TY - JOUR AB - Total quality management does improve organizational performance and remains the most viable long‐term business strategy around. These were the findings of a recent report entitled “TQM: Forging a Need or Falling Behind?”, commissioned by Development Dimensions International of Pittsburgh, the Quality & Productivity Management Association of Schaumburg, Illinois, and Industry Week, which were based on interviews with 6,500 people in 84 organizations. However, on considering the various elements which help or hinder TQM implementation, training emerged as the one successful theme in successful programmes. VL - 18 IS - 7 SN - 0309-0590 DO - 10.1108/03090590199400002 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590199400002 AU - Sandelands Eric PY - 1994 Y1 - 1994/01/01 TI - Industrial Training and Quality Initiatives T2 - Journal of European Industrial Training PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 1 EP - 40 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -