B), Quality Assurance According to (Arnold & Holler, 1995), quality assurance is “all those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a system or product will perform satisfactorily in service”. They further claim that quality assurance responsibilities include: “setting broad goals, providing guidance, setting direction, reviewing qualifications and training personnel, reviewing quality-related records, developing and documenting as well as following up quality procedures, scheduling and conducting as well as following up quality audits, being involved in procurement cycle, being involved in the design review cycle, and scheduling and conducting surveillance”. Quality assurance has somewhat relationship…
current manufacturing and business world, quality management has become an important aspect. Demand by for quality goods and services is the primary reason for the pursuance of quality in the outputs. Apparently, consumers have become aware of their right to quality products and services than before. They are therefore more selective on what they purchase. This awareness has increased the competitiveness in the market, and this has forced all firms to result in quality management to cope with…
It aims to assist, promote, develop and support SMEs and it has undertaken many projects and activities to promote SMEs’ capability in many aspects. This includes holding the SMEs National Awards Competition to select the best SMEs (OSMEP, 2014) in accordance with a set of criteria from the Thailand Quality Award (TQA) which is considered a world-class award. The fundamentals of the technical and decision-making processes are identical to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) of…
It is a high honor for any organization to be nominated, let alone receive the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award. When an organization receives this designation they are stating that they are one of the best in the country in terms of quality care. Patients and customers will except to receive this quality treatment whenever they visit that location that has received this prestigious award. In 2015 one of the best hospitals in the United States received this prestigious award. That hospital is…
hotel chains which targeted business and leisure seeking for high high-quality service at more affordable prices. Three new hotels, The Oberoi Vanyavilas in Ranthamhore, Rajasthan, The Oberoi Amarvilas in Agra, Uttar Pradesh and Wildflower Hall Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in 2001. The Oberoi Udayvilas in Udaipur, Rajasthan was commenced in 2002. The Oberoi Hotels provide serene surroundings, relaxed atmosphere, luxurious rooms and legendary service. A stay at Oberoi Hotels promises all of these…
achieved many awards in his writing career. In Literature: The Human Experience they talk about some of his awards. “His countless awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Book Award, an O. Henry Award, a Ful-bright Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award, a PEN/Faulkner” (1393). Each of the awards is as important as the other one. One of the awards he won in 2006 was a Lifetime Achievement Award. This award “is given each year to an individual who has…
Maxine Hong Kingston shows that one can form an identity by breaking silence in The Woman Warrior; Kingston develops this theme through different talk-stories stories her mother tells her. Throughout The Woman Warrior, Kingston gradually finds her own identity by examining heavily weighted talk-stories. Through these stories told to her by her mother and her aunt, she is able to express a part of her which her own experiences cannot explain as a Chinese-American female. Convinced by her mother’s…
When you’re told that you’re visiting what used to be the largest landfill in the world, it’s not like you’re excited to see it, let alone smell it and stand in it. But as we stepped off the bus at Fresh Kills, we were greeted by green grass, wildflowers, and a cool breeze. I knew Fresh Kills was in the process of being capped and that in 30 years, it’d be one of the largest national parks and that parts were already open to the public but I wasn’t expecting rolling hills and seagulls. Fresh…
During the time of visiting, the temperature was 97° F and very hot. According to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Arlington air quality index is moderate. Air Quality Index is an indicator of overall air quality, because it takes into account all of the criteria air pollutants measured within a geographic area. Although this information was not available for the census tract, air pollution index for Arlington scored at 109, Tarrant County at 108, and Texas 95 in comparison to the…
“Conception: The Origins of a Story” as Applied to The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior depicts the hardships Kingston faces as she attempts to balance the culture of the country in which she resides, America, and the culture of her home country, China. This struggle is shown by Kingston’s account of various parts of her childhood, which shape who she is. Rather than simply a list of Kingston’s experiences, The Woman Warrior is a novel with broad social implications.…