The idea of the quality circle was first introduced by a number of large Japanese firms in a systematic attempt to involve all their employees, at every level, in their organisation's drive for ...

A quality circle is a participatory management technique that enlists the help of employees in solving problems related to their own jobs. Circles are formed of employees working together in an ...

Quality Circles, a Japanese invention, is now popular in many parts of the world and is one of the few management techniques which has withstood the test of time, having first emerged in Japan in the ...