrospective global judgments of consumpti...
Multiple roles of consumption emotions in post‐purchase satisfaction with extended service transactions
[ "Dubé Laurette ", "Menon Kalyani " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564230010340788
2,002
July
"UtJYXYCippqUsPL/WWCUaxznQ+Bek6fhdhNy0HP/59zmsBu9ekB8GzAGOW23RrSr0ltJBbmsmY3tv2wpYGBpi+cUieT830mOgPfwKNE2Zs2FOxXgEyaGLdyfrNoeBj/Zj/M93fiyDWxS3Mtjnyg2Ao/P2i5305OAT2CWl30JBjE="
10.1108/09564230210421137
<jats:p>The paper proposes that improvements in the productivity of process technology can be achieved by analyzing and instituting changes in the rules and methods through which work is organized. The implementation of information‐based process technology in a bank’s check processing system provides the context for th...
Leveraging the potential of process technology through workflow scheduling
[ "Gomes Paulo J. ", "Meile Larry C. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564230210421137
2,002
July
"wFgQTIiikprAiNH9XWMdsQfz1OF0M/PPSjVitnf5tpPMsFI58sBMGHSmuyHx0abjFw28TSGMmm7qz22scmkYFO0WIEXwxliujL7yobAmf1SluxnCkjK+G1i1/BYfBRuZj781veiWVnV6hcvkVufyA4/CDC1vUoAxTmLWTdNbVhE="
10.1108/09564239010001127
<jats:p>A research initiative, focused on quality customer care in service organisation and recently completed in the Financial Services Research Centre, is presented. Empirical data was collected from a number of major UK companies financial services, retailing and leisure and the findings which are summarised here re...
Service Quality: An Investigation of Customer Care in Major UK Organisations
[ "Lewis Barbara R. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239010001127
2,002
July
"0pxAXIjmMtrACJf7XWCV40TXR+BTs4chTlJyhBP99VyunBoZWsJcm3SHq2H9sqSrF1/2jTO8mZft+/yp8EFJlfUXgODc51G+ALdqKJAyttS/fVXgUCaCLxC1/IodJib5r7c1nfiKz1zT1NdmRysGAo3F2i93XZKwDDpWRZVrJj8="
10.1108/09564239110000127
<jats:p>The role of scripts as a job design tool, and the functional and dysfunctional impacts of mindlessness that can result from the habitual and repetitive performance of scripts is examined from a service perspective. Five dimensions of scripts are then proposed: script complexity – the degree to which scripts req...
Dimensions of Job Scripting in Services Organisations
[ "Tansik David A. ", "Smith William L. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239110000127
2,002
July
"knRIXguisJ5VENe3XWCdif3nV89Us6Pncld2ZNf/9NjGkBKdYsBNGnCkGGuxU6SrVE+9Dzecm41v4mgIYkBYjcsUAWW63VGOBrYgbLA2c5GtOxXgMqqKanm1vQIPJR6Zjf81PZiUnw3bzMVjAiDSA43Pnil/S4O0HmJWzUWfFr0="
10.1108/09564239110007139
<jats:p>The “service factory” has been proposed as a new approach to manufacturing strategy. The information, problem‐solving, sales and support dimensions which underlie a service factory are reviewed. A strategic planning methodology by which it can be applied is provided, and five research questions which might be a...
The Service Factory: A Future Vision
[ "Chase Richard B. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239110007139
2,002
July
"UFZYXIBmMt6AyNd3HUiZay7/RHXVM/PvVkESfFf5tdxuNBs9esRdGnqEuyvw0KSqVE79rBGMWguK8mSt4VpYJO0WJuCQ51mugD7yqNs3/d2heTfgUqKqK9i3/JkdRruJtb81n7mSVl3exNNnBzP2Io3D3yhvUpmwRAtWFdcbBjs="
10.1108/09564239110144579
<jats:p>Service quality has been in the research limelight for some years. The discussion of service quality concepts is continued here. Using data from pharmacy customers, a four‐concept, pharmacy‐specific typology in terms of professionalism, commitment, confidentiality and milieu was developed, and a two‐concept typ...
Intrinsic Service Quality Determinants for Pharmacy Customers
[ "Hedvall Maj‐Britt ", "Paltschik Mikael " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239110144579
2,002
July
"wlV4XYimFNqQAKfzfWAd6gz3Q8BVM6NlRlFywBP/532OlBo9csh9m3yAuWO3A6Sr0l/9jTGcykfN/Wwt9EDYGewUAOD5h1WGgLf4uJM2Mp2/KxXgQqKabyCn/IgNBj/bhpc1n/iqC0wbVJsk1yoWAIXA3i5/wxOURDJW0nWDGj0="
10.1108/09564239110144993
<jats:p>Service businesses, like product manufacturers, face loss exposures‐sets of circumstances that could give rise to losses. The losses may never occur, but the firm must plan for the possibility that they will. Risk management involves the treatment of loss exposures in a cost‐effective manner to protect the firm...
