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Thursday, September 6, 2007
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
THE PROS AND CONS OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Total Quality Management - the terminology itself suggests that in every organization conscious of Quality, they have to implement the quality in total, i.e. not in their production activities alone. Normally, any manufacturing company has its own concepts, methods and work plans to ensure quality. But the emphasis is made here that TQM warrants the implementation in every sphere of the organization and when implemented, brings about the spectacular change for the good.
First the concept of TQM should be made aware of - starting from the last grade employee to the top management - in clear and no uncertain terms, because an organization is made up of people - human beings with flesh and blood - with various levels of culture, education and mind-set. Unless every member of the organization gets involved in the implementation, nothing can be achieved. Every individual works for the organization.
Doing a work is something and doing it efficiently and effectively is a different thing. Basically the employee thinks - "I work - you pay - that’s all". The management thinks "I pay and so you have to work". Fine! But how to make the employee work with dedication towards achieving the goals set? Here comes the need for motivation. If a member of the organization is asked to implement TQM in his daily work - one has to be mentally ready for the answer/question. "Ok - done! What is in it for me?" It is quite natural. Unless the individual is personally benefited, they may not be interested in anything - right? Only with the wholehearted cooperation of each and every member of the organization any concept, work schedule, execution of plans etc. can be achieved.
For winning a race - the owner of the horse says "my horse will win" - the trainer says yes and the jockey says yes - but if the horse says "no"? What will happen is obvious. That is why the abundant benefits of adhering to TQM concept should be elaborately explained to everybody without exception.
The first and foremost benefit of implementing TQM concept in the organization goes to the employee only. How? TQM defines every activity of the organization in crystal clear terms. Therefore the working is made easy, fast and accurate, because there is no ambiguity either in understanding the methods of work, quantity or quality of work, the outcome expected of each of the team members. There will be no criss- cross instructions to get confused, entailing delay and everything is made ready and handy for the members to use in their daily work to get the job on hand done well. A job well done brings forth immense self satisfaction, immeasurable in any currency!
Secondly TQM elevates the value of the work done by the organization as a whole to a higher level. Increased production/productivity/activity levels with accurate quality standards would automatically enhance profitability and uplift the image of the organization by leaps and bounds. Once the organization goes up, so also its members who can share the fruit of success!
The organization can easily get accredited by ISO 9000 or QS 14000 standards once the TQM is adopted in proven ways in every activity of the organization - after all the so called accreditations only call for such a way of working of the organization - is it not? A long list of innumerable benefits accruing to the organization as a whole can be prepared by evolving and implementing TQM in any organization, but suffice it to say that TQM brings forth prosperity to every one and thus makes it a lucrative proposition. No doubt about it.
Total Quality Management - the terminology itself suggests that in every organization conscious of Quality, they have to implement the quality in total, i.e. not in their production activities alone. Normally, any manufacturing company has its own concepts, methods and work plans to ensure quality. But the emphasis is made here that TQM warrants the implementation in every sphere of the organization and when implemented, brings about the spectacular change for the good.
First the concept of TQM should be made aware of - starting from the last grade employee to the top management - in clear and no uncertain terms, because an organization is made up of people - human beings with flesh and blood - with various levels of culture, education and mind-set. Unless every member of the organization gets involved in the implementation, nothing can be achieved. Every individual works for the organization.
Doing a work is something and doing it efficiently and effectively is a different thing. Basically the employee thinks - "I work - you pay - that’s all". The management thinks "I pay and so you have to work". Fine! But how to make the employee work with dedication towards achieving the goals set? Here comes the need for motivation. If a member of the organization is asked to implement TQM in his daily work - one has to be mentally ready for the answer/question. "Ok - done! What is in it for me?" It is quite natural. Unless the individual is personally benefited, they may not be interested in anything - right? Only with the wholehearted cooperation of each and every member of the organization any concept, work schedule, execution of plans etc. can be achieved.
For winning a race - the owner of the horse says "my horse will win" - the trainer says yes and the jockey says yes - but if the horse says "no"? What will happen is obvious. That is why the abundant benefits of adhering to TQM concept should be elaborately explained to everybody without exception.
The first and foremost benefit of implementing TQM concept in the organization goes to the employee only. How? TQM defines every activity of the organization in crystal clear terms. Therefore the working is made easy, fast and accurate, because there is no ambiguity either in understanding the methods of work, quantity or quality of work, the outcome expected of each of the team members. There will be no criss- cross instructions to get confused, entailing delay and everything is made ready and handy for the members to use in their daily work to get the job on hand done well. A job well done brings forth immense self satisfaction, immeasurable in any currency!
Secondly TQM elevates the value of the work done by the organization as a whole to a higher level. Increased production/productivity/activity levels with accurate quality standards would automatically enhance profitability and uplift the image of the organization by leaps and bounds. Once the organization goes up, so also its members who can share the fruit of success!
The organization can easily get accredited by ISO 9000 or QS 14000 standards once the TQM is adopted in proven ways in every activity of the organization - after all the so called accreditations only call for such a way of working of the organization - is it not? A long list of innumerable benefits accruing to the organization as a whole can be prepared by evolving and implementing TQM in any organization, but suffice it to say that TQM brings forth prosperity to every one and thus makes it a lucrative proposition. No doubt about it.
Organization Culture - what is it?
Organization Culture – What is it?
Management and its functions:
A good Manager is one, who gets the work done by others, instead of doing that work himself. So, he should be thorough with the art of extracting what he wants from others. This can be possible only with deep concentration, focusing to new and innovative ideas, presence of mind and above all, storing as much knowledge, one can fill up to the brim.
Managerial function –especially that of Human Resource - warrants multiple roll performance –
Judge, advocate, consultant, arbitrator, bargainer, negotiator, mediator, financial analyst/planner, go-getter, navigator and alerter on simmering troubles to the management on the one hand
And on the other - psychiatrist, mentor, drill-master, disciplinarian, guide, trainer, orator, writer, teacher, guardian and parent to employees.
