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• TITLE: Quality Improvement in Management System: A Case Study of CCTEC Company China

  AUTHORS: Giron Kamonja, Yan Liang, Muhammad Tayyab Sohail, Shahzad Ahmad Khan

  KEYWORDS: Quality Improvement (QI), Design Management Department (DMD), Middle Manager (MM)

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, Vol.4 No.4, April 25, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Certain difficulties are inherent in the implementation of the improvement of the quality of service, particularly in the Design Management Department. There is often a difference on the issue of translating vision between senior management and Design Department for service improvement into effective, operational QI programs. Middle managers have a key role to play, but often they are overlooked which leads to undermining their efforts to improve the quality programs offered by senior management. This paper describes the first phase of a PhD research project to determine and develop the role of middle management in successful implementation of quality management programs. A framework for quality improvement implementation, including key issues of importance to middle managers regarding their proactive involvement in QI, is suggested. Finally, the initial implementation of the model in a company is discussed.