Mediating Role of Leadership Style on Organizational Culture and Total Quality Management

Scholars consider leadership style as a powerful tool for improving school managers’commitment on total quality management (TQM), yet few studies have empirically examinedthe linkages on organizational culture, leadership styles, and TQM in tertiary institutions.This study determined the mediating role of leadership style on organizational culture andTQM. The researcher employed the descriptive correlational design to analyze the level oforganizational culture, the extent of leadership style as mediating variable, the extent of TQMin education as perceived by the respondents, and the relationship between those variablesamong school managers. There were 295 school managers from 13 tertiary institutions inAsia who responded to the study. The results of the study showed that the respondents havevery high practices of organizational traits of involvement, adaptability, consistency, andmission with an indirect effect on leadership style. The extent of the respondents’ TQM ishigh on the following dimensions: a process-systems approach, customer-supplier focus,consistent quality leadership, continuous improvement and self-evaluation .The extent ofleadership styles in both transformational and transactional as practiced by managers is high.However, the organizational culture had no direct effect on TQM. Thus, leadership style fullymediates organizational culture and TQM. Further, the school managers are committed toTQM in education regardless of age, civil status, educational attainment, and years ofexperience. As a contribution to the mediating mechanism, the emerging model showed thattransformational and transactional being the components of leadership styles have loadings of.89 and .49, respectively. This means that the respondents’ leadership style practices havecorresponding weights of 64.49% of transformational and 35.51% of transactional leadershipstyle to fully mediate on the relationship between organizational culture and TQM. Thisresearch therefore, indicates the significance of the mediating role of leadership style onorganizational culture and TQM in tertiary institutions. The outcome of this study shall beutilized as basis for conducting seminar-workshops and training programs. The study willcontribute to future research on other dimensions on OC, LS and moderating variables inrelation to TQM

Influence of Organizational Culture on TQM in Tertiary Institutions in Asia

Total Quality management (TQM) approach has been proven to enhance quality in the educational field.TQM is a vision for continuous improvement, which tertiaryinstitutions can easily achieve through school administrators’ full commitment.However, several studies show the demand for a supportive organizational culturethat could function as a kind of control for administrators to influence the kind ofvalues that an institution develops for a successful TQM implementation. Thepurpose of the study is to determine the influence of organizational culture on totalquality management among school administrators in seven selected tertiaryinstitutions in Asia. This paper presents how Organizational Culture can influenceTQM and highlights the relationship between these two factors. The respondentswere 295 school administrators in 12 colleges and universities in seven selectedcountries in Asia. The study used a quantitative approach using descriptive-correlation. Survey findings suggest that four OC elements can influence thesuccessful implementation of TQM in education namely; “involvement,”“consistency,” adaptability,” and “mission.”. School administrators mustcontinuously practice positive organizational culture traits as evidenced by thisstudy. These traits have strong influence to attain total quality management ineducation. Further, they must provide clear and transparent avenues to consultsubordinates and colleagues on whatever decisions they may undertake

Preferências do consumidor de batatas no sul do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Taphonomy and chronosequence of the 709 ka Kalinga site formation (Luzon Island, Philippines)

The recently described site of Kalinga in the Philippines adds to our understanding of Early-Middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour. Yet, disentangling the natural from the anthropogenic modifications that have taken place in such an old archaeological site is challenging. In this paper we use a set of taphonomic tools at hand to rectify the distortion made by natural processes during the formation of the Kalinga site. From the description of the ribs completeness, surface damages and scattering in the excavation, one can reconstruct the butchery, transport and deposition sequence of the rhino carcass and its post-depositional disturbances and diagenetic evolution of the site. We conclude that the rhino and the stone artefacts potentially used to deflesh the carcass were transported by a mudflow from its butchery place over a few meters only and got stuck and mixed with an older faunal assemblage that was transported by a small stream.Materials and methods Results Discussion and concluding remarks: Death and butchery of the rhino ; Transport and deposition ; Post‑depositional evolution of the site and diagenesis ; The relative age of the stone artefact

The role of routine post-natal abdominal ultrasound for newborns in a resource-poor setting: a longitudinal study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background-</p> <p>Neonatal abdominal ultrasound is usually performed in Nigeria to investigate neonatal symptoms rather than as a follow up to evaluate fetal abnormalities which were detected on prenatal ultrasound. The role of routine obstetric ultrasonography in the monitoring of pregnancy and identification of fetal malformations has partly contributed to lowering of fetal mortality rates. In Nigeria which has a high maternal and fetal mortality rate, many pregnant women do not have ante-natal care and not infrequently, women also deliver their babies at home and only bring the newborns to the clinics for immunization. Even when performed, most routine obstetric scans are not targeted towards the detection of fetal abnormalities.</p> <p>The aim of the present study is to evaluate the benefit of routinely performing abdominal scans on newborns with a view to detecting possible abnormalities which may have been missed ante-natally.</p> <p>Methods-</p> <p>This was a longitudinal study of 202 consecutive, apparently normal newborns. Routine clinical examination and abdominal ultrasound scans were performed on the babies by their mother's bedside, before discharge. Neonates with abnormal initial scans had follow-up scans.</p> <p>Results-</p> <p>There were 108 males and 94 females. There were 12 (5.9%) abnormal scans seen in five male and seven female neonates. Eleven of the twelve abnormalities were in the kidneys, six on the left and five on the right. Three of the four major renal anomalies- absent kidney, ectopic/pelvic kidney and two cases of severe hydronephrosis were however on the left side. There was one suprarenal abnormality on the right suspected to be a possible infected adrenal haemorrage. Nine of the abnormal cases reported for follow- up and of these, two cases had persistent severe abnormalities.</p> <p>Conclusions-</p> <p>This study demonstrated a 5.9% incidence of genito urinary anomalies on routine neonatal abdominal ultrasound in this small population. Routine obstetric USS is very useful but inadequate availability of skilled personnel and cost implications create great challenges in poor resource settings like Nigeria. However, awareness should be created so that parents who can afford such investigations can make informed decisions.</p