Different Objectives of Organizations:
Vital for any organization, to come into existence, are 3 Ms – Man, Machine and Money. The last two can be acquired or generated, but the first one is to be cultivated and managed, towards fulfillment of the organizational objectives. The objective or motive of the organizations can be classified as follows:
1) Commercial - to make profit
2) Social service – to serve the humanity at large.
Again, the above classifications may be enlarged widely, but suffice it to say, any organization is a combination of human beings, with flesh, blood and brain.
Organizational culture:
The culture of the organization stems out of its objective mainly, and spreads over its members’ brain strength. It should be understood clearly, that the organizational culture is nothing but the culture of the society, its majority members belong. An American organization can only have American culture, as viewed and perceived by other nations of the world. It can never be a British, African or Asian culture.
But, there are fundamental elements of any culture – politeness, kindness, ethics, peaceful co-existence and respect to elders – in any society universally. So, the organizational culture cannot obviate any of the above qualities, under any circumstances. Within this frame work, the unique culture of the organization is to be nurtured and expressed, to achieve the ultimate goals of the organization.
The power of youth: How to tap it?
Invariably, any organization is built upon the younger generation, to start with, and even age-old organizations are necessitated to inculcate the youth in their stream, to sustain the activities. Thinking of the youth, teamed as an organization, the following potentialities are there for the management to tap from –
a) bubbling energy – use it to the extent possible towards organizational goals
b) rush of blood - for quickly finishing immediate tasks
c) urge to try anything at least once – useful for experimenting new vistas
d) speed – divert it in the right direction of achieving team work
e) aggression – channel it to win competition
f) inexperience – mould it with substance for future use
While doing so, care should be taken to bear in mind, the following basics –
1) they are transacting with fellow human beings of distinct entity
2) nobody bears it, when the self-respect is punctured
3) show willingness to be attentive, both by body language and facial expressions, when hearing them out
4) never forget, to find out the plusses for praising publicly and when pulling out for short-comings, do so privately
5) the last thing the youth wants to hear is advice – avoid them
6) instead, the same effect can be brought forth in subtle and sugar-coated words
7) never compare the person with anybody or anything, when talking
The Art of bringing theory into practice:
Educational institutions world-wide, are sending out millions of graduates every year. But only a fraction, come up the ladder and shine. Equal opportunity is given to every student and not all of them utilize it fully – like the rain showers equally, but only the cultivable land gets benefited most. Lack of application of the wisdom imparted to them in day-to-day life, is the cause.
The curriculum is so designed, to show the student the way to go, wherever he wants. It is for the student to have the knowledge as the walking stick and walk steadily towards his destination. For example, at the time of learning to ride a bicycle, so many instructions are given – sit straight, get the handle bar in grip, look forward, balance your weight equally etc. Once learnt and practiced (with bruises and scratches of course), all sorts of postures and balancing are adopted freely and the riding goes smoothly, with no more failing. How? Think over it. A cook can elaborate the recipe with minute details and assure you a delicious dish. But, when cooking with your own hands, you will feel the pinch, irrespective of meticulously following the guidelines. After all these sweating, you feel elated when others praise your outcome and forget every difficulty you underwent. Right?
Likewise, putting forth your knowledge and wisdom into whatever you do on day-to-day life, improvising your own methods based on the principles you were taught to try relentlessly, till you accomplish success would surely lift you towards perfection. Doing a job is one thing, but doing it excellently is something else. There is vast difference between the two. That is how some are called experts, while others are not. It is not important what job you do, but how efficiently and effectively you do it matters much. No job on this earth is mean, so far as you do it with devotion, applying your mind whole-heartedly. A job well done gives you immense pleasure and self satisfaction, immeasurable in any currency.
Conclusion:
Summing up, whatever organization you are in, as part of management, you must --
a) Understand, absorb and adopt the objective of the organization, in your
vision and deeds.
b) Observe keenly around you, for augmenting your knowledge of the organizational
culture
c) Drive everything and everybody, towards achieving the goals set by the
organization untiringly and
d) Tap the power of youth, in the right way in all your endeavors, towards fulfillment
of the commitments undertaken, without deviating from the organizational culture.
By so doing you will be rendering justice to the trust and confidence placed by the management on you.
Management and its functions:
A good Manager is one, who gets the work done by others, instead of doing that work himself. So, he should be thorough with the art of extracting what he wants from others. This can be possible only with deep concentration, focusing to new and innovative ideas, presence of mind and above all, storing as much knowledge, one can fill up to the brim.
Managerial function –especially that of Human Resource - warrants multiple roll performance –
Judge, advocate, consultant, arbitrator, bargainer, negotiator, mediator, financial analyst/planner, go-getter, navigator and alerter on simmering troubles to the management on the one hand
And on the other - psychiatrist, mentor, drill-master, disciplinarian, guide, trainer, orator, writer, teacher, guardian and parent to employees.
Different Objectives of Organizations:
Vital for any organization, to come into existence, are 3 Ms – Man, Machine and Money. The last two can be acquired or generated, but the first one is to be cultivated and managed, towards fulfillment of the organizational objectives. The objective or motive of the organizations can be classified as follows:
1) Commercial - to make profit
2) Social service – to serve the humanity at large.
Again, the above classifications may be enlarged widely, but suffice it to say, any organization is a combination of human beings, with flesh, blood and brain.
Organizational culture:
The culture of the organization stems out of its objective mainly, and spreads over its members’ brain strength. It should be understood clearly, that the organizational culture is nothing but the culture of the society, its majority members belong. An American organization can only have American culture, as viewed and perceived by other nations of the world. It can never be a British, African or Asian culture.
But, there are fundamental elements of any culture – politeness, kindness, ethics, peaceful co-existence and respect to elders – in any society universally. So, the organizational culture cannot obviate any of the above qualities, under any circumstances. Within this frame work, the unique culture of the organization is to be nurtured and expressed, to achieve the ultimate goals of the organization.
The power of youth: How to tap it?
