PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY: A STRATEGY FOR THE SA DEFENCE FORCE

dc.creator	R. Eberlein
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:27Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/21-3-344
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/4127d3d293cf4445af8f870f011e6da9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9007
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/4127d3d293cf4445af8f870f011e6da9
dc.description	<p>In recent times the SA Defence Force (SADF) has been bombarded with a variety of methods and approaches to the improvement of productivity, financial savings and, most recently, for quality of work life or quality assurance.</p> <p>Various approaches have included the concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Circles (and variants in the guise of Triads and others), Methodology, Unit Management Systems, Cost Control Systems, Deterministic Productivity Accounting and the Iike.</p> <p>There have been many benefits to be found in these various approaches, each of which concentrates on certain aspects of productivity.</p> <p>That there have been great achievements in productivity in the SADF is a matter of record, a record which is reflected in a National Award for Productivity, a smaller more efficient SADF, and a reputation for submitting more recommendations for improvements than other departments in the Public Service. At a more personal level though, the writer has gained the impression that no or very little attempt has been made to integrate selected aspects of these approaches into an overall "productivity” strategy acceptable to the SADF.</p> <p>That there is a need for such an overall strategy is clear from the sentiments expressed recently by the members of the SADF's Productivity Co-ordination Committee when attempting to indicate the way ahead to even greater productivity in the SADF (Meeting, January 1991).</p> <p>In this paper a strategy for the improvement of productivity and the quality of work life which is acceptable to the SADF is proposed.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/344
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 21, Iss 3 (2012)
dc.subject	SADF's Productivity Co-ordination Committee
dc.subject	THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	the concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM)
dc.subject	Quality Circles
dc.subject	Methodology
dc.subject	Unit Management Systems
dc.subject	Cost Control Systems
dc.subject	Deterministic Productivity Accounting
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY: A STRATEGY FOR THE SA DEFENCE FORCE
dc.type	Article