Total quality management (TQM)
A. is a philosophy of managing a set of business practices that emphasizes continuous improvement in all phases of operations, 100% accuracy in performing tasks, involvement and empowerment of employees at all levels, team-based work design, benchmarking, and total customer satisfaction.
B. is a valuable tool for helping company managers identify what the best practice is for performing a particular activity.
C. works best when used in conjunction with Six Sigma quality control techniques.
D. is an excellent tool for reengineering business processes and making quantum gains in the efficiency and effectiveness with which the processes are performed.
E. is a philosophy of doing things that aims at mistake-free management of a company's entire business.
Answer: A