Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? :: a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review /
Manufacturing companies including a local micro-enterprise - Quality Postform Ltd are persistently facing competitive pressures as a consequence of customers demanding higher quality products. The emergence of Quality Management has been attributed by many researchers and Quality Gurus including Phi...
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| Summary: | Manufacturing companies including a local micro-enterprise - Quality Postform Ltd are persistently facing competitive pressures as a consequence of customers demanding higher quality products. The emergence of Quality Management has been attributed by many researchers and Quality Gurus including Phil Crosby as a strategic imperative for typical organisations to survive within a highly competitive environment. Nevertheless, research carried out throughout the past years is relatively restricted regarding the practicality of micro-manufacturing firms in implementing Crosby's Quality Improvement. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| contents | Quality Management in Micro firms -- Myth or Reality?; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Executive Summary; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Research Preamble; 1.2 Dissertation Objectives; 1.3 Overview of Quality Postform Limited -- A Case Study; 1.4 Outline of the Dissertation's Structure; 2. Literature Review; 2.1 Chapter Introduction; 2.2 Literature Review -- Its Importance; 2.3 From Quality To TQM -- The On-Going Evolution; 2.4 Defining Quality; 2.5 Quality Control; 2.6 Definition of TQM; 2.7 Defining Micro-Businesses; 2.8 Quality Management within Micro-enterprises -- An Evaluation 2.9 Micro-Enterprises and QM Programmes -- Barriers Encountered2.10 TQM Programme Applications for Micro-Firms -- Claimed Benefits; 2.12 Quality -- Cosby's Approach; 2.13 Crosby's 14-Point Programme -- Applied Examples; 2.14 Pre-requisites for QM programmes to succeed; 2.15 Determining Pre-requisites for Quality Improvement Programmes; 2.16 Chapter Summary; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Chapter Introduction; 3.2 Primary and Secondary Data; 3.3 Qualitative and Quantitative Data; 3.4 Data Collection; 3.5 Interview Classification; 3.6 Non-Standardised Interviews verses Standardised Interviews 3.7 The Quality of Interaction Throughout the Interview Process3.8 Interviewing Skills; 3.9 Interview Guide; 3.10 Ethical Issues; 3.11 The Case Study: Validity and Generalisability; 3.12 Chapter Summary; 4. Findings and Analysis; 4.1 Chapter Introduction; 4.2 Findings and Analysis; 4.3 Chapter Summary; 5. Conclusion; 5.1 Chapter Introduction; 5.2 Conclusive Statements; 5.3 Applying a Quality Improvement Programme -- The Practical Dimension; 5.4 The Realisation of the dissertation's objectives; 5.5 Reflections; References; Appendices |
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| spelling | De Brincat, Edward, author. Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / Edward de Brincat. Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014. ©2014 1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2014). Quality Management in Micro firms -- Myth or Reality?; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Executive Summary; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Research Preamble; 1.2 Dissertation Objectives; 1.3 Overview of Quality Postform Limited -- A Case Study; 1.4 Outline of the Dissertation's Structure; 2. Literature Review; 2.1 Chapter Introduction; 2.2 Literature Review -- Its Importance; 2.3 From Quality To TQM -- The On-Going Evolution; 2.4 Defining Quality; 2.5 Quality Control; 2.6 Definition of TQM; 2.7 Defining Micro-Businesses; 2.8 Quality Management within Micro-enterprises -- An Evaluation 2.9 Micro-Enterprises and QM Programmes -- Barriers Encountered2.10 TQM Programme Applications for Micro-Firms -- Claimed Benefits; 2.12 Quality -- Cosby's Approach; 2.13 Crosby's 14-Point Programme -- Applied Examples; 2.14 Pre-requisites for QM programmes to succeed; 2.15 Determining Pre-requisites for Quality Improvement Programmes; 2.16 Chapter Summary; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Chapter Introduction; 3.2 Primary and Secondary Data; 3.3 Qualitative and Quantitative Data; 3.4 Data Collection; 3.5 Interview Classification; 3.6 Non-Standardised Interviews verses Standardised Interviews 3.7 The Quality of Interaction Throughout the Interview Process3.8 Interviewing Skills; 3.9 Interview Guide; 3.10 Ethical Issues; 3.11 The Case Study: Validity and Generalisability; 3.12 Chapter Summary; 4. Findings and Analysis; 4.1 Chapter Introduction; 4.2 Findings and Analysis; 4.3 Chapter Summary; 5. Conclusion; 5.1 Chapter Introduction; 5.2 Conclusive Statements; 5.3 Applying a Quality Improvement Programme -- The Practical Dimension; 5.4 The Realisation of the dissertation's objectives; 5.5 Reflections; References; Appendices Manufacturing companies including a local micro-enterprise - Quality Postform Ltd are persistently facing competitive pressures as a consequence of customers demanding higher quality products. The emergence of Quality Management has been attributed by many researchers and Quality Gurus including Phil Crosby as a strategic imperative for typical organisations to survive within a highly competitive environment. Nevertheless, research carried out throughout the past years is relatively restricted regarding the practicality of micro-manufacturing firms in implementing Crosby's Quality Improvement. English. Organizational change Germany. Management Case studies. Changement organisationnel Allemagne. Gestion Études de cas. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh Management fast Organizational change fast Germany fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd Case studies fast has work: Quality Management in Micro firms - Myth or Reality? A Maltese Micro Manufacturing firm under review (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PD3dWqKXCf97Y8DVqvdBbxC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: De Brincat, Edward. Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review. Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, ©2014 92 pages 9783954891801 |
| spellingShingle | De Brincat, Edward Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / Quality Management in Micro firms -- Myth or Reality?; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Executive Summary; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Research Preamble; 1.2 Dissertation Objectives; 1.3 Overview of Quality Postform Limited -- A Case Study; 1.4 Outline of the Dissertation's Structure; 2. Literature Review; 2.1 Chapter Introduction; 2.2 Literature Review -- Its Importance; 2.3 From Quality To TQM -- The On-Going Evolution; 2.4 Defining Quality; 2.5 Quality Control; 2.6 Definition of TQM; 2.7 Defining Micro-Businesses; 2.8 Quality Management within Micro-enterprises -- An Evaluation 2.9 Micro-Enterprises and QM Programmes -- Barriers Encountered2.10 TQM Programme Applications for Micro-Firms -- Claimed Benefits; 2.12 Quality -- Cosby's Approach; 2.13 Crosby's 14-Point Programme -- Applied Examples; 2.14 Pre-requisites for QM programmes to succeed; 2.15 Determining Pre-requisites for Quality Improvement Programmes; 2.16 Chapter Summary; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Chapter Introduction; 3.2 Primary and Secondary Data; 3.3 Qualitative and Quantitative Data; 3.4 Data Collection; 3.5 Interview Classification; 3.6 Non-Standardised Interviews verses Standardised Interviews 3.7 The Quality of Interaction Throughout the Interview Process3.8 Interviewing Skills; 3.9 Interview Guide; 3.10 Ethical Issues; 3.11 The Case Study: Validity and Generalisability; 3.12 Chapter Summary; 4. Findings and Analysis; 4.1 Chapter Introduction; 4.2 Findings and Analysis; 4.3 Chapter Summary; 5. Conclusion; 5.1 Chapter Introduction; 5.2 Conclusive Statements; 5.3 Applying a Quality Improvement Programme -- The Practical Dimension; 5.4 The Realisation of the dissertation's objectives; 5.5 Reflections; References; Appendices Organizational change Germany. Management Case studies. Changement organisationnel Allemagne. Gestion Études de cas. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh Management fast Organizational change fast |
| title | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / |
| title_auth | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / |
| title_exact_search | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / |
| title_full | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / Edward de Brincat. |
| title_fullStr | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / Edward de Brincat. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / Edward de Brincat. |
| title_short | Quality management in micro firms- Myth or reality? : |
| title_sort | quality management in micro firms myth or reality a maltese micro manufacturing firm under review |
| title_sub | a Maltese micro manufacturing firm under review / |
| topic | Organizational change Germany. Management Case studies. Changement organisationnel Allemagne. Gestion Études de cas. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh Management fast Organizational change fast |
| topic_facet | Organizational change Germany. Management Case studies. Changement organisationnel Allemagne. Gestion Études de cas. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. Management Organizational change Germany Case studies |
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