Ohfuji Tadashi's research while affiliated with Tamagawa University and other places

Publications (2)

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Purpose The paper aims to investigate the best common management practices of the world‐class companies identified in Brazil and Japan; and propose a business model aimed at helping companies to achieve world‐class level of excellence. Design/methodology/approach A cross‐sectional survey is the methodology employed. The balanced scorecard and seve...
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Provides empirical support for TQM reviewing and improvement. Evaluates 190 companies’ performance that have or have not used TQM in Japan. Cross-sectional survey methodology is employed. Thus, seven categories with 80 key elements regarding American MBNQA and ten equations are examined. The main conclusions are that, although TQM remains helpful f...

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... Then, the best practices should be adapted to the economic and cultural scenario in which the company is placed to maximize its effectiveness in the results. Silva and Tadashi [51] affirm that the company management level is searching for better practices to promote the competitivity of their business, and the two most discussed topics are: "what are the successful leaders doing to create and sustain the excellence in the WCM companies?" and "what are the best practices to promote this?" Finally, being a world class organization does not mean that companies have to operate globally or even nationally. ...
... Although it is in a small amount, it is still acceptable to represent the halal industry in Brunei Darussalam since it is still at the developing stage. Besides, the self-assessment examine, although far from 100 perfect is a reliable and valid instrument for calculating business performance (Da Silva Jonas, Kikuo, & Tadashi, 2002 The degree of each indicator was determined by the respondents using a 6-point Likert scale as a self-assessment survey. The respondents assessed the companies of their organizations concerning each questionnaire item in 6 levels with 1 being None, 2 being Poor, 3 being Fair, 4 being Satisfactory, 5 being Good and 6 Excellent. ...