The Role of Quality Costs in Achieving the Entrepreneurial Orientation of Organizations: Survey Study in the General Company for Electrical Industries Cover Image

The Role of Quality Costs in Achieving the Entrepreneurial Orientation of Organizations: Survey Study in the General Company for Electrical Industries
The Role of Quality Costs in Achieving the Entrepreneurial Orientation of Organizations: Survey Study in the General Company for Electrical Industries

Author(s): Hazim Abed Azeez, Tarek Kazem Shalakah, Latfe Alhusseinawi
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics
Published by: ASERS Publishing
Keywords: quality costs; entrepreneurial orientation; internal and external failure; creativity; risk taking; proactive;

Summary/Abstract: The research focused on the variables of quality costs in terms of their dimensions (examination, evaluation, internal failure, external failure) as an independent variable, and the pioneering orientation in its dimensions (creativity, risk taking, proactive)as a dependent variable. The aim of the study is to study the main question in the research problem and it is What is the perception of the General Company for Electrical Industries members of the dimensions of the costs of quality and dimensions of leadership orientation, and the impact of the cost of quality on the leading direction of the organizations, the research achieved its goal through the use of descriptive analytical approach in the study of the problem of research, and to be accompanied by the analysis in both theoretical and applied research, A questionnaire consisting of two sections prepared for this purpose was designed and distributed to a sample of 45 employees of the General Company for Electrical Industries in Baghdad, and for the purpose of achieving the objectives and test hypotheses was used the statistical program of social sciences SPSS and used descriptive statistics (mean and arithmetical, standard deviation, correlation relationship Spearman, Impact of F and Test T). The research reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which are: The Company's interest in testing the internal raw materials in the process of production, dealing with reliable suppliers and paying attention to the good design of the product in order to reduce costs. The set of recommendations including: Focus on activities that add value to the organization and are low-cost, including costs for the development of creative capabilities of personnel and market studies.

  • Issue Year: XV/2020
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 310-322
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English