Soil quality management - concepts and terms.

<p>The purpose of this meta-analysis paper is to give a clear presentation of the Total Quality Management (TQM) characteristics and concepts applicable to the higher education context. The paper presents the TQM concepts analysed by the founders of the TQM literature. Followed by the meta-analysis of the influence of TQM awards to quality management principles and characteristics. Those TQM awards are attractive to many organizations, including higher education. Consequently, their criteria can reshape the quality management concepts and implementation in organizations when they are granted such awards. This paper uses qualitative meta-analysis as a method of conducting a thorough secondary qualitative analysis of primarily qualitative results. In this systematic review procedure, the literature is reviewed as not only an objective means to combine the results of previous studies but also to compare, classify, and deduce conclusions of theTQM major concepts and the applicability of this model to higher education including successful and failing cases. All of the TQM concepts constituting of the TQM characteristics discussed by the TQM founders and also those TQM characteristics developed by the TQM awards’ criteria are analysed from the perspective of the higher education TQM scholars in order to present the applicability or inapplicability of those concepts or characteristics to higher education.</p>

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Assessing costs and benefits of improved soil quality management in remediation projects: A study of an urban site contaminated with PAH and metals

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135582 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 707 ◽

pp. 135582 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yevheniya Volchko ◽

Dan Berggren Kleja ◽

Pär-Erik Back ◽

Charlotta Tiberg ◽

Anja Enell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Soil Quality ◽

Urban Site ◽

Costs And Benefits

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Application of total quality management concepts to a business school

International Journal of Technology Management ◽

10.1504/ijtm.1998.002667 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 16 (4/5/6) ◽

pp. 520 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

T.K. Bhattacharya ◽

Taisier AlDiab Zoubi ◽

Abduihamid Sukar

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Total Quality Management ◽

Business School ◽

Total Quality ◽

Management Concepts

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On the application of quality management concepts in education

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management ◽

10.1108/02656710910950324 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 312-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Satish Mehra ◽

Munsung Rhee

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Management Concepts

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Developing Critical Thinking and Interpersonal Skills in a Services Marketing Course Employing Total Quality Management Concepts and Techniques

Journal of Marketing Education ◽

10.1177/027347539401600304 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 20-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

John R. Ronchetto ◽

Tom A. Buckles

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Quality Management ◽

Total Quality Management ◽

Interpersonal Skills ◽

Services Marketing ◽

Total Quality ◽

Management Concepts

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Is innovation the future of quality management?

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences ◽

10.1108/ijqss-03-2017-0024 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (3/4) ◽

pp. 232-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Johan Lilja ◽

David Hansen ◽

Johan Fredrikson ◽

Daniel Richardsson

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Total Quality Management ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Innovation Management ◽

Total Quality ◽

Content Type ◽

Management Concepts ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

Operational Excellence ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose Upcoming as well as mature industries are facing pressure as regards successfully managing operational excellence, and, at the same time, driving and managing innovation. Quality management concepts and practices’ ability to tackle this challenge have been questioned. It has even been suggested that there is a need to provide and promote an updated/changed, and even re-branded, version of Total Quality Management, merging quality management (QM) and innovation management (IM). Can such a shift then actually be spotted? The purpose of this paper is to explore and see if there are any signs suggesting that QM and IM actually are about to merge. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on literature reviews, document studies and interviews. Findings The paper highlights three signs indicating that QM and IM indeed are approaching each other, and that it is a movement driven from both sectors, e.g., in the work with new ISO-standards and the Toyota Kata framework. Originality/value The indicated development has fundamental and extensive practical implications. It will for example have to be followed by a similar merging of the two fields in the educational system, and in the competences of future managers.

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A developmental view on implementation of quality management concepts

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences ◽

10.1108/ijqss-02-2014-0012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (2/3) ◽

pp. 143-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ida Gremyr ◽

Mattias Elg

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Standard Procedure ◽

Implementation Process ◽

Pilot Project ◽

Project Work ◽

Successful Outcome ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Illustrative Case ◽

Content Type ◽

Management Concepts

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the value of a developmental learning view on implementation of quality management (QM) concepts. QM concepts are common in various organizations; some implement them smoothly, others struggle and sometimes even abandon the initiatives. What is then a successful implementation – is it the use a specific QM method as a standard problem solving approach, or is it that learning has occurred during implementation? Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on an illustrative case study carried out at a hospital in western Sweden. The data have been collected through about 130 hours of participation in project work by the first author and through seven face-to-face interviews of about one hour each. Findings – It is shown that a Design for Six Sigma pilot project with a narrow view on implementation could be regarded as a failure, but it gave rise to much learning and new improved ways of working. Hence, it is argued that a developmental view on implementation can support learning by an emergent and experimental approach to implementation processes. Originality/value – Much research has been done on how to increase the success rate of implementations of QM initiatives, e.g. procedures to follow to reach an outcome where the new way of working is standard procedure. Less research has problematized the implementation process, questioning what a successful outcome of an implementation is.

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