Risk Management in a Service Business
[ "Hollman Kenneth W. ", "Forrest Jack E. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239110144993
2,002
July
"UO1YbICmsn7KyjfRWWCd71bXdcA1I5eTRh8SABP/5lTE4BodGoDEGn6AE+n9gLTrFN7ZiR2sG4/J6mntYHBIRecUgeU473GMBj9wKMC2/tShuSFoYgKCaVin/x64D67Yk7sdHvCPh1xa0JujU3sWIo3H2SV2ErN0DjLW3/QbVj0="
10.1108/09564239210019478
<jats:p>Hostile environmental developments are requiring British brewing companies to reshape their archaic distribution strategies. Examines perceptions of the relationships existing between brewers and their contractually‐tied public house tenants. Finds that brewers apply excessive coercive power and insufficient re...
Power, Conflict and Co‐operation in Brewer‐Tenant Distribution Channels
[ "Shipley David ", "Egan Colin " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239210019478
2,002
July
"21/oXgiuqn6gW/f3TWCZ4yf/V89UM/PjZlsSQxP/1ezMtBD9ckJIHq6BumH0AbSr0g+VDTO8GYWE/GWN8GhYjMWWgeT450DugnHrKHO2tNWFTQ3iQaKgL4SgrMoYDmyYpfs9HbCHlxzOlBt3FKZ2IoSAzo1uRrE1SS/UxfbbDjE="
10.1108/09564239310037936
<jats:p>Proposes that a key question for hotel operators in the 1990s is how to create and sustain a service culture which appeals to consumers and effectively differentiates their product offer. Raises five design considerations for hotel companies wishing to improve the service climate or culture within their organiz...
Designing a Contemporary Hotel Service Culture
[ "Teare Richard " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239310037936
2,002
July
"Qh5IXoDmon7gENf1HWAdY0b3R8FVk6Pjfll2AFH9s1ziFVrfWkJcGDKAs+OxE7TqRh7tjTOU2ddM2GSt80BonPUXhaL7nVGMALXy6NO2NNyluxWgQ6aCKwm1vooNBWabq/M1HvqWB5heVFMjB+qWAoTF1i1/U4M0DrvWRV1bBjk="
10.1108/09564239310044262
<jats:p>Attempts to ascertain the views of clerical staff in a major UK clearing bank on the quality of customer service within the retail branch network by a field survey together with a series of focus group discussions undertaken to address four specific issues: what did clerical staff understand by the term “a qual...
Staff Perceptions of Service Quality in a UK Clearing Bank: Some Empirical Findings
[ "Howcroft Barry " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239310044262
2,002
July
"glxKXYjmMt6BGLd3XWEd6wbVF+BXt7PhSlE2hBP/5VzOkBpZU0BeG3yHuAP1EKSr00/UDTOc2Mfo++yp8EGoHPWUg+Xe51G+ILfiqLA2Y5S1exXoEKKqC+ClfBodJjL4r6c3HHiiR1zDlJ9kW2oWEo3FHC9/UpaxDHoWBZnLTj0="
10.1108/09564239410051911
<jats:p>First presents a brief overview of some research demonstrating a link between employee perceptions of the service firms for which they work and customer perceptions of the service quality they receive from those same firms. Followed by discussion of a framework that provides some insight into what customer‐focu...
HRM – A Service Perspective
[ "Schneider Benjamin " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239410051911
2,002
July
"0rZAXAmmsv6gWLd3H2md62bnQ4FVF5PvQlNyUBP/tf3mmBpdMoJUmjSAu2s9AbSq0V8fTTncmMXs+uypdEDwReQUguD4/1GOALf6iJC2tpS9KJXgcqKCP+AX7NoNJieYP9M1H/iA01lL1JFjUy9WAI3G2i5vUIPwDDoWxPEbDjk="
10.1108/09564239410068689
<jats:p>Although the service sector has gained increasing importance in our economy, very little attention has been paid to how firms actually develop new services. Reports on an investigation into how new retail services are developed in the financial service sector. The authors, by comparing successful and unsuccessf...
