Total Quality Management is a management approach to long-term success through customer satisfaction. In a TQM effort, every member of the organisation takes part in improving processes, products, services and the culture they work in. It is a way of running a business rather than a department that sits to one side of it.
This two-day course sets out the eight principles that hold TQM together, what each one asks of an organisation, and how they work in combination. It is aimed at the people who can actually put them in place: the executives, heads and managers who set direction rather than only follow it.
Course Objectives
The Foundation
Note: the principles are covered as a working set rather than a list to memorise. Customer focus without fact-based decision making, or continual improvement without communication, is where most TQM efforts quietly stall.
The Business Case
Quality improved at the source rather than inspected in at the end.
The measure TQM treats as the point of the whole exercise.
Waste, rework and duplicated effort taken out of operations.
The same result whoever is running the process, on whichever shift.
Improvement owned across functions instead of handed to one department.
Continual improvement that survives the people who started it.
Who Should Attend
Course Details
A two-day programme available as a virtual session, a public classroom batch or an in-house delivery at your own site, which suits a leadership team working through the principles together.
Practical discussions, quality improvement concepts, process management techniques and real-world examples showing how TQM principles are applied inside organisations.
Prior knowledge: basic computer knowledge is all that is required.
Why Choose Us
Chosen by leadership and quality teams across sectors.
Trainers who audit and improve management systems for a living.
Quality treated as a measurable discipline, not a poster on a wall.
Pitched at the level that can actually authorise change.
Part of the Quality Austria group network with international reach.
FAQ
The Total Quality Management (TQM) Training Course is designed to help professionals understand quality-focused management practices that improve customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, employee involvement and continual improvement across organisational processes.
This course is suitable for senior executives, quality managers, production managers, department heads, business leaders, process owners and professionals involved in strategic decision-making, operational excellence and quality improvement initiatives.
The training covers the core principles of Total Quality Management, customer focus, employee involvement, process-centered approaches, integrated systems, continual improvement, fact-based decision-making, strategic planning and effective organisational communication.
The key principles of TQM include customer focus, total employee involvement, process-centered management, integrated systems, strategic and systematic approaches, continual improvement, data-driven decision-making and effective communication practices.
TQM helps organisations improve product and service quality, enhance customer satisfaction, reduce operational inefficiencies, strengthen process consistency, improve teamwork and create a culture of continual improvement and long-term business success.
Yes, the course includes practical discussions, quality improvement concepts, process management techniques and real-world examples to help participants understand how TQM principles can be applied effectively within organisations.
TQM training helps professionals build expertise in quality management, process optimisation, leadership and operational excellence, supporting career growth in quality assurance, production management, operations and business improvement roles.
Talk to our team about the next available batch or in-house delivery for your organisation.