Quality Air Force and Deming's Fourteen Points

Abstract

As a result of the changing international and domestic environments the United States Air Force is in the midst of the most significant change since the end of the World War II. This enormous effort is being led by the Air Force senior leadership with a great deal of Total Quality Management (TQM) involvement. TQM is perceived as a method that should provide what seems to be impossible: not only maintaining, but also improving the quality of a downsized organization. The application of the TQM philosophy to this military organization, known as Quality Air Force (QAF), is believed to be the right methodology for change. The main thesis of this paper is: The TQM approach in its pure form is not fully applicable to any military organization or military environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280612

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People

  • Tomasz M. Kocon

Organizations

  • Air War College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Total Quality Management
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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