 Development of Quality Management Systems: How Have Disruptive Technological Innovations in Quality Management Affected Organizations?Pasi Hellman and Yang Liu Quality Innovation Prosperity, 2013, vol. 17, issue 1 Abstract: This research investigates the history of quality and development of quality management systems. History of quality is investigated from Hammurabi’s law all the way to today’s reigning quality initiatives including ISO, Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing. In the last chapters the current state of quality management is being examined. The foresight method is also opened up and examined. The Innovator’s dilemma concept, originally presented by Clayton Christensen, is used to analyse how quality management systems have been evolved in the last 100 years. Special emphasis is placed on the US manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s. Based on the literature, the concept of Innovator’s dilemma and the fall of US manufacturing are merged. The result is a prime example that the Innovator’s Dilemma is a universal phenomenon. The industry leader is trying to maintain its position and do everything right but still it is destined to fail. The causes and effects are being discussed in later chapters. Keywords: Quality; Development; ISO 9000; Foresight; US Manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tuk:qipqip:v:17:y:2013:i:1:10 Access Statistics for this article Quality Innovation Prosperity is currently edited by Kristina Zgodavova More articles in Quality Innovation Prosperity from Technical University of Košice, Department of integrated management |
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