Invariably, any organization is built upon the younger generation, to start with, and even age-old organizations are necessitated to inculcate the youth in their stream, to sustain the activities. Thinking of the youth, teamed as an organization, the following potentialities are there for the management to tap from –
a) bubbling energy – use it to the extent possible towards organizational goals
b) rush of blood - for quickly finishing immediate tasks
c) urge to try anything at least once – useful for experimenting new vistas
d) speed – divert it in the right direction of achieving team work
e) aggression – channel it to win competition
f) inexperience – mould it with substance for future use
While doing so, care should be taken to bear in mind, the following basics –
1) they are transacting with fellow human beings of distinct entity
2) nobody bears it, when the self-respect is punctured
3) show willingness to be attentive, both by body language and facial expressions, when hearing them out
4) never forget, to find out the plusses for praising publicly and when pulling out for short-comings, do so privately
5) the last thing the youth wants to hear is advice – avoid them
6) instead, the same effect can be brought forth in subtle and sugar-coated words
7) never compare the person with anybody or anything, when talking
The Art of bringing theory into practice:
Educational institutions world-wide, are sending out millions of graduates every year. But only a fraction, come up the ladder and shine. Equal opportunity is given to every student and not all of them utilize it fully – like the rain showers equally, but only the cultivable land gets benefited most. Lack of application of the wisdom imparted to them in day-to-day life, is the cause.
The curriculum is so designed, to show the student the way to go, wherever he wants. It is for the student to have the knowledge as the walking stick and walk steadily towards his destination. For example, at the time of learning to ride a bicycle, so many instructions are given – sit straight, get the handle bar in grip, look forward, balance your weight equally etc. Once learnt and practiced (with bruises and scratches of course), all sorts of postures and balancing are adopted freely and the riding goes smoothly, with no more failing. How? Think over it. A cook can elaborate the recipe with minute details and assure you a delicious dish. But, when cooking with your own hands, you will feel the pinch, irrespective of meticulously following the guidelines. After all these sweating, you feel elated when others praise your outcome and forget every difficulty you underwent. Right?
Likewise, putting forth your knowledge and wisdom into whatever you do on day-to-day life, improvising your own methods based on the principles you were taught to try relentlessly, till you accomplish success would surely lift you towards perfection. Doing a job is one thing, but doing it excellently is something else. There is vast difference between the two. That is how some are called experts, while others are not. It is not important what job you do, but how efficiently and effectively you do it matters much. No job on this earth is mean, so far as you do it with devotion, applying your mind whole-heartedly. A job well done gives you immense pleasure and self satisfaction, immeasurable in any currency.
Conclusion:
Summing up, whatever organization you are in, as part of management, you must --
a) Understand, absorb and adopt the objective of the organization, in your
vision and deeds.
b) Observe keenly around you, for augmenting your knowledge of the organizational
culture
c) Drive everything and everybody, towards achieving the goals set by the
organization untiringly and
d) Tap the power of youth, in the right way in all your endeavors, towards fulfillment
of the commitments undertaken, without deviating from the organizational culture.
By so doing you will be rendering justice to the trust and confidence placed by the management on you.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Welcome to Earn OnLine
WELCOME TO EARN ONLINE – CONVERT YOUR SPARE TIME INTO MONEY! DON’T EVER PAY A PENNY!
Hello Friend,
Congratulations!! You have at long last come to the right place. You may be from any part of this Globe but you have become my friend now. You are going to get my experience shared with you in searching the internet for good opportunities – all at one place – here. I did this research myself when I was a novice and fresh to the concept of earning money online. I was totally not sure whether at all there is any possibility of earning through the internet. After unabated search made through, I am convinced now that YES IT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT SPENDING YOUR MONEY!
Here it would be worthwhile to describe my background so that you can understand the position well. Having completed 36 years of service in an auto ancillary manufacturing unit of a famous group in Southern India, I retired as Personnel Manager and settled at Mysore, another place and another State in India.
All I had as my resource was my hands-on experience on subjects of Management like Human Resource; Quality Management including ISO certification; Administration and allied activities. M.A. English Litt., PGD in Pers. Mgmt. and Diploma in Commerce are some of my qualifications. Flawless English words are my forte and I can type fast with perfect accuracy. (Hmm …I don’t say anybody needs these qualifications or resource to embark online for earning but what is important is they should have the urge to march forward and ability to operate the computer- that’s all.)
It is a separate story as how I lost Rs.2500/- (How innocent I was then about the sharks in the internet sea!) paying as fees for offering me an online job of typing and the site disappeared after my working hard for 15 days and completed a sizeable amount of typing assignment.
Even today I take the above bitter experience as a lesson not to get coned again and feel that the amount is worth the tuition fees for teaching me – as to what one should not do.
But I should mention here with gratitude that there are still people on the net to caution persons like me not to pay anything if you are offered a job or service in which you put forth your time and efforts and the pure logic calls for that only the beneficiary enjoying the service should pay you. Truly speaking, these words slapped me on the face, as a senior citizen how I forgot this elementary logic. After all you should get paid – smaller or bigger according to your effort – and its ironical that lots of sites who entice you with offers of home business, business from home, work from home, data entry, typing jobs for moms and pops and so on and so forth end up at the lower most bottom of their attractive ads. (Oops – the length of the ads. would be amazing really with sweetest words one can imagine) asking you to shell out your money in U.S. dollars through credit cards and pamper you with loads of e-books as gifts! I still wonder would anybody have the patience to go through all those books to learn how to….?
So, the very first caution I would like to give you my friend, is don’t ever pay a single pence if you are given a guidance for a service or job to be carried out by your own self.
You may ask: nothing in this world comes for free? My answer is: are we paying for the air we are breathing? The water coming to us from the mountains? The breeze we enjoy from the sea? The trees giving us fruits? Not at all. So if you are asked for a favor, only the person getting it should reward you – is it not? Knowledge should be shared with fellow human beings if that knowledge can really help them succeed. Otherwise what is the use of knowledge one possesses if it is secretly stored within his mind?
Therefore, I wish to share the knowledge I gained by visiting lots and lots of websites daily and continuously for the last one year. By skimming the plethora of sites, I have found out some easy and free ways to earn online, provided you are mentally ready to spare your time, put forth your best efforts and skills and try honestly to earn a decent income – REPEAT REASONABLE INCOME – and not become a Millionaire overnight – as claimed by some frivolous sites, ok?