The Development of New Financial Services
[ "Edgett Scott ", "Parkinson Steven " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239410068689
2,002
July
"QttcXoDmgl6ISPf3VWKUY0THBsIVM7fpVldyJRF9t91OlGodfsBcGrwCmeswgaSrVg70jTOc3M/I+my9cFBIFfSVgeD4z1mcArfwafr2pp2l6xWgsqKCCaCn/AgvBzMYh7s9n9iOj1zaVJNnFzvWAo3NXg93QpMyTkIURP0zDDk="
10.1108/09564239510078849
<jats:p>Presents an interdisciplinary literature review and research agenda and suggests a number of propositions, in advance of new fieldwork, to discover a revised or new theory of internal marketing as it relates to organizational change management. The literature on marketing, services marketing, corporate strategy...
Internal marketing: a review and some interdisciplinary research challenges
[ "Varey Richard J. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239510078849
2,002
July
"EXBIboCmpnrQGPf3bWAd24bnR+TUE+PjTldyVVX/9N2GsBoNG0JNGnKHu4O9IaSr1E/PTTO8gcds+Uip8EF4ZeUWg4D5p1GshL/6KNM2MtylKRXgkqKiI9i+/QoPRu3Yr9M1HJCMA01azIPlDi6WEo/D3i1/U4EwDHM21vELBjU="
10.1108/09564239510096876
<jats:p>Describes research which continues the quest to model performance using structural equation models. The objective is to provide meaningful and substantively interpretable predictions of process performance using structural equation modelling. Develops structural equation models which clearly define the performa...
Modelling the relationships between process quality errors and overall service process performance
[ "Collier David A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239510096876
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239510101491
<jats:p>The quality improvement strategy (QIS) helps managers decide where changes in an organization′s services will improve its competitiveness. The QIS measures customer perceptions of the organization′s services relative to its competitors′ offerings (competitiveness) and relative to what its offerings ought to be ...
The service quality improvement strategy
[ "Roy Beach Lee ", "Burns Lawton R. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239510101491
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239510147248
<jats:p>When assimilation processes occur, expectations have a direct impact on experiences, and experiences bias the memory for prior expectations. Reports the results of two studies which examine assimilation processes using path analysis. Formulates implications and recommendations for service management and for res...
Assimilation processes in service satisfaction formation
[ "Pieters Rik ", "Koelemeijer Kitty ", "Roest Henk " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239510147248
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239610129931
<jats:p>Presents the findings of a study performed on data from a large bank’s retail‐banking operations. Illustrates the relationship of customer satisfaction to customer loyalty, and customer loyalty to profitability, using multiple measures of satisfaction, loyalty, and profitability. An estimate of the effects of i...
The relationships of customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and profitability: an empirical study
[ "Hallowell Roger " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239610129931
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239610129940
<jats:p>International trade in services is growing rapidly despite many barriers to trade. Consumer services are being established world wide and increasingly business services are becoming globalized in much the same way that manufacturing is outsourcing overseas. The manager of a service organization can no longer ig...
Strategies for globalizing service operations
[ "McLaughlin Curtis P. ", "Fitzsimmons James A. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239610129940
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239610149939
<jats:p>Argues that one theme that has emerged consistently in the recent services marketing literature is the importance of frontline employees in service delivery. The internal marketing concept is based on the belief that a firm’s internal market/employees can be motivated to strive for customer‐consciousness, marke...
Quality perceptions in the financial services sector
[ "Boshoff Christo ", "Tait Madéle " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239610149939
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239610149948
<jats:p>Contributes to a growing body of service recovery knowledge by examining the impact of service recovery as a relationship tool, in addition to its well‐accepted role as a means to enhance customer satisfaction at the transaction‐specific level. Begins by providing an overview of the evolving concept of service ...
Service recovery: its value and limitations as a retail strategy
[ "Brown Stephen W. ", "Cowles Deborah L. ", "Tuten Tracy L. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239610149948
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239710161097
<jats:p>Examines the nature of corporate culture in a service delivery environment. In particular, attempts to examine the level of consensus that exists with regard to the norms, values and behaviour of service personnel. The research included a programme of quantitative research within one retail bank, involving the ...
The nature of corporate culture within a service delivery environment
[ "Wilson Alan M. " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239710161097
2,002
July
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10.1108/09564239710166281
<jats:p>Despite substantial research on market orientation in manufactured goods companies, few studies have examined the adoption of market orientation by retailers. Develops a framework for market orientation and examines the pattern of market orientation in UK multiple retail companies. Shows that market‐orientated ...
Market orientation in UK multiple retail companies: nature and pattern
[ "Liu Hong ", "Davies Gary " ]
https://doi.org/10.1108/09564239710166281
2,002
July
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