TY - JOUR AB - Describes why and how the General Accounting Office (GAO) ‐ the ′investigative arm′ of US Congress ‐ is approaching Total Quality Management. Sets out the steps that were followed in order to ascertain whether or not to implement TQM and the steps planned for the future approach to implementation. Recognizes that ongoing benchmarking against world‐class organizations is the way forward in continuously updating quality management programmes. VL - 1 IS - 6 SN - 0960-4529 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000003148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003148 AU - Goldstein I. PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - Focusing on excellence T2 - Managing Service Quality: An International Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 325 EP - 338 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -