Concept information
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business and management
management theory
management theory encyc
management of operations, quality, and information systems
Preferred term
quality circles
Definition
- Quality circles are quality-improvement study groups composed of a small number of employees (10 or fewer) and their supervisor. Quality circles were developed in Japan during the 1960s, influenced by the work of Edward Deming (one of the originators of Total Quality Management). [Source: Encyclopedia of Evaluation; Quality Circles]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/quality_circles
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