TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance

This paper presents an empirical investigation to study the impact of total quality management (TQM) as well as market orientation on organizational performance on some Iranian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among some expert...

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Main Authors: Hadi Abdollahi, Kamal Razm, Hamid Rouin Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2014-05-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_104.pdf
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description This paper presents an empirical investigation to study the impact of total quality management (TQM) as well as market orientation on organizational performance on some Iranian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among some experts in city of Shiraz, Iran. Using structural equation modeling, the study determines that three components of market orientation including intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination, and responsiveness through TQM influences on organizational performance components including financial and non-financial performance as well as efficiency. In addition, TQM components including training, process management, supplier quality management, employee relationships, quality of data and reports and top management commitment influence positively on organizational performance in SMEs.
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spelling doaj-art-73a0cc45a6474a63b9e9a17276f23a692025-08-20T03:33:53ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-29341923-93432014-05-014588789210.5267/j.msl.2014.4.001TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performanceHadi AbdollahiKamal RazmHamid Rouin TanThis paper presents an empirical investigation to study the impact of total quality management (TQM) as well as market orientation on organizational performance on some Iranian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among some experts in city of Shiraz, Iran. Using structural equation modeling, the study determines that three components of market orientation including intelligence generation, intelligence dissemination, and responsiveness through TQM influences on organizational performance components including financial and non-financial performance as well as efficiency. In addition, TQM components including training, process management, supplier quality management, employee relationships, quality of data and reports and top management commitment influence positively on organizational performance in SMEs.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_104.pdfTQMOrganizational performanceSMEsMarket orientation
spellingShingle Hadi Abdollahi
Kamal Razm
Hamid Rouin Tan
TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance
Management Science Letters
TQM
Organizational performance
SMEs
Market orientation
title TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance
title_full TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance
title_fullStr TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance
title_full_unstemmed TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance
title_short TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance
title_sort tqm and market orientation s impact on smes performance
topic TQM
Organizational performance
SMEs
Market orientation
url http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_104.pdf
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