Total Quality Management (TQM) best practices in Malaysian hotel industry: An investigation using Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) model

Purpose – Reflecting the Mauritian government's “quality” agenda and its focus on school leadership, this paper reports the findings of research exploring Mauritian principals’ views about the use of total quality management (TQM) for school improvement. While aspects of this research have been reported elsewhere, the purpose of this paper is to focus on school leaders’ use of data and evidence in making decisions for school improvement. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports on qualitative aspects within a mixed methods research with data collected by means of semi-structured interviews conducted with a purposive sample of six principals. The analysis of the data were an exercise in grounded theory building. Findings – The paper expands the knowledge of principals as quantitative data users arguing that qualitative information based on professional discourses, human judgements and lived experiences should be equally valorised if TQM is used for making informed educational decisions. Research limitations/implications – The research relied on principals’ views as the unique source of data. The perspectives of the other stakeholders would offer a richer description of leadership reality in Mauritian schools. Practical implications – The paper suggests a more participatory decision-making model for effective change that could rightfully engage all stakeholders through various complementary quantitative and qualitative processes. It further recommends that alongside the core systemic qualities of TQM, there are ethical, moral and cultural dimensions of leadership that could enhance the teaching and learning environment. Originality/value – While confirming some extant research, the paper brings new thinking to understanding the critical role of principals within the TQM scenario of data-driven decision making.

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Evaluate the performance of the Heads of Maintenance Department at Ministry of awqaf & Islamic affairs in the mosques of Qatar in the Light of Total Quality Management: تقييم أداء رؤساء إدارة أعمال صيانة المساجد بوزارة الأوقاف في قطر على ضوء إدارة الجودة الشاملة

المجلة العربية للعلوم ونشر الأبحاث مجلة العلوم الاقتصادية والإدارية والقانونية ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.m291218 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Mamoun Youssef Salem

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Quality Management ◽

Total Quality Management ◽

Field Study ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Total Quality ◽

Continuous Evaluation ◽

Maintenance Work ◽

Good Standard

This Research Paper aims to evaluate the Performance of the Heads of Maintenance Department of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in the mosques of Qatar in light of the Total Quality Management (TQM) principals. To achieve this goal, the researcher conducted a field study consisting of a questionnaire containing 32 questions. The study targeted a random sample of 263 individuals (Stake Holders) in three grand mosques at different praying times and locations to measure their understanding about the role of the Maintenance Department and its employees, and the extent of involvement, as mosque users, in the process of decision-making. In addition, the level of their knowledge about the maintenance work was also studied. After analyzing the data, the most important results have been concluded; That There is a strong relationship between continuous evaluation and good performance of the Heads of Maintenance, and the External users are very important in improving and evaluation performance process. Finally, the most important recommendations is that the Heads of Maintenance should implement in all areas and at all levels TQM in order to reach a good standard of performance, and to adopting ambitious programs to increase the interaction and awareness of the internal and external users and to establish solid understanding about mosques maintenance among the users.

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