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Quality and safety management practices: The theory of quality management approach
Bruce J Ladewski1, Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati2
1Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr, and Huber, 4775 Campus Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, United States.
Introduction:
Safety management is frequently treated as non-essential and incidental to core business functions. Accordingly, the importance of safety management is often underestimated. The Theory of Quality Management was investigated in this study to find the degree of linkage between the management of quality and safety.
Method:
Data derived from a 40-item online survey were used to test the Theory of Quality Management model factors among quality and safety professionals. The surveys were distributed to quality and safety professionals represented by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), for a total of 144 completed surveys, with the largest number coming from manufacturing organizations.
Results:
the findings suggest good internal consistency for the variables and good correlations between the quality and safety professional responses.
Conclusions:
This study offers evidence that the organizational functions of safety and quality can follow the same management model, broadening the understanding of the Theory of Quality Management from focusing only the management of quality, to embracing the management of safety. Practical Application: The finding could help establishments improve overall worker safety and health using quality tools and techniques.
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