Doctoral Dissertations
Keywords and Phrases
Cost of quality; Measurement dysfunction
Abstract
"It has been more than a half century since Armand Feigenbaum first conceived of the strategy for the manufacturing sector, yet quality costing strategies have not found a foothold among engineering firms. This study was aimed at constructing a set of theories that explains possible barriers to acceptance of the Feigenbaum strategy by analyzing attitudes and opinions of players in an actual engineering firm and the culture in which they work.
Modeled after the Feigenbaum approach and tailored to the business model of engineering and architectural firms, a system was developed to classify and record costs of quality. A local office of a large engineering firm was recruited to apply the system on a hand-picked design project. Using qualitative study with a phenomenology approach, records were examined and participants were interviewed.
The observed concepts and emergent hypotheses begin to tell an interesting story that might be the key to the ultimate success or failure of the Feigenbaum approach to quality costing in engineering firms. Concepts related to the mechanics of a quality cost reporting system were originally thought to be overwhelming when applied to a working engineering firm; instead they have been observed to be relatively simple and have practical and straightforward solutions. However, concepts related to perceptions of quality and quality management appear to be much more daunting barriers to a prevention-based system due to policies and perceptions that have persisted for years"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Raper, Stephen A.
Committee Member(s)
Bade, John F., 1963-
Samaranayake, V. A.
Long, Suzanna, 1961-
Murray, Susan L.
Cudney, Elizabeth A.
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Engineering Management
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Publication Date
Spring 2011
Pagination
xi, 280 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-279).
Rights
© 2011 David Patrick Loduca, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Managerial accounting -- Case studiesOrganizational behavior -- Case studies -- EvaluationPhenomenologyResponsibility accounting
Thesis Number
T 9780
Print OCLC #
775016615
Electronic OCLC #
721937875
Recommended Citation
Loduca, David Patrick, "Exploratory study of barriers to use of Feigenbaum's quality cost strategy within design engineering firms" (2011). Doctoral Dissertations. 1910.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1910