title: Managing transitions: assuring the adoption and impact of TQM.
abstract: Assuring the full adoption and impact of total quality management (TQM) requires the understanding that TQM involves transitional challenges to managers, individuals, work groups, and the organization as a whole. This article presents some of these challenges and describes how they might be met over time to determine the ultimate success of TQM adoption in an organization.
authors: Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Kaluzny
authors: C P
authors: CP
authors: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013597:Systems Analysis