THE EXISTING BARRIERS IN IMPLEMENTING TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Salagean Horatiu Catalin (), Balc Bogdan () and Garbacea Razvan Dimitrie ()
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Salagean Horatiu Catalin: Facultatea de Stiinte Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor, UBB Cluj-Napoca
Balc Bogdan: ,

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2014, vol. 1, issue 1, 1234-1240

Abstract: In the current market economy, companies are constantly struggling to achieve a sustained competitive advantage that will enable them to improve performance, which results in increased competitiveness, and of course, profit. Among the few competitive advantages that can become sustainable competitive advantages, quality plays a crucial role. Recent research shows that about 90% of buyers in the international market, consider quality as having at least equal importance with price in making the decision to purchase. In the opinion of some specialists in economic theory and practice, total quality refers to the holistic approach of quality, which actually means, addressing all aspects of economic and social development and technical of quality. Thus, the holistic approach of quality at organisation-wide involves procedural approach of quality, in this respect, the study focuses on this type of quality approach, i.e. the procedural approach, taking into account the strategic aspects of the continuous improvement of quality, which means in fact, the quality management. Total Quality Management is seen as a way to transform the economies of some countries to be more competitive than others. However, Total Quality Management brings not and will not produce results overnight, it is not a panacea for all the problems facing the organization. Total Quality Management requires a change in organizational culture, which must focus on meeting customer expectations and increasing the involvement of all employees to meet this objective, as an expression of the ethics of continuous improvement. In general, research on quality aiming identify why an organization should adopt the principles of total quality management, but attempts to identify the failing companies' attempts to implement total quality management principles are not so visible. Concerns companies to introduce quality management systems are becoming more pronounced, therefore, in this study we try to identify and present the main reasons that prevent achieving quality and implementation of total quality management system, in other words, we are interested in identify barriers to implementation and development of a quality management system.

Keywords: Quality; total quality; TQM; TQM implementation barrier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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