First you have to make up your mind as what you are up to? That is – are you really serious about earning through the net and if so are you ready to put in your efforts, time and skills with patience of course? Decided? Then plunge head on to the following:
I would recommend that one can earn online by writing, surfing, answering questions to express your opinions, affiliating or marketing the products/services offered by others who are best in the field or introducing those like minded people to those sellers of products or services. Got it?
Writing your thoughts into words tops the list of earning online. But friend I can hear your murmur that you do not possess writing skills. Don’t bother! You are not going to compete for Pulitzer – no. All that I am recommending to you is express your thoughts, experience, an event which disturbed or affected you most, the place or spot you enjoyed seeing, the feeling you got from your attaining father-hood mother-hood – anything – anything into words.(Just coin the words and don’t worry about spelling or grammar – fortunately every computer has the facility to correct them by clicking you know). There are millions of people who wish to read them online. An amazing statistics here – Everyday some 200 million people roam into this net-world! There are good websites who are ready to help you publishing what you write and the chances are if you write interestingly and informatively your writing can earn you a decent remuneration. Here are the sites that you can submit your writings:
http://www.helium.com/ http://www.getafreelancer.com/affiliates/sulosundar03/
http://www.writing-world.com/ = http://www.writing-world.com/
http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml
http://allfreelance.com/
http://www.freelancewriting.com/
http://www.freelancewritingsuccess.com/
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/
http://writersdigest.com/
http://writersrow.com/
http://writersmarket.com/
http://writersweekly.com/
http://www.writingcareer.com/
While most of these sites are offering free membership, some of them charge fees. I leave this to your entire choice.
(Dear friend – Please wait here to read further on my writing – please give me your feed back about what you have read so far by mailing me to – sulosundar03@gmail.com
OK?) I am waiting for your feedback to offer you more and more for your benefit!
Hello Friend,
Congratulations!! You have at long last come to the right place. You may be from any part of this Globe but you have become my friend now. You are going to get my experience shared with you in searching the internet for good opportunities – all at one place – here. I did this research myself when I was a novice and fresh to the concept of earning money online. I was totally not sure whether at all there is any possibility of earning through the internet. After unabated search made through, I am convinced now that YES IT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT SPENDING YOUR MONEY!
Here it would be worthwhile to describe my background so that you can understand the position well. Having completed 36 years of service in an auto ancillary manufacturing unit of a famous group in Southern India, I retired as Personnel Manager and settled at Mysore, another place and another State in India.
All I had as my resource was my hands-on experience on subjects of Management like Human Resource; Quality Management including ISO certification; Administration and allied activities. M.A. English Litt., PGD in Pers. Mgmt. and Diploma in Commerce are some of my qualifications. Flawless English words are my forte and I can type fast with perfect accuracy. (Hmm …I don’t say anybody needs these qualifications or resource to embark online for earning but what is important is they should have the urge to march forward and ability to operate the computer- that’s all.)
It is a separate story as how I lost Rs.2500/- (How innocent I was then about the sharks in the internet sea!) paying as fees for offering me an online job of typing and the site disappeared after my working hard for 15 days and completed a sizeable amount of typing assignment.
Even today I take the above bitter experience as a lesson not to get coned again and feel that the amount is worth the tuition fees for teaching me – as to what one should not do.
But I should mention here with gratitude that there are still people on the net to caution persons like me not to pay anything if you are offered a job or service in which you put forth your time and efforts and the pure logic calls for that only the beneficiary enjoying the service should pay you. Truly speaking, these words slapped me on the face, as a senior citizen how I forgot this elementary logic. After all you should get paid – smaller or bigger according to your effort – and its ironical that lots of sites who entice you with offers of home business, business from home, work from home, data entry, typing jobs for moms and pops and so on and so forth end up at the lower most bottom of their attractive ads. (Oops – the length of the ads. would be amazing really with sweetest words one can imagine) asking you to shell out your money in U.S. dollars through credit cards and pamper you with loads of e-books as gifts! I still wonder would anybody have the patience to go through all those books to learn how to….?
So, the very first caution I would like to give you my friend, is don’t ever pay a single pence if you are given a guidance for a service or job to be carried out by your own self.
You may ask: nothing in this world comes for free? My answer is: are we paying for the air we are breathing? The water coming to us from the mountains? The breeze we enjoy from the sea? The trees giving us fruits? Not at all. So if you are asked for a favor, only the person getting it should reward you – is it not? Knowledge should be shared with fellow human beings if that knowledge can really help them succeed. Otherwise what is the use of knowledge one possesses if it is secretly stored within his mind?
Therefore, I wish to share the knowledge I gained by visiting lots and lots of websites daily and continuously for the last one year. By skimming the plethora of sites, I have found out some easy and free ways to earn online, provided you are mentally ready to spare your time, put forth your best efforts and skills and try honestly to earn a decent income – REPEAT REASONABLE INCOME – and not become a Millionaire overnight – as claimed by some frivolous sites, ok?
First you have to make up your mind as what you are up to? That is – are you really serious about earning through the net and if so are you ready to put in your efforts, time and skills with patience of course? Decided? Then plunge head on to the following:
I would recommend that one can earn online by writing, surfing, answering questions to express your opinions, affiliating or marketing the products/services offered by others who are best in the field or introducing those like minded people to those sellers of products or services. Got it?
Writing your thoughts into words tops the list of earning online. But friend I can hear your murmur that you do not possess writing skills. Don’t bother! You are not going to compete for Pulitzer – no. All that I am recommending to you is express your thoughts, experience, an event which disturbed or affected you most, the place or spot you enjoyed seeing, the feeling you got from your attaining father-hood mother-hood – anything – anything into words.(Just coin the words and don’t worry about spelling or grammar – fortunately every computer has the facility to correct them by clicking you know). There are millions of people who wish to read them online. An amazing statistics here – Everyday some 200 million people roam into this net-world! There are good websites who are ready to help you publishing what you write and the chances are if you write interestingly and informatively your writing can earn you a decent remuneration. Here are the sites that you can submit your writings:
http://www.helium.com/ http://www.getafreelancer.com/affiliates/sulosundar03/
http://www.writing-world.com/ = http://www.writing-world.com/
http://www.writing-world.com/bookstore/index.shtml
http://allfreelance.com/
http://www.freelancewriting.com/
http://www.freelancewritingsuccess.com/
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/
http://writersdigest.com/
http://writersrow.com/
http://writersmarket.com/
http://writersweekly.com/
http://www.writingcareer.com/
While most of these sites are offering free membership, some of them charge fees. I leave this to your entire choice.
