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ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY?
Abstract
ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Management Systems (QMS): Requirement standards are based on Total
Quality Management (TQM) approach. Moreover large companies can easily adopt to ISO 9001: 2000
certification due to their quality improvement efforts, Small and Middle Scale Enterprises (SMEs) can
meet with some difficulties. Due to the fact that ISO 9001: 2000 QMS standard has been certificated
since 2000, it is expected that the TQM principles which are customer focus, leadership, employee
involvement, process approach, system approach, continuous improvement, decisions based on facts,
relationships with supplier's mutual benefits, have been implemented both in large companies and
SMEs.
The purpose of this paper is to find out the differences of TQM implementation levels between
large companies, SMEs and to determine the principles in which SMEs need improvement on TQM in
Turkey.
Each principles of TQM were investigated with several questions in this questionnaire with 5-
Likert scale. The response rate is 11.5%. It is founded that four principles of TQM in Turkey are better
managed by large companies than SMEs: leadership, employee involvement, continuous improvement,
and decisions based on facts. Also, the results were compared with other countries.
In additionally, same questionnaire is applied in 2010 both SMEs and large companies in Turkey
and results are compared with 2005.
Quality Management (TQM) approach. Moreover large companies can easily adopt to ISO 9001: 2000
certification due to their quality improvement efforts, Small and Middle Scale Enterprises (SMEs) can
meet with some difficulties. Due to the fact that ISO 9001: 2000 QMS standard has been certificated
since 2000, it is expected that the TQM principles which are customer focus, leadership, employee
involvement, process approach, system approach, continuous improvement, decisions based on facts,
relationships with supplier's mutual benefits, have been implemented both in large companies and
SMEs.
The purpose of this paper is to find out the differences of TQM implementation levels between
large companies, SMEs and to determine the principles in which SMEs need improvement on TQM in
Turkey.
Each principles of TQM were investigated with several questions in this questionnaire with 5-
Likert scale. The response rate is 11.5%. It is founded that four principles of TQM in Turkey are better
managed by large companies than SMEs: leadership, employee involvement, continuous improvement,
and decisions based on facts. Also, the results were compared with other countries.
In additionally, same questionnaire is applied in 2010 both SMEs and large companies in Turkey
and results are compared with 2005.
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Publication Date
December 27, 2010
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December 27, 2010
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Year 2010 Volume: 11 Number: 2
APA
Erginel, N. (2010). ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY? Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering, 11(2), 125-140. https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE
AMA
1.Erginel N. ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY? AUJST-A. 2010;11(2):125-140. https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE
Chicago
Erginel, Nihal. 2010. “ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY?”. Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 11 (2): 125-40. https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE.
EndNote
Erginel N (December 1, 2010) ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY? Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 11 2 125–140.
IEEE
[1]N. Erginel, “ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY?”, AUJST-A, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 125–140, Dec. 2010, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE
ISNAD
Erginel, Nihal. “ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY?”. Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering 11/2 (December 1, 2010): 125-140. https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE.
JAMA
1.Erginel N. ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY? AUJST-A. 2010;11:125–140.
MLA
Erginel, Nihal. “ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY?”. Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology A - Applied Sciences and Engineering, vol. 11, no. 2, Dec. 2010, pp. 125-40, https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE.
Vancouver
1.Nihal Erginel. ARE TQM PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED BY LARGE COMPANIES AND SMES SIMILAR IN TURKEY? AUJST-A [Internet]. 2010 Dec. 1;11(2):125-40. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA64SY42EE