Total quality management and just-in-time purchasing : their effects on performance of firms operating in the U.S. / Hale Kaynak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaynak, Hale.

Series:

Studies on Industrial Productivity

Garland studies on industrial productivity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Total quality management--United States.

Total quality management.

Just-in-time systems--United States.

Just-in-time systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011, c1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This study investigates the relation of total quality management (TQM) and just-in-time purchasing (JITP) with respect to firms' performance, based on theories from operations management, organization theory, strategic management and marketing. U.S. companies have implemented TQM and JITP techniques to improve their global competitive position. The lack of empirical research on how these techniques effect firms performance makes it necessary to explain their strategic values as management innovations. In this study, a cross-sectional mail survey was used with the target population of firms in

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; TABLES; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Statement of Problem; Theoretical Foundation; Significance of Research; Definition of Terms; Chapter Summary; LITERATURE REVIEW; Innovation, Strategy and Performance; JIT Purchasing as a Strategic Innovation; Total Quality Management (TQM) as a Strategic Innovation; The Relationship between JIT Purchasing and TQM, and their Effects on Performance: A Research Model and Proposed Hypotheses; Chapter Summary; RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

Target Population and Survey ProcedureValidity Issues in Brief; Construction of the Instrument and Measures; Pilot Testing; Analyses of Measures; Restated Hypotheses; Data Analysis Techniques; Chapter Summary; RESULTS OF DATA ANALYSES; Descriptive Statistics and Assumptions of Multivariate Tests; Test of the Research Model; Procedure of Hierarchical Regression Analysis of Sets; Post Hoc Power Analysis; Chapter Summary; DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS OF FINDINGS; Discussion of Results of Hypotheses Tests; Validity of Findings; Proposed Research Variables and Revised Research Model

Implications of the StudyFuture Research Implications; Summary; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; REFERENCES; DISSERTATION REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

"First published by Garland Publishing, Inc."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781138985759

1138985759

9781315052687

1315052687

9781135666828

1135666822

OCLC:

851153771