UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
School of Accounting and Finance
THE BARRIERS OF IMPLEMENTING TOTAL QUALITY
MANAGEMENT AT THE SYRIAN MANUFACTURING
COMPANIES
Dissertation
Rasha Daya
(110023324)
August 2012
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LIST OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... III
CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION .......................................................................................... IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... V
ABSTRACT
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4.2 MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT ..............................................................................................................39
4.3 POWER DISTRIBUTION AND EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT......................................................................41
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4.4 RECRUITMENT AND PROMOTION STANDARDS......................................................................................42
4.5 BUREAUCRACY ....................................................................................................................................43
4.6 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ...............................................................................................................44
4.7 THE MANAGER-EMPLOYEES RELATIONSHIP ........................................................................................45
4.8 LACK OF EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT ....................................................................................................45
4.9 LACK OF EXPERIENCED LABOUR FORCE ..............................................................................................47
4.10 EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................................48
4.11 STRATEGIC PLANNING .......................................................................................................................49
4.12 LACK OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Poor communication between management – when the management didn’t communication with their employees it cause then to have low motivation, low loyalty, and high turnover because most of the employees didn’t know what to do or how to do it.
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