Quality is a prevailing attitude and way of thinking within an organisation:
Characteristics of quality attitude and way of thinking (in align with Gregory Watson):
- Co-operation and respect of each other: we here more often word “us” and less often “I”;
- Clear communication based on values like rightness, righteous and equality;
- No manipulation of information for advantage of one stakeholder to the other;
- Honesty and integrity: “walk your talk”;
- Respect of common rules: everybody behaves according to the agreed rules;
- Holistic systematic approach: Everything is in interrelation - value and supply chain is viewed and developed as a whole avoiding local optimisation hurting the whole;
- Readiness for reasoned change – active participation and support of change processes.