Quality management and performance: a comparison between the UK and Turkey

Ben Clegg, Roya Gholami, Mine Omurgonulsen

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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this article is to detail the correlation between quality management, specifically its tools and critical success factors, and performance in terms of primary operational and secondary organisational performances. Design/methodology/approach: Survey data from the UK and Turkey were analysed using exploratory factor analyses, structural equation modelling and regression analysis. Findings: The results show that quality management has a significant and positive impact on both primary and secondary performances; that Turkish and UK attitudes to quality management are similar; and that quality management is widely practised in manufacturing and service industries but has more statistical emphasis in the manufacturing sector. The main challenge for making quality management practice more effective lies in an appropriate balanced use of the different sorts of the tools and critical success factors. Originality/value: This study takes a novel approach by: (i) exploring the relationship between primary operational and secondary organisational performances, (ii) using service and manufacturing data and (iii) making a cross-country comparison between the UK (a developed economy) and Turkey (a developing economy). Limitations: Detailed contrast provided between only two countries. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1015-1031
Number of pages17
JournalProduction Planning and Control
Volume24
Issue number12
Early online date12 Jan 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • quality management
  • quality tools and critical success factors
  • operational perfomance
  • organisational performance
  • operations management

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