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• Total Quality Management — (TQM) is a business management strategy aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organizational processes. TQM has been widely used in manufacturing, education, call centers, government, and service industries, as well as NASA space and… …   Wikipedia

• Total-Quality-Management — (TQM), bisweilen auch umfassendes Qualitätsmanagement, bezeichnet die durchgängige, fortwährende und alle Bereiche einer Organisation (Unternehmen, Institution, etc.) erfassende, aufzeichnende, sichtende, organisierende und kontrollierende… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• total quality management — ➔ management * * * total quality management UK US noun [U] (ABBREVIATION TQM) MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION ► the involvement of all of a company s managers and employees in making sure that its products and services are all of a high standard and… …   Financial and business terms

• total quality management — noun A system of management that aims at continuously improving the quality of goods and services while reducing costs (abbrev TQM) • • • Main Entry: ↑total * * * ˌtotal ˌquality ˈmanagement 8 [total quality management] noun …   Useful english dictionary

• Total Quality Management —   [ təʊtl kwɔlɪtɪ mænɪdʒmənt, englisch], Abkürzung TQM, Qualitätsmanagement …   Universal-Lexikon

• Total Quality Management — Qualité totale Pour les articles homonymes, voir qualité. La qualité totale (Total Quality Management, TQM en anglais) est une démarche de gestion de la qualité dont l objectif est l obtention d une très large mobilisation et implication de toute …   Wikipédia en Français

• total quality management — Gen Mgt a philosophy and style of management that gives everyone in an organization responsibility for delivering quality to the customer. Total quality management views each task in the organization as a process that is in a customer/supplier… …   The ultimate business dictionary

• Total Quality Management — Всеобщее управление качеством (англ. Total Quality Management, TQM)  общеорганизационный метод непрерывного повышения качества всех организационных процессов. Содержание 1 История 2 Что такое Всеобщее управление качеством 3 …   Википедия

• total quality management — N UNCOUNT Total quality management is a set of management principles aimed at improving performance throughout a company, especially by involving employees in decision making. The abbreviation TQM is also used. [BUSINESS] He is a firm believer in …   English dictionary

• total quality management — (TQM)  Continuous improvement.  ► “While implementing total quality management (TQM) procedures, many companies have focused so much on management, that the quality of their products has suffered.” (Journal of General Management, Autumn 1995, p.… …   American business jargon

• total quality management — TQM A *management philosophy that stresses the responsibilities of all employees in an organization in contributing to the achievement of the organization’s objectives. Total quality management exhibits some or all of the following… …   Auditor's dictionary