The management of Mega Company, Inc. is considering the addition of a forceful quality management system in
Question:
The management of Mega Company, Inc. is considering the addition of a forceful quality management system in their strategic management plan for the next ten years of their operations as a manufacturer and trader of vehicular parts and equipment. As a starting point, the top management hired Mr. Salim Mubarak who is a professional and quite skilful in Total Quality Management (TQM) to put up and head the Quality Department of Mega Company, Inc. He was meticulously trained in the United States and worked there for more than ten years where he is well-exposed in quality; with the thorough knowledge of the historical background and its professional advocates of TQM; particularly, various issues relative to quality control systems including the suitability of the different quality control tools and techniques. According to him, quality management tools are quite substantial in the company to identify the common problems which are happening repeatedly along with their root causes in the workplace. Quality management tools make the data available to be easily understood and enable the employees to identify and implement varying processes in order to resolve any defects and find suitable solutions in the production of vehicular parts and equipment; including most specific quality problems across the entire organizational functions. Accordingly, through its various quality management tools and techniques, they can easily define the workflow and how the process will take its course effectively. But it is always up to the suitable tools chosen by the different functional department of Mega Company, Inc.to decide as to what to implement and execute in the usage of those chosen tools and techniques towards getting those positive results. The Mega Company, Inc. is looking for an additional TQM Analyst, whose task is to assist Mr. Salim Mubarak and be a part of the company’s TQM group; hence, you want to test your capabilities in quality by answering the following questions as part of your aptitude test.
1- Discuss briefly how you will assist Mr. Salim Mubarak through the introduction of the application of TQM concepts and principles for the organization.
2-You may introduce also any of the different types of teams and explain briefly the relevance of team formation.
3-To facilitate the quality evaluation process, maybe you can introduce the use of the TQM initiative tools and techniques, as appropriate to the Mega Company, Inc. by discussing it briefly to management.
Managerial Economics Theory Applications and Cases
ISBN: 978-0393912777
8th edition
Authors: Bruce Allen, Keith Weigelt, Neil A. Doherty, Edwin Mansfield