In His Value Chain, Deming Linked Quality Improvements to ________

question 99

Multiple Choice

In his value chain, Deming linked quality improvements to ________.

• A) improved product features and improved durability
• B) improved organizational performance and reduction in costs
• C) increase in efficiency and improved product features
• D) improvements in reliability and reduction in costs
• E) reduction in defects and improved organizational performance

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Definitions:

Socialization

The process by which individuals learn and adopt the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to their society.

Imprinting

A process occurring during a critical period in the development of an organism, in which that organism responds to a stimulus in a manner that will afterward be difficult to modify.

Assimilation

The cognitive process by which an individual incorporates new information or experiences into their existing framework of knowledge or schema.

Embryonic Stage

A critical phase of prenatal development that spans from implantation of the zygote in the uterine wall through the eighth week, where major organs and structures begin to form.