The impact of TQM practices on learning organisation and customer orientation: a survey of small service organisations in Malaysia

Ang, Yueh Sin and Lee, Voon Hsien and Tan, Boon In and Chong, Alain Yee Loong* (2011) The impact of TQM practices on learning organisation and customer orientation: a survey of small service organisations in Malaysia. International Journal of Services, Economics and Management, 3 (1). pp. 62-77. ISSN 1753-0830

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEM.2011.037178

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices on customer orientation and learning organisation in Malaysian service sector. This study was based on empirical data collected from a survey of 122 managers of Malaysian service firms. Correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to examine the proposed model. The results found that process management was perceived as a dominant TQM practice in improving firms' learning organisation and customer orientation. The results of this paper can be used by top management to prioritise the implementation of TQM practices. For instance, those dimensions that are found to have positive influence on customer orientation and learning organisation can be recommended to top management so that they can allocate resources to improve these practices to achieve higher customer orientation and learning organisation within the service firms in Malaysia.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: TQM, total quality management, Malaysia, customer orientation, organisational learning, small and medium–sized enterprises, SMEs, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, process management, dominant practices, top management, prioritisation, positive influences, resource allocation, economics, service industries, service quality management, developing nations, newly industrialised nations, learning organisations
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Divisions: Faculty of IT Mathematics & Sciences
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email masilah.mansor@newinti.edu.my
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2017 07:05
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2017 07:10
URI: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/id/eprint/1008

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