(Dear friend – Please wait here to read further on my writing – please give me your feed back about what you have read so far by mailing me to – sulosundar03@gmail.com
OK?) I am waiting for your feedback to offer you more and more for your benefit!
Friday, July 27, 2007
How to organize ISO 9000 certification in your organization
Scope:
Even though manufacturing and other organizations - small, medium or big - invariably have their own standards of measuring quality of work, mostly they are adhered to by convention and practice. The instructions and guidelines are imparted from the top management to subordinates, seniors to juniors, from skilled to the unskilled and from the recruiter to the new-comers, orally and by demonstration. By repeated adherence of the same in day to day official/practical work, the user gets it mastered. This chain continues for ever, (without even anything in writing at times) and the organization adopts this method permanently, so far as it does not cause any trouble/problem.
The biggest flaw in this system is that different interpretations are given by different people and more so, when it passes from one to another successively. Lot of gaps, pit falls and misunderstandings can and do occur by this method of communication, spoiling the very object of the implementation of the quality management.
It is here the need for a fool-proof system of quality management arises. The growth and flourishment of the organization, very much depends upon the quality of the products or services it is offering to the end users and customer satisfaction is the only way to step up the growth of the organization in leaps and bounds. A satisfied customer/end user will surely bring in more and more volume of business, either knowingly or unknowingly. Hence to achieve this goal, it is imperative that the organization continuously focuses its attention towards assurance, maintenance, up-gradation and improvements of its quality management.
The stabilization of the quality standards:
A product or service should have certain ingredients or parameters to meet the needs of the end user in all aspects, without fail. These ingredients are specified as the “Quality” of the product or service. These ingredients or parameters should be well-defined in very clear terms so that every one understands them easily. This is called the “Quality Standard”. This should be measurable by some means or can be checked for its existence by some method.
For example, a ball-point pen can be taken. The end user of a ball point pen has many expectations – it should write smoothly; does not stick while writing; easy to carry; does not get blocked up or leak (and make a mess in his white shirt!); should be in a beautiful color and attractive design and it should give trouble-free performance for a long time and so on. For a simple ball point pen of daily use, there are a number of quality standards to be adhered to – is it not?
Likewise for the service provided in a restaurant, the expectations of the customer are also innumerable. The restaurant should have a beautiful exterior; colorfully designed; comfortably located; should have all the facilities from parking to reception; impeccably clean; well lit; should have excellent furniture; interior decoration should be awesome; the waiters are clean; well uniformed; courteous; do service with a smile; brisk and handy; behave well mannered and above all the cuisine should be very tasty and so on.
For the above two examples illustrated, there are a number of “Quality Standards” to be defined and well recorded in writing so that even a new comer can understand them to follow easily. This is what is called the “Stabilization of Quality Standards”.
Just see what are all the advantages of this stabilization:
1. There is no ambiguity as what should be done
2. The standards are well written, so that they can be referred to at any time and there is no need to memorize them.
3. The work is made easier once it is understood fully by the doer as to what is expected of him/her.
4. The person can do it correctly and speedily with perfection
5. Repeated practicing of the quality standards by its members, makes the product or service perfect and boosts the total image of the organization and thereby the growth of the volume of business/profits/prosperity.
As we have seen the stabilization of the quality standards, whether it is a manufacturing company of ball-point pen or a restaurant serving the appetite of its customers, denotes the well defining of the quality standards on record; easy to follow by the members; enhances the customer satisfaction and undoubtedly upgrades the organization – right? This is what is being stipulated by the pundits and gurus of “Quality Management” for the excellent growth of any organization.
What is ISO? Why it is sought by organizations world over?
There are hundreds of thousands of organizations all over the world and every organization is striving for its individual growth relentlessly. Every organization is following its own quality standards, because without which they cannot just exist. Again the quality standards vary from country to country, since all the products/services are intended to reach the ultimate customer, a human being – whether he is an American, Australian, British, Romanian, Swiss or Indian. The overall standards of any product or service are already defined in every country – more popularly known are the British Standard or the American Standard.
The end user of any product or service cannot expect these popular standards to be adhered to everywhere, as the standards adopted tend to vary from country to country, depending upon the basic culture, life-style, habits and customs and so on. But what is common in the entire universe is, any product or service should satisfy the need of the end-user in all aspects, irrespective of the country the person hails from – agreed? Here arose the necessity for some quality standards which are acceptable and adoptable universally. Hence certain basic standards were identified, deriving out of the best from British and American standards and stipulated for adherence by the organizations in all the countries. The theme underlying these standards is “if the procedures followed in preparation of the product or service are meticulously right, the end result should also be perfectly right”.
With this objective, the Organization for International Standards evolved quality standards, systems and procedures recognized as ISO 9000, 9001, 9002, 9003 and 9004. (These have been upgraded now to ISO 9001-2000), which can suite any organization big or small, worldwide. Simply put, the organizations were allowed to follow their own standards convenient to them but they should ensure strict conformance to the standards proclaimed by them meticulously, while manufacturing a product or offering a service.
The implementation of ISO 9000 concept in an organization:
The basic feature of ISO 9000 is it is a process certification and not a product certification. It is to be remembered that if the process is right according to the stipulations and carried out earnestly, the end result is sure to be perfect. Any organization can aspire for this certification, provided they are ready to undergo the stipulations laid down by the Organization of International Standards and get them certified by this organization through its stringent audit team.
