摘要:This paper provides empirical evidence about the total quality management effects on firms' performance, as well as on the practical limitations to its initial adoption and further implementation. The EFQM Excellence Model is used as a framework to assess the total quality management (TQM) practices and outcomes, given its primacy as a total quality standard within the European Union. The main objective pursued is to reinforce the potential competitive repercussion of TQM and to provide guidance to elaborate the firms' quality strategy.
其他摘要:This paper provides empirical evidence about the total quality management effects on firms' performance, as well as on the practical limitations to its initial adoption and further implementation. The EFQM Excellence Model is used as a framework to assess the total quality management (TQM) practices and outcomes, given its primacy as a total quality standard within the European Union. The main objective pursued is to reinforce the potential competitive repercussion of TQM and to provide guidance to elaborate the firms' quality strategy.