<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>aimsjournal</PublisherName> <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> <PartNumber/> <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> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Human Resource Management</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>QUALITY CIRCLE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>18</FirstPage> <LastPage>23</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Dr. Vinod S.</FirstName> <LastName>Ingawale</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <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 their respective work areas. Quality circles have the advantage of continuity. Group members are trained by competent persons who may be personnel and industrial relations specialists trained in human factors and the basic skills of problem identification, information gathering and analysis, basic statistics, and solution generation. Employees who participate in quality circles usually receive training in formal problem-solving methods such as brain-storming, pareto analysis, cause-and-effect diagrams and are then encouraged to apply these methods either to specific or general company problems. After completing an analysis, they often present their findings to management and then handle implementation of approved solutions. After thoroughly reviewing literature, the author highlighted the probable 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> <URLs> <Abstract>https://aimsjournal.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=3365&title=QUALITY CIRCLE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>