This paper examined the adoption of total quality management (TQM) by 228 New Zealand enterprises of all sizes, ranging from one employee to 8,800. Overall, 33% of firms in New Zealand used TQM, with an additional 5% of firms no longer using TQM. This indicates strong TQM adoption rates by current international standards. Factors tested to predict TQM adoption were organisational size, workplac...

هدف: رشته مهندسی عمران از رشته‌های پرطرفدار می‌باشد که دانش‌آموختگان آن مسئولیت‌های زیادی در سازندگی و آبادانی کشور دارند بر همین اساس ضرورت دارد برنامه‌ درسی منجر به نتایج مطلوب گردد. راستا، هدف پژوهش حاضر، شناسایی برنامه کارشناسی ارزیابی وضعیت موجود ‌درسی این بعد بوده است.مواد روش‌ها: رویکرد تحقیق، ترکیبی اکتشافی متوالی نوع ابزارسازی است. روش تحقیق کیفی مطالعه، پدیدارشناسی بخش کمی پیمایشی حاض...

TQM is introduced into many organisations in an attempt to improve productivity and quality. There are a number of organisational variables that have been recognised as influencing the success of TQM implementation including leadership, teamwork, and suppliers. This paper presents findings of a study of the implementation of TQM in Australian health care organisations. Structural factors were o...

This paper presents an empirical study which examines the co-alignment between Total Quality Management (TQM) and technology/research and development (R&D) management in predicting organizational performance in terms of quality and innovation. This study improves our understanding of the relationship between TQM and innovation based on the following two major issues. First, this study contribut...

By analysis of performed spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) in developed countries, it is believed that one of the most important problems which obstacles the implementation of SDI’s objectives, is the lack of enough harmony in different parts. The solution given in management systems for more adaptability is using total quality management (TQM). In this paper, we compare SDI and TQM from adva...

Over the last few decades, TQM has gained substantial institutional value and has become the accepted way of performing and managing activities in organisations. Underpinning the principles of TQM philosophy, various quality awards / business excellence models have been established. A large number of studies exist which confirm the positive correlation of TQM with organisational excellence. The...

سابقه و هدف: جنگل­ های زاگرس به ­عنوان یکی از بوم ­سازگان­ جنگلی مهم ایران پوشش­ گیاهی (درختان، درختچه ­ها گونه­ علفی) متنوعی برخوردار می­ باشد. شناسایی آگاهی دقیق نقش ­شناختی آنها در این ­سازگان تواند حفاظت منابع طبیعی توسعه پایدار کمک شایانی نماید. به‌منظور مطالعه تنوع گونه‌ای گیاهان چوبی ذخیره کربن خاک رابطه با عوامل فیزیوگرافیک (جهت، شیب ارتفاع سطح دریا)، رویشگاه کیکم (var. cinerascens Acer...