QM, EM and firm performance 208 © 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and British Academy of Management Sharma (ISO Three ratios focus on efficiency (profit margin/ ROS), revenue (sales growth) and profitability earnings per share) ISO 9000 certification is associated with improvements in FP. The improvement in overall performance is attributed largely to improvement in internal business processes Sila and Ebrahimpour Leadership strategic planning customer focus human resource management supplier management process management information and analysis perceptual measures Customer-focused results human resource results organizational effectiveness results perceptual measure Financial and market results TQM factors are holistic in that synergies must be created among them to achieve favourable business results. The study identified leadership and information and analysis as the two factors that act as the foundations of these synergies. Demirbag et al. (2006) 1 construct Total quality management (quality data and reporting, role of top management, employee relations, supplier quality management, training, quality policy and process management perceptual construct performance (financial, non-financial and efficiency indicators) A strong and positive relationship is found between the level of TQM implementation and organizational performance. Prajogo and Sohal (Leadership strategic planning customer focus information and analysis people management process management Product quality product innovation process innovation TQM is positively and significantly related to the differentiation strategy, and partially mediates the relationship between differentiation strategy and quality performance. Study QM variables QP variables FP variables Major findings
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