Quality Management and Knowledge: two Complementary Approaches
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Organizational culture, quality management, knowledge management, organizations, competitive advantages, JEL Classification D83, L15
Abstract
Quality Management applied to organizations generates better products and services, cost reduction, more satisfied customers and employees, and improved financial performance, which in turn means competitive advantages. However, sometimes the efforts are not enough, because the organizations don’t have a mature organizational culture that guide them to hold the continuous improvement, satisfied customers, reduced duplicity efforts, redesign of processes, team work and closer supplier relationships. Knowledge management understood as the activities related to creation, storage, transference, and usage of organizational knowledge arises as a possible solution to the difficulties acquired by the application of quality management. This paper shows the difficulties and opportunities created by quality management and how these can be avoided and exploited through the implementation of knowledge management strategies.
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Informations Systems 4 (pp. 199-213). Pittsburgh: Springer.
Douglas, T.J., & Judge, W.Q. (2004). Total quality management implementation and competitive advantage: the role of structural control and exploration. Academy of Management Journal, 4(1), 158-169.
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& Kegan Paul Ltd. Powell, T.C. (1995). Total Quality Management as Competitive Advantage: A Review and Empirical Study. Strategic Management Journal, 16(1), 15-37.
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von Krogh, G. (1998). Care in Knowledge Creation. California
Management Review, 40(3), 133-153.
Walton, M. (1986). The Deming Management Method. New York: Pedigree.
Whelan, E.B., Donellan, B., & Golden, W. (2007). Knowledge Diffusion in Contemporary R&D Groups: Re-examining the Role of the Technological Gatekeeper. En King, W. (2009). Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning. Annals of Informations Systems 4 (pp. 81-94). Pittsburgh: Springer.
Wiig, K.M. (1997). Integrating Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management. Long Range Planning, 30(3), 339-405.
Wiig, K.M. (1997). Knowledge Management: Where did it come from and where will it go? Experts Systems with Applications, 13(1), 1-14.
Wiig, K.M. (1999). Comprensive Knowledge Management. Arlington: Knowledge Research Institute.
Young, M. (1992). A framework for the successful adoption of Japanese manufacturing techniques in the United States. Academy of Management Review, 17(4), 677-700.
Zhao, F., & Bryar, P. (2001). Integrating Knowledge Management and Total Quality: A Complementary Process. In: 6th International Conference on ISO 9000 and TQM, Scotland, 2001.
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De la Hoz Freyle, J. E., Carrillo Rincón, E., & Gómez Flórez, L. C. (2012). Quality Management and Knowledge: two Complementary Approaches. AD-Minister, (21), 71–85. Retrieved from https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/administer/article/view/1728
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Javier E De la Hoz Freyle, Universidad Industrial de Santander. Bucaramanga, Colombia
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