Total Quality Management: A Management Philosophy for Providing High Quality Construction

Abstract

Total Quality Management (TQM) is not a new concept. However, its use in my construction company is. Only recently (within the past ten years or so) have American companies started to realize the potential of TQM as a means of ensuring high quality products and services. With this realization has come implementation in manufacturing and service companies. A commercial construction company, like any other business, must provide a top quality finished product to its customer if it intends to stay in business. TQM is one way to work to that end. This report explores the quality problems facing my fictitious construction company, which I believe are fairly typical among the commercial construction industry, existing management methods, and the TQM method to ensure top quality production. It will be shown why I believe TQM or a variation thereof is the best method for controlling the quality of products and service during the construction process. Under the philosophy of TQM, we build quality into the finished product.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA252743

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Beckwith

Organizations

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Geographic Regions
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • Quality Control
  • Technical Standards
  • Total Quality Management

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design