Total Quality Culture in Mexico

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24275/LHCQ5118

Keywords:

Culture, Total Quality, Institutionalization

Abstract

Organizational change implies an institutionalization process in which, within context pressures (technological change, legislation and market), an structural array transformation is developed in order to lead from conceptual to practical aspects. Transit from subjectivity to objectivity implies a process divided in three steps: appropriation, interpretation and reappropriation. A late but ongoing institutionalization process is developing in Mexico on Total Quality. It may be interpreted that one of latecomer elements on Total Quality implementation is the patrimonial character in most of firm managers as an obstacle to modernization. TQ institutionalization process is irreversible due to modernity and flexibility needs as firms heads to be world market competitors. TQ also demands more worker’s participation, training and commitment as well as a substantial betterment in his life quality. Thus, TQ institutionalization in Mexican industry must be a reply to social, cultural and organizational conditions.

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Published

2025-02-22

How to Cite

Barba Álvarez, A. (2025). Total Quality Culture in Mexico. Administración Y Organizaciones, 27(Special Issue), 109–128. https://doi.org/10.24275/LHCQ5118