The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which total quality management (TQM) practices have been implemented in Indian service industries. The research reports the findings of an empirical study conducted with a sample of 172 top and middle managers in Indian service industries....

Total Quality Management (TQM) is a managerial approach that improves the competitiveness of the industry meanwhile Information technology (IT) was introduced with TQM for handling the technical issues which is supported by quality experts for fulfilling the customers' requirement. Present paper...

The Indian service sector forms a backbone of social and economic growth of the country and emerged as the largest and fastest developing sector. Apart from the several service industries in this sector, two major functional pillars of this sector are information and communication technology...

Quality gurus such as Juran, Deming and Crosby have advocated various methodologies for business success and single out some quality practices. These practices have a positive impact on business performance in both manufacturing and service sectors.This paper attempts to identify the TQM...

After second world war, most of the countries in the world had to face the problem of industrial development. Japan was worst hit and the industrial units in Japan were going from bad to worse and it was necessary for Japan to put their shattered economy back to the rails. To do so modern...

Due to the growing prominence of total quality management (TQM) in health care, the present study was conducted to identify the set of TQM practices for its successful implementation in healthcare institutions through a systematic review of literature. A research strategy was performed on the...

In the present era of competitive business environment due to increasing complexity and globalization of quality products and services, quality managers and practitioners have started to improve services to customers especially in healthcare and hospitality industries. These industries are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and develop a hierarchical model for the barriers affecting the growth of mobile commerce (M-commerce). Based on the model developed, the authors' objective is to identify those variables that are of strategic nature and are the root cause of...