Quality Circles in the Navy: Productivity Improvement or Just Another Program?

Abstract

One attempt to overcome declines in productivity and product quality by means of employee involvement is the Quality Control Circle (QC) Program. QCs are groups of employees from the same work area who meet regularly on a voluntary basis to indentify and analyze work-related problems and recommend solutions to management. Interest in implementation of QCs is spreading rapidly in both the public and private sectors. This report provides information concerning QCs, presents the results of a questionnaire that assessed the interest and involvement of Navy organizations in productivity improvement programs in general and QCs in particular, and presents a plan, based on the results of the questionnaire, for implementing QCs in Navy organizations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101873

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  • Leanne Young Atwater

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