quality gurus

1) Select two of the so-called ¡§gurus¡¨ of quality management. Critically analyze their separate approaches to quality and compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of each guru¡¦s approach.

A guru was originally a mystical teacher, to whom people went to have their ¡§thinking¡¨ and their transformed, through time the word came to be used for any thinker or teacher who introduced transforming ideas. The introduction of ¡§quality¡¨ as a management practice has brought its own system of thinking and share of gurus.
More recently, this gurus approaches have been developed and been used for many organization. However, the gurus have their own different approaches and their strength and weaknesses. Therefore, to understand the origins of TQM, it is important to understand the contribution from these quality pioneers and their strength and weaknesses.
W Edward Deming has been credited as the major influence in the transformation of the Japanese economy, from...