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Please register now to read all responses and to join this discussion yourself. It's easy and 100% free.     Log in Continuous Quality Improvement > Forum > What are Quality Circles? What are Quality Circles? Luis cupenala, CEO, South Africa, Premium Member In short, a quality circle (QC) is a participatory group of employees, aimed at solving problems related to their own jobs. They are normally found in manufacturing environments. Definition of quality circle: In their book Japanese Quality Circles and Productivity, Joel E. Ross and William C. Ross define a quality circle as: "...a small group of employees doing similar or related work who meet regularly to identify, analyze, and solve product-quality and production problems and to improve general operations. The circle is a relatively autonomous unit (ideally about ten workers), usually led by a supervisor or a senior worker and organized as a work unit". The 2 main strengths of quality circles are: 1. Participating employees can make better suggestions for improving work processes than managers 2. Employees are motivated by their participation Thus, implemented correctly, quality circles can help reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve employee morale, leading to great (...) Read more? Sign up for free   Please register now to read all responses and to join this discussion yourself. It's easy and 100% free. Sign up for free     Log in   Quality Circles Philosophy, Quality Improvement Teams David Jean-Francois, Owner, France, Member (...)     Quality Circles based on Continuous Improvement Md. Shahriar Hussain, Management Consultancy, Bangladesh, Member (...)     Quality Circles should be used more Frequently Dino, Student (University), United Kingdom, Member (...)     Quality Circles Require Preceeding Training Bob Strasser, Canada, Member (...)     Quality Circles Education David Jean-Francois, Owner, France, Member (...)     Quality Circles Give Bottom-up Synergy Homer Ferguson, United States, Member (...)     Quality Circles and Market, Suppliers and Enviroment Antonio Cacheux, Member (...)     Quality Circles Can Have a Great Impact Jack Birnbaum (...)     Quality Circles in Hotel Industry Louis Norman COX, Management Coach, Consultant, Trainer, Mauritius, Member (...)     Quality Circles in Education Jerald, Manager, Member (...)     Quality Circles for Employee Onboarding Allemeersch, Interim Manager, Belgium, Member (...)     Quality Circles in NGOs Toperesu, Manager, Zimbabwe, Member (...)     A Disadvantage of Quality Circles EFFIONG, Student (MBA), Nigeria, Member (...)     Everything about Quality Circles is Here... iranna, Manager, India, Member (...)     Quality Circles Concept in Gold Mining kwapong, Manager, Ghana, Member (...)     QC Powerful if Tooled Well Douwe Slot, Management Consultant, Netherlands, Member (...)     The Power of Quality Circles in Companies LIONEL (...)     More Information on Implementing Quality Circles in School Rakhi Mukherjee, Teacher, India, Member (...)

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