Every organization is made up of people and it is these people – human beings with flesh and blood with brain – who are bringing up the organization to the fore-front. Therefore the concept of implementation of quality standards for achieving certification under ISO 9000 series, should be implanted into the mind of every member of the organization, top to bottom, without exception. Only with the co-ordinate and concerted efforts put forth by all the members as one team, the certification can be achieved.
So, the very first and foremost step is to prepare the members of the organization mentally to be ready to :
a) clearly understand the concept of ISO 9000
b) show their willingness to adopt the systems, procedures, work plans anticipated from them
c) get trained well in the above features and finally
d) start implementing the same whole-heartedly in their day to day functioning.
After this is successfully done, it is for the management of the organization, through its representative solely allotted with the responsibility of getting the organization certified under ISO, to undertake the following further steps:
i) identifying the accreditation suitable for the organization under the ISO series
ii) appointing consultants for turn-key project of ISO certification right from the preliminary stage of training the members to final audit by the ISO audit team
iii) facilitating the consultants in carrying out their assignment in every sphere or stage of the certification process, commencing from defining the quality policy
iv) extending all possible help to the internal audit and final audit teams, physically, financially and operationally to get their stamp of approval for ISO certification.
Organizational advantages of ISO 9000 accreditation:
Innumerable benefits accrue to an ISO certified organization, like world-wide recognition; increased customer confidence; continued improvements on cost effectiveness by the disciplined and motivated workforce; over-throwing competition; assured growth of the organization to new heights and so on, but once they step into the groove of quality consciousness by practice, they become a team of achievers not looking back and marching ahead fast towards perpetual prosperity for one and all.
Even though manufacturing and other organizations - small, medium or big - invariably have their own standards of measuring quality of work, mostly they are adhered to by convention and practice. The instructions and guidelines are imparted from the top management to subordinates, seniors to juniors, from skilled to the unskilled and from the recruiter to the new-comers, orally and by demonstration. By repeated adherence of the same in day to day official/practical work, the user gets it mastered. This chain continues for ever, (without even anything in writing at times) and the organization adopts this method permanently, so far as it does not cause any trouble/problem.
The biggest flaw in this system is that different interpretations are given by different people and more so, when it passes from one to another successively. Lot of gaps, pit falls and misunderstandings can and do occur by this method of communication, spoiling the very object of the implementation of the quality management.
It is here the need for a fool-proof system of quality management arises. The growth and flourishment of the organization, very much depends upon the quality of the products or services it is offering to the end users and customer satisfaction is the only way to step up the growth of the organization in leaps and bounds. A satisfied customer/end user will surely bring in more and more volume of business, either knowingly or unknowingly. Hence to achieve this goal, it is imperative that the organization continuously focuses its attention towards assurance, maintenance, up-gradation and improvements of its quality management.
The stabilization of the quality standards:
A product or service should have certain ingredients or parameters to meet the needs of the end user in all aspects, without fail. These ingredients are specified as the “Quality” of the product or service. These ingredients or parameters should be well-defined in very clear terms so that every one understands them easily. This is called the “Quality Standard”. This should be measurable by some means or can be checked for its existence by some method.
For example, a ball-point pen can be taken. The end user of a ball point pen has many expectations – it should write smoothly; does not stick while writing; easy to carry; does not get blocked up or leak (and make a mess in his white shirt!); should be in a beautiful color and attractive design and it should give trouble-free performance for a long time and so on. For a simple ball point pen of daily use, there are a number of quality standards to be adhered to – is it not?
Likewise for the service provided in a restaurant, the expectations of the customer are also innumerable. The restaurant should have a beautiful exterior; colorfully designed; comfortably located; should have all the facilities from parking to reception; impeccably clean; well lit; should have excellent furniture; interior decoration should be awesome; the waiters are clean; well uniformed; courteous; do service with a smile; brisk and handy; behave well mannered and above all the cuisine should be very tasty and so on.
For the above two examples illustrated, there are a number of “Quality Standards” to be defined and well recorded in writing so that even a new comer can understand them to follow easily. This is what is called the “Stabilization of Quality Standards”.
Just see what are all the advantages of this stabilization:
1. There is no ambiguity as what should be done
2. The standards are well written, so that they can be referred to at any time and there is no need to memorize them.
3. The work is made easier once it is understood fully by the doer as to what is expected of him/her.
4. The person can do it correctly and speedily with perfection
5. Repeated practicing of the quality standards by its members, makes the product or service perfect and boosts the total image of the organization and thereby the growth of the volume of business/profits/prosperity.
As we have seen the stabilization of the quality standards, whether it is a manufacturing company of ball-point pen or a restaurant serving the appetite of its customers, denotes the well defining of the quality standards on record; easy to follow by the members; enhances the customer satisfaction and undoubtedly upgrades the organization – right? This is what is being stipulated by the pundits and gurus of “Quality Management” for the excellent growth of any organization.
What is ISO? Why it is sought by organizations world over?
There are hundreds of thousands of organizations all over the world and every organization is striving for its individual growth relentlessly. Every organization is following its own quality standards, because without which they cannot just exist. Again the quality standards vary from country to country, since all the products/services are intended to reach the ultimate customer, a human being – whether he is an American, Australian, British, Romanian, Swiss or Indian. The overall standards of any product or service are already defined in every country – more popularly known are the British Standard or the American Standard.
The end user of any product or service cannot expect these popular standards to be adhered to everywhere, as the standards adopted tend to vary from country to country, depending upon the basic culture, life-style, habits and customs and so on. But what is common in the entire universe is, any product or service should satisfy the need of the end-user in all aspects, irrespective of the country the person hails from – agreed? Here arose the necessity for some quality standards which are acceptable and adoptable universally. Hence certain basic standards were identified, deriving out of the best from British and American standards and stipulated for adherence by the organizations in all the countries. The theme underlying these standards is “if the procedures followed in preparation of the product or service are meticulously right, the end result should also be perfectly right”.
With this objective, the Organization for International Standards evolved quality standards, systems and procedures recognized as ISO 9000, 9001, 9002, 9003 and 9004. (These have been upgraded now to ISO 9001-2000), which can suite any organization big or small, worldwide. Simply put, the organizations were allowed to follow their own standards convenient to them but they should ensure strict conformance to the standards proclaimed by them meticulously, while manufacturing a product or offering a service.
