Buddhism and TQM : an alternative explanation of Japan's adoption of total quality management

About this item

Title

Buddhism and TQM : an alternative explanation of Japan's adoption of total quality management

Content partner

FigShare

Collection

FigShare

Description

The relatively rapid adoption of Total Quality Management (TQM) in Japan has been attributed to several causes, including the efficacy of American trainers or the Japanese adoption of Scientific Management techniques before World War II. An alternative reason considers Japanese culture and spirituality as a dominant explanation, but there does not appear to have been a previous, detailed examination of why Japanese spirituality might be compatible with TQM. This article identifies a series of...

Read more

Format

Other

Date created

06 Dec, 2017

Creator

A Poropat / J Kellett

URL

https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Buddhism_and_TQM_an_alternative_explanation...

Related subjects

TQM / Quality / Japan / Spirituality / Zen Buddhism / Culture / Algebra and Number Theory

What is the copyright status of this item?

Creative Commons

This item appears to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (BY) CC International license.

More Information

FigShare has this to say about the rights status of this item:

http://figshare.com/licensing

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with FigShare to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it

This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

Modify it

This item is suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission.

Use it commercially

This item is suitable for commercial use, without further permission.