TQM, the feminine principle, and social change: the importance of principled implementation

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dc.contributor.authorEmory, Winola Francesen
dc.contributor.committeechairWhite, Orion F. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDudley, Larkin S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWolf, James F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcSwain, Cynthia J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTerry, Larry D.en
dc.contributor.departmentPublic Administration and Public Affairsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:20:45Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:20:45Zen
dc.date.issued1993-07-05en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-10en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-10en
dc.description.abstractW. Edwards Deming/s management philosophy of continuous improvement, TQM, has gained attention in the public and private sectors as a means of resolving the "crisis" in modern American organizations. TQM's effectiveness is dependent on its principled implementation. As an imbalanced perspective, the hyper-rational masculine conventional management wisdom has thwarted real organizational innovations by limiting methods, techniques, and actions to its frame of assumptions. A radically different set of assumptions or world view, the feminine perspective, is needed to provide balance and to create the possibility of true innovation that can lead to resolution of the crisis faced by American organizations. Jungian psychoanalytic understanding of psyche structure, development, and the dynamics of repression provide the theoretical framework for understanding the importance of a principled implementation of TQM. This principled implementation will avert an masculine warping of TQM and will provide a means of balance between the masculine and feminine principles. Critical analysis of documentation and literature reveals clear evidence of TQM's congruence with the feminine principle and its potential for radical change in organizations and society.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvi, 249 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10102005-131610en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102005-131610/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39727en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1993.E567.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 29043855en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1993.E567en
dc.subject.lcshBusinesswomenen
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial sociologyen
dc.subject.lcshSex differences (Psychology)en
dc.subject.lcshTotal quality managementen
dc.titleTQM, the feminine principle, and social change: the importance of principled implementationen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Administration and Public Affairsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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