An Erroneous Justification to Implement a Total Quality Management (TQM)program

question 94

Multiple Choice

An erroneous justification to implement a total quality management (TQM) program is that

• A)TQM aims at instilling enthusiasm and commitment to doing things right from the top to the bottom of the organization.
• B)TQM produces significant results very quickly, with very little benefit emerging after the first six months.
• C)TQM doctrine preaches that there's no such thing as "good enough" and that everyone has a responsibility to participate in continuous improvement.
• D)TQM if used effectively can result in a corporate culture bent on continuously improving the performance of every task and every value chain activity.
• E)TQM emphasizes continuous improvement in all phases of operations, 100 percent accuracy in performing tasks, involvement and empowerment of employees at all levels, team-based work design, benchmarking, and total customer satisfaction.

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Definitions:

Nominal Scale

A measurement scale used in classifications that involve categorizing data without implying any order or numerical difference between them.

Ratio Scale

A quantitative scale where there is a true zero point and the intervals between different values are meaningful, allowing for the comparison of absolute magnitudes of the numbers.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or selected by the researcher to determine their effect on dependent variables.

Quantitative Data

Information that can be measured and written down with numbers.