How to Build Quality into your Team

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In general «Quality» is primarily viewed in terms of corporate culture and it refers to the whole set of practices which result in a company benefits.

First of all, attaining Quality has something to do with satisfying the expectations of the customer. What the customer wants, the company provides. If one ten-pence ball-point runs dry in one month and another ten-pence ball-point lasts for three then the second ball-point is the make which the customer will buy again and which he or she recommends to others – even if it costs a little more.

The clearest manifestation of Quality is in a product's reliability. To prevent problems from arising after the product is shipped, the quality must be checked beforehand - and the best time to check quality is throughout the whole design and manufacturing cycle.

While Quality has its own reward in terms of increased long-term sales, the methods used to achieve this Quality also have other benefits. In seeking to improve the quality of the product, manufacturers have found that the people best placed to make substantial contributions are the workforce and people are the most valuable resource. It is this shift in perspective from the management to the workforce which is the most significant consequence of the search for quality. But surely there will be no overnight success. To be lasting, Quality must become a habit and a habit is accustomed practice. To habituate your staff to Quality, you must first make it an issue.

To succeed, a Quality push must engage the enthusiasm of the entire team. A manager must create the environment where each team member feels totally free to express an idea or concern and this can only be done if there is no stigma attached to being incorrect. An important aspect of team interaction is the idea of mutual support. If you can instill the idea that all problems are owned by the entire team then each member will be able to seek help and advice when needed from every other team member. One promoter of this is to encourage mutual coaching. If one team member knows techniques or information which would be useful to the rest, then encourage him/her to share it.

By applying the principles of Quality to an established team, a team leader can enjoy the benefits so actively sought by large corporations. The key is the attitude – and the insistence on the primacy of Quality. A team leader has the power to define the ethos of the staff and by using Quality as the focus, a manager also can accrue its riches.

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руководитель группы, улучшить качество продукта, сделать предметом обсуждения, поощрять обоюдное консультирование, увеличить ценность качества, рассчитывать на помощь, самый важный результат в стремлении к качеству, привычная практика, способствующий фактор, первичность качества, внушать мысль, весь процесс разработки, производственный цикл.

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