The implementation of ISO 9000 concept in an organization:
The basic feature of ISO 9000 is it is a process certification and not a product certification. It is to be remembered that if the process is right according to the stipulations and carried out earnestly, the end result is sure to be perfect. Any organization can aspire for this certification, provided they are ready to undergo the stipulations laid down by the Organization of International Standards and get them certified by this organization through its stringent audit team.
Every organization is made up of people and it is these people – human beings with flesh and blood with brain – who are bringing up the organization to the fore-front. Therefore the concept of implementation of quality standards for achieving certification under ISO 9000 series, should be implanted into the mind of every member of the organization, top to bottom, without exception. Only with the co-ordinate and concerted efforts put forth by all the members as one team, the certification can be achieved.
So, the very first and foremost step is to prepare the members of the organization mentally to be ready to :
a) clearly understand the concept of ISO 9000
b) show their willingness to adopt the systems, procedures, work plans anticipated from them
c) get trained well in the above features and finally
d) start implementing the same whole-heartedly in their day to day functioning.
After this is successfully done, it is for the management of the organization, through its representative solely allotted with the responsibility of getting the organization certified under ISO, to undertake the following further steps:
i) identifying the accreditation suitable for the organization under the ISO series
ii) appointing consultants for turn-key project of ISO certification right from the preliminary stage of training the members to final audit by the ISO audit team
iii) facilitating the consultants in carrying out their assignment in every sphere or stage of the certification process, commencing from defining the quality policy
iv) extending all possible help to the internal audit and final audit teams, physically, financially and operationally to get their stamp of approval for ISO certification.
Organizational advantages of ISO 9000 accreditation:
Innumerable benefits accrue to an ISO certified organization, like world-wide recognition; increased customer confidence; continued improvements on cost effectiveness by the disciplined and motivated workforce; over-throwing competition; assured growth of the organization to new heights and so on, but once they step into the groove of quality consciousness by practice, they become a team of achievers not looking back and marching ahead fast towards perpetual prosperity for one and all.
Appliction for Job - Top ten inside tips for success
Warning! This is intended only for youngsters, fresh from their studies in search of an opening. Seniors and middle aged please excuse – I will come up later separately for you!
Employers all over the world follow only one concept invariably while recruiting, which is “right man for the right job at the right time”. They spend money for advertising vacancies only when there is a dire need for recruitment. The ultimate object of every commercial organization is to make profits and they will never throw away their money just like that for fun. You must please understand this bottom-line.
First you must think deeply and make a thorough self-analysis as what you want to become. Based on your qualification, physical fitness, mental attitude and knowledge you can consciously find out, which job will be very much suitable for you. Then concentrate only on this and always keep on thinking about it until you are very clear about which job you are going to apply for. Instead of shooting out applications to multi-various employers and getting frustrated, you can sharpen your focus to only the line of employment most suitable to you and be selective in applying.
Then comes grazing the job advertisements. (Let me share a secret with you- the clue for feeling the pulse of the employer is inherent in the words of the advertisement you are reading. Every word of it is either composed or approved by a brain sitting at the recruiting table.) So if you keenly watch the words, even if needed repeatedly, you will learn a lot about the urgency; quality policy; expectations of the management; mind-set of the employer; treatment that can be expected by you in future and so on.
After careful reading as above, think and analyze whether it is worth for you to apply to this job, whether it suits your expectations, chances of being selected, how much suitable you are to fit into their requirements squarely and so on. Don’t waste your time and theirs, if it is not.
Then try to make some research about your prospective employer if the name and address of the employer is expressed in the advertisement (otherwise don’t bother). You can collect the details of line of activity, reputation and popularity of the organization, so that you can use it either in your application or at the time of interview.
Then comes the most important part of preparing your application. You should know that till the application leaves your hand, you have all the time in the world to perfect it in every way possible, meticulously. As if it is your only door to open up your entire future, you should carefully prune the same and concentrate on every aspect of it – full details; arrangement of short crisp words; attractive display and above all earnestness to secure the attention of the ultimate reader. (Another inside secret here – from the time it reaches the organization till it is put up to the deciding authority, there are many a slips from the cup and the lip. First, along with hundreds of application covers yours is also opened by somebody, then segregated by some one else and then classified into a tabulated form by the immediate assistant of the selector. So your application should pass through each of these and care is needed in selecting the right cover, typing neatly and legibly and focusing precisely your particulars without mistakes of any nature - some buddies are omitting to sign the application in their hurry - for easy and comfortable reading.) If you are applying online through internet, then also all the above cautions apply, excepting paper work. Unless your application is not perfect to catch the attention of the reader, chances are plenty for its being tossed into the dust bin if it is on paper or clicked to the trash if it is online.
When the selector peruses your application, the first thing that attracts is the execution; next the precise details (underscores wherever needed for easy reading); arrangement and order of the details; completeness of the furnished particulars without omission and so on. (Here is another secret: while perusing your application, the selector’s mind works fast weighing the suitability of this candidate for preliminary selection; comparing the applicant with other such applicants; the advantages for the organization if at all a chance is given to this candidate and more. So it is only here that the fate of your application is decided. Be careful to mention what is so special about you when there are hundreds like you with the same qualifications and age. Your attitude only counts here. Your willingness to learn, your sincerity in carrying out the assignments entrusted to you and how the organization is going to be benefited to have a loyal employee – are all should be expressed without fail – mind you, no bogus assurances that you will bring the moon or false promises are tendered – only what a fresher can do honestly and sincerely – that is enough.)
After submitting the application with care on the above lines, you can very well expect a call back from the employer for an interview or further details and you must be mentally ready to face it. A phone call intended for you may come in your absence and make sure that it is replied properly and the message passed on to you in time for your reviving the contact. When you get an invitation for interview, you have crossed only half of the well and you will tumble into the well if you do not handle the interview with care and caution. Get ready with all the proof of your personal details, take sufficient copies, file them neatly in a separate folder to be handed over to the interviewer if asked and don’t forget to take along the originals also. (One such goody came to me empty handed at the time of interview and said he had already furnished all the details in the application – no wonder I drove him out politely!)
