Total Quality Management Quiz
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What does 'Total' emphasize in Total Quality Management (TQM)?

  • That quality improvement is a temporary rather than a permanent effort
  • That only production departments are obligated to improve their operations
  • That customer satisfaction is the sole focus of quality improvement
  • That all departments, not just production, are obligated to improve their operations (correct)
  • What did TQM draw heavily on for its tools and techniques?

  • Tools and techniques of financial management
  • Newly developed tools and techniques of quality control
  • Tools and techniques of human resource management
  • Previously developed tools and techniques of quality control (correct)
  • When did TQM enjoy widespread attention?

  • Mid-1990s
  • Late 1980s and early 1990s (correct)
  • Late 1970s and early 1980s
  • Late 1990s
  • What did 'management' emphasize in TQM?

    <p>That executives are obligated to actively manage quality through funding, training, staffing, and goal setting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What overshadowed TQM in the 1990s?

    <p>ISO 9000, Lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma</p> Signup and view all the answers

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