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Relationship among Quality Management Activities, Organizational Learning and Firm Performance: with a Focus on Manufacturing Corporations

품질경영활동, 조직학습, 기업성과의 관계: 제조기업을 중심으로

  • Kim, Yeong-Seob (Department of Medical Non-Commissioned Officer, Wonkwang Health Science University) ;
  • Na, Sang-Gyun (Division of Business Administration, Wonkwang University)
  • 김영섭 (원광보건대학교 의무부사관과) ;
  • 나상균 (원광대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2012.02.27
  • Accepted : 2012.06.11
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

This paper deals with an empirical analysis of the structural relationship among the factors such as quality management activities, organizational learning and firm performance of manufacturing corporations. The findings of the analysis are expected to make lots of contribution to manufacturing corporations establishing strategies for quality management activities and organizational learning. From the analysis, following conclusions and suggestions could be drawn: First, an analysis of the relationship between quality management activities and organizational learning showed that most activities of quality management turned out to exercise great influence upon the factors of organizational learning. This means that the activities of quality management will prompt the members of an organization to actively engage in learning activities individually, by team and organizationally, motivating them to spread such activities across the whole organization, leading ultimately to fundamental renovation of the very organization. Second, from an analysis of the relationship between organizational learning and firm performance, that is, financial and non-financial performances of a company, it was found that most factors of organizational learning have tremendous impact upon financial and non-financial performances of the company. Such result implies that decision and management of the things to be performed in the process of organizational performances are essential to determining firm performance because firm performance depend largely on the outcomes of organizational learning.

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