Facing the personal interview is an important thing and lots of guidance is already there available. Suffice it to say that the interview is an opportunity to get to know each other – the employer and the prospective employee – and this should be used to the best advantage. Always have this objective in mind when answering the questions – they are not here to grill you, but they seek all the information about you so that they can evaluate your suitability for the vacancy and how you would flourish in future once you are appointed. (One more final secret – the interviewer will be much happier if you are found suitable, because he will get a pat on the back for the right selection!)
Be bold (this interview is only a beginning and not the end of the world), confident (after all, others competing with you are also sailing in the same boat but you have an edge over them due to your preparedness), be clear, unambiguous and in a friendly submissive tone when answering their questions politely and be honest if you don’t know certain things. They are not expecting you to be a superman! Don’t be evasive or pretend to be super-duper if you do not know, lest you will have two disadvantages – one: you lose a chance to learn and two: your reputation hits the bottom when they find out your lie. OK? Then what – you will be immediately selected and enjoy life happily!
Employers all over the world follow only one concept invariably while recruiting, which is “right man for the right job at the right time”. They spend money for advertising vacancies only when there is a dire need for recruitment. The ultimate object of every commercial organization is to make profits and they will never throw away their money just like that for fun. You must please understand this bottom-line.
First you must think deeply and make a thorough self-analysis as what you want to become. Based on your qualification, physical fitness, mental attitude and knowledge you can consciously find out, which job will be very much suitable for you. Then concentrate only on this and always keep on thinking about it until you are very clear about which job you are going to apply for. Instead of shooting out applications to multi-various employers and getting frustrated, you can sharpen your focus to only the line of employment most suitable to you and be selective in applying.
Then comes grazing the job advertisements. (Let me share a secret with you- the clue for feeling the pulse of the employer is inherent in the words of the advertisement you are reading. Every word of it is either composed or approved by a brain sitting at the recruiting table.) So if you keenly watch the words, even if needed repeatedly, you will learn a lot about the urgency; quality policy; expectations of the management; mind-set of the employer; treatment that can be expected by you in future and so on.
After careful reading as above, think and analyze whether it is worth for you to apply to this job, whether it suits your expectations, chances of being selected, how much suitable you are to fit into their requirements squarely and so on. Don’t waste your time and theirs, if it is not.
Then try to make some research about your prospective employer if the name and address of the employer is expressed in the advertisement (otherwise don’t bother). You can collect the details of line of activity, reputation and popularity of the organization, so that you can use it either in your application or at the time of interview.
Then comes the most important part of preparing your application. You should know that till the application leaves your hand, you have all the time in the world to perfect it in every way possible, meticulously. As if it is your only door to open up your entire future, you should carefully prune the same and concentrate on every aspect of it – full details; arrangement of short crisp words; attractive display and above all earnestness to secure the attention of the ultimate reader. (Another inside secret here – from the time it reaches the organization till it is put up to the deciding authority, there are many a slips from the cup and the lip. First, along with hundreds of application covers yours is also opened by somebody, then segregated by some one else and then classified into a tabulated form by the immediate assistant of the selector. So your application should pass through each of these and care is needed in selecting the right cover, typing neatly and legibly and focusing precisely your particulars without mistakes of any nature - some buddies are omitting to sign the application in their hurry - for easy and comfortable reading.) If you are applying online through internet, then also all the above cautions apply, excepting paper work. Unless your application is not perfect to catch the attention of the reader, chances are plenty for its being tossed into the dust bin if it is on paper or clicked to the trash if it is online.
When the selector peruses your application, the first thing that attracts is the execution; next the precise details (underscores wherever needed for easy reading); arrangement and order of the details; completeness of the furnished particulars without omission and so on. (Here is another secret: while perusing your application, the selector’s mind works fast weighing the suitability of this candidate for preliminary selection; comparing the applicant with other such applicants; the advantages for the organization if at all a chance is given to this candidate and more. So it is only here that the fate of your application is decided. Be careful to mention what is so special about you when there are hundreds like you with the same qualifications and age. Your attitude only counts here. Your willingness to learn, your sincerity in carrying out the assignments entrusted to you and how the organization is going to be benefited to have a loyal employee – are all should be expressed without fail – mind you, no bogus assurances that you will bring the moon or false promises are tendered – only what a fresher can do honestly and sincerely – that is enough.)
After submitting the application with care on the above lines, you can very well expect a call back from the employer for an interview or further details and you must be mentally ready to face it. A phone call intended for you may come in your absence and make sure that it is replied properly and the message passed on to you in time for your reviving the contact. When you get an invitation for interview, you have crossed only half of the well and you will tumble into the well if you do not handle the interview with care and caution. Get ready with all the proof of your personal details, take sufficient copies, file them neatly in a separate folder to be handed over to the interviewer if asked and don’t forget to take along the originals also. (One such goody came to me empty handed at the time of interview and said he had already furnished all the details in the application – no wonder I drove him out politely!)
Facing the personal interview is an important thing and lots of guidance is already there available. Suffice it to say that the interview is an opportunity to get to know each other – the employer and the prospective employee – and this should be used to the best advantage. Always have this objective in mind when answering the questions – they are not here to grill you, but they seek all the information about you so that they can evaluate your suitability for the vacancy and how you would flourish in future once you are appointed. (One more final secret – the interviewer will be much happier if you are found suitable, because he will get a pat on the back for the right selection!)
Be bold (this interview is only a beginning and not the end of the world), confident (after all, others competing with you are also sailing in the same boat but you have an edge over them due to your preparedness), be clear, unambiguous and in a friendly submissive tone when answering their questions politely and be honest if you don’t know certain things. They are not expecting you to be a superman! Don’t be evasive or pretend to be super-duper if you do not know, lest you will have two disadvantages – one: you lose a chance to learn and two: your reputation hits the bottom when they find out your lie. OK? Then what – you will be immediately selected and enjoy life happily!
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