I Sila, M Ebrahimpour - International Journal of Quality & Reliability …, 2002 - emerald.com
There has been a plethora of published research related to total quality management (TQM) in the last few decades. However, very few studies focused on cataloging critical factors of …
Context: Technical excellence is a nebulous term in agile software development. This vagueness is risky because it may lead to misunderstandings and to agile implementations …
E Sadikoglu, C Zehir - International journal of production economics, 2010 - Elsevier
The results from studies of the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and firm performance and from those on the effects of TQM practices on various …
I Sila - Journal of Operations management, 2007 - Elsevier
Although much has been written about TQM, little attention has been paid to the potential effects of contextual factors on TQM and TQM–performance relationships. The use of …
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and quality performance in Indian service companies …
I Sila, M Ebrahimpour - International journal of operations & …, 2005 - emerald.com
Purpose–To empirically investigate the relationships among critical TQM factors and business results. Design/methodology/approach–Twenty‐three hypotheses regarding the …
I Sila, M Ebrahimpour - International journal of production research, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Various empirical studies have been published about the critical success factors of TQM extracted using a survey approach in a particular country or region. Several studies …
J Jayaram, SL Ahire, P Dreyfus - Journal of operations Management, 2010 - Elsevier
Past TQM literature has been inconclusive in resolving the validity of the universalistic approach versus the contingency approach of TQM implementation. In this paper we …
Total quality management (TQM) has been considered as an infrastructural strategy in the operations management research field. It is one of the most recognised models for …