Impact of Empowerment Strategy in Supporting the Total Quality Management An Analytical Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Workers in the Men's Clothing Factory in Al-Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf City

Abstract

Abstract
This research attempts to recognize the concept of Empowerment
Strategy, showing its significance, objectives and the dimensions of
Empowerment strategy, as well as identifying the most important findings of
the researchers in the field of strategy and empowerment concerning the
concepts, applications and requirements of empowerment strategy and the
practical aspects of this concept. The other aspect of this research includes
the concept of TQM and the relevant dimensions that contribute to achieve
the total quality in business organizations.
To justify the philosophical foundations, the research adopts (Daft, 2001)
Model that corresponds with (Biwott et al.,2015: 65) model to measure the
three-dimensional Empowerment Strategy: (information, knowledge &
skills, power). For the adopted variable (Al-Damen,2017: 194) model has
been used to determine the TQM dimensions.
The questionnaire has been adopted as a main tool in collecting research
data and information, as well as some personal interviews with the sample
members who represent a group of leaders and subordinates in the men's
clothing factory in Al-Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf governorate, they has been (80):
(23) heads of departments or branches and (57) laborers. For the purpose of
analysis and statistical processing, the descriptive analytical method has
been adopted as a research method by the(SPSS V.22). The research
concludes a number of findings, where the most important ones are:- the
leaders and followers in the men's clothing factory pay a great deal of
attention to the concept of empowerment strategy; putting its aims and bases
with that of the other system concluding the result of this process which
aims to find a more developed system based on quality, where
empowerment strategy is mainly based on the support of business
organizations, through empowerment strategy, to provide a positive
organizational climate for all employees in the organizational work
environment to implement the modern management strategies such as TQM
and others that will strengthen the factors that contribute to support the
knowledge makers and their ability to perform their work in a streamlined
without the employer pressure.
Key words: Empowerment Strategy, Total Quality Management, Men's
Clothing Factory.