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Quality of Work Life Movement — (Quality of Work Life) Movement Initially a loosely organized network of a few dozen academics in the early 1970s, the QWL Movement had grown by the 1980s into an international grouping of trade union officials, personnel managers, and social… … Dictionary of sociology
Employee Involvement/Quality of Work Life — (EI/QWL) A USPS participatory management style that involves employees at all levels in decisions affecting their work and work environment … Glossary of postal terms
Quality assurance — Quality assurance, or QA for short, refers to planned and systematic production processes that provide confidence in a product s suitability for its intended purpose. It is a set of activities intended to ensure that products (goods and/or… … Wikipedia
Quality improvement organizations — (QIOs) monitor the appropriateness, effectiveness, and quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. They are private contractor extensions of the federal government that work under the auspices of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid … Wikipedia
Quality of Working Life — ˌQuality of ˌWorking ˈLife , ˌQuality of ˈWork Life abbreviation QWL noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the feeling that an employee gets from their job and whether or not they feel happy or satisfied: • The survey is part of an ongoing project… … Financial and business terms
Quality of working life — another method for measurement of job satisfaction based on Hackman and Oldham theory I came across is to measure the 5 dimensions of job through a survey and then determine the JDS (job diagnostic survey) rating through this equation (Variety +… … Wikipedia
work, history of the organization of — Introduction history of the methods by which society structures the activities and labour necessary to its survival. work is essential in providing the basic physical needs of food, clothing, and shelter. But work involves more than the use … Universalium
quality — ▪ I. quality qual‧i‧ty 1 [ˈkwɒlti ǁ ˈkwɑː ] noun qualities PLURALFORM 1. [countable] something such as courage, intelligence, or loyalty that people may have as part of their character: • You need special personal qualities to work as a nurse. 2 … Financial and business terms
Quality circle — A Quality Circle is a volunteer group composed of workers (or even students) who meet to discuss workplace improvement, and make presentations to management with their ideas, especially relating to quality of output in order to improve the… … Wikipedia
Quality management — is a method for ensuring that all the activities necessary to design, develop and implement a product or service are effective and efficient with respect to the system and its performance. Quality management can be considered to have three main… … Wikipedia
