• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.16-26
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• 1997

Total quality management (TQM) is regarded as a tool for improving the competitiveness not only for a manufacturing sector, but also for overall national economy. Especially, TQM is recently implemented in public sector such as goverrment, education, and health care. In this paper, the a, pp.icability of TQM to health care sector is examined. For this study, the movements of TQM implementation in health care sector in developed countries such as United States and Japan are reviewed through literature study. As the result of this study, the TQM model in health care is suggested and the characteristics of the model are explained, and finally several steps to implement TQM in health care are summarized.

• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.47-57
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• 2020

Purpose: This study seeks to bridge between the research by Lawrence (1999) and Retegan (1992), where the focus of TQM on his studies rests on customer satisfaction. Whereas in this study trying to recompile TQM by involving the variables Innovation and competitive advantage to stimulate managerial performance improvement where performance measurements include various measurements such as financial performance, marketing performance, and production performance in the property industry. Research design, data, and methodology: Total sample are 105 respondents coming from middle to top level of management in the property sector in Indonesia. To empirically prove the results of this study using multiply regression analysis as a test tool for analysis. Results and Findings: The results of this study confirm that TQM has a positive effect on market competition, innovation, and company performance indirectly. However, it does not have a significant impact if it is directly related to TQM on company performance. In this case, TQM for property companies in Indonesia would not have been possible without the role of innovation and market competition. So that the managerial implications of this study also confirm that TQM is essential and feels obligatory to be implemented optimally.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.69-81
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• 2003

TQM which has been applied to the industry area is widely accepted to the non-for-profit area and public sector. Especially educational institution including university and college has adopted TQM as a competitive weapon in several developed countries such as United States and United Kingdom. But there is no interest in the Korean educational area except for several colleges which have got ISO 9000 certification. In this study, we analyzed several best-practiced foreign colleges which have applied TQM to improve their competitiveness. Also, we tried to explore the applicability of TQM to the Korean educational area by developing TQM model for 'S' college.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.151-174
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• 2000

Total quality management (TQM) has been adopted in the U.S. as a way of management strategies by private enterprises as well as by the public sector. The ultimate goal of all quality management techniques and strategies is to improve quality by reducing waste, improving production process, and involving all members of the company in quality management. The purposes of this study are to review the performance of TQM activities and, based on the results, practically examine whether TQM is necessary or not in enhancing the performance of medical service institutions (hospitals) by assessing the status of TQM activities of medical service institutions and comparing such activities. A questionnaire survey was conducted against employees working for general hospitals in Seoul and other provincial areas. The questionnaire contained organized questions that were answered in writing by the target employees. A total of 184 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, TQM activities and performance were found to be positively correlated. Second, TQM activities and performance differed according to ownership types. Third, TQM activities and performance differed according to geographical locations. Fourth, TQM activities and performance differed according to leadership types.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.52-60
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to explorer some strategies for implementing successfully the qualify management for public policy (PPQM) in local government. Researchers for reaching at the purpose reviewed a literature on QM (or TQM) and PPQM in chapter II and suggested implementing strategies of local government's PPQM in chapter III. Implement strategies of local government's PPQM have to build a framework, establish an operating system, develop a customized PPQM's manual, and develop a capacity of local government's civil servant for implementing the PPQM and then build an evaluating system on the result of the PPQM's implementation in local government.

• Journal of vocational education research
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.221-239
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• 2011

This study argues that traditional 'On the Job Training(OJT)' for performance management in the public sector has paid little attention to the innate nature of public performance management, while mainly focusing on introducing new techniques and differentiating new ones from existing ones. This neglection leads us to commit repetitive errors in practice and misunderstandings about the nature of public performance regardless of the introduction of new techniques. This study emphasizes that on the job training for performance management in the public sector should be able to foster critical thinking and debates over important issues to overcome the problems mentioned above. From such a point of view, 10 important debating points for training and education are suggested to balance both theoretical and practical perspectives in public performance management. Finally, this study maintains that the necessary first step for successful performance management is public employees' correct understanding on the nature of public performance management rather than on a new technique itself.