An Examination of the Total Quality Management (TQM) Concept Given Current Federal/DoD Competition Initiatives

Abstract

Quality is vital to our defense and quality improvement is key to increasing productivity. The Department of Defense (DoD) Total Quality Management (TQM) effort has been given top priority by the Secretary of Defense. Many questions exist concerning the problems encountered when implementing TQM throughout DoD. This thesis looks at the compatibility of the TQM philosophy with current Federal Acquisition Regulation competition requirements. The writer concludes that the TQM philosophy implementation is compatible with existing competition policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA255556

Entities

People

  • Michael E. Stabile

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Market Economy
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Quality Control
  • Reliability
  • Total Quality Management

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies