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      <JournalTitle>Allana Management Journal of Research, Pune</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>? ?2581-3137 (</PISSN>
      <EISSN>) 2231 - 0290 (Print)</EISSN>
      <Volume-Issue>Volume 4, Issue 1</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>January 2014 - June 2014</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Human Resource Management</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>QUALITY CIRCLE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>18</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>23</LastPage>
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        <Author>
          <FirstName>Dr. Vinod S.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Ingawale</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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      <Abstract>Quality Circle is a small group of 6 to 12 employees doing similar work who voluntarily meets together on a regular basis to identify improvements in&#13;
their respective work areas. Quality circles have the advantage of&#13;
continuity. Group members are trained by competent persons who may be personnel&#13;
and industrial relations specialists trained in human factors and the basic skills of&#13;
problem identification, information gathering and analysis, basic statistics, and&#13;
solution generation. Employees who participate in quality circles usually receive&#13;
training in formal problem-solving methods such as brain-storming, pareto analysis,&#13;
cause-and-effect diagrams and are then encouraged to apply these methods either&#13;
to specific or general company problems. After completing an analysis, they often&#13;
present their findings to management and then handle implementation of approved&#13;
solutions. After thoroughly reviewing literature, the author highlighted the probable&#13;
reasons behind the failures of the Quality Circle.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Quality circle, Problem Solving, Brainstorming, Pareto Analysis, Cause and Effect Analysis.</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://aimsjournal.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=3365&amp;title=QUALITY CIRCLE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle>
        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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