Applying the Economic Case for Quality to Individual
Accomplishment
ASQ strategic theme for Economic Case for Quality (ECQ)
assists individuals show
their value to their organization. ECQ approaches
value from two directions.
The top down approach involves senior quality
executives in peer to peer discussions
of the value of quality to the successful outcomes of
the business. The bottom up
approach focuses on the individual and the value we
provide to our organization not
only through our quality efforts, but our total
inventory of skills, knowledge and attitudes.
There are many resources available for the concepts
of ECQ, but few references for
applying these approaches to real life. This session
provides tools, examples and
activities for participants to envision and design
their individual ECQ application to
execute at their location. The session is designed as
a workshop. Worksheets are
provided to assist the participant align his or her
skills, talents and results to the key
drivers of their organization. The outcome of the
session is a clear view of how the
individual contributes to the competitive outcomes of
their company. This view can then
be translated into a value statement to an
appropriate audience within the organization.
Worksheet -
Individual to Team Peers
Worksheet -
Individual to Supervisor
Presentation -
ECQ Presentation
