(Post in response to ASQ CEO Bill Troy blog post on A View from the Q) This month, ASQ CEO talks about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers in his blog, reaffirming that we need to keep encouraging the next generation of STEM professionals. Every year ASQ surveys teenagers Read more…
April’s topic for the Influential Voices that ASQ’s CEO Paul Borawski wanted to discuss, is about the existence or not of a National Quality Award in our countries. My country, Argentina has been working on that for the more than 20 years. In 1991, in order to be part of the world Read more…
Con el objetivo de seguir promoviendo la calidad en nuestros países, quiero compartir en este post información referida al Premio Nacional a la Calidad – PNC en Argentina, el cual se otorga anualmente tanto a empresas del sector público como privado. ORÍGENES Basados en los mundialmente reconocidos “Premio Deming” (Japón, 1951) y “Premio Read more…
In the last few years and because of the changes in the environment and world economy, the term Social Responsibility (SR) has become an increasingly discussed topic among consumers and organizations: – consumers have become more alert of which products/services should buy, depending on how those products/services have been produced,– Read more…
After I wrote about the Civic Audits in Argentina, I have received an interesting comment/question I want to share with you, about the use I have given to the word DEMOCRACY in that post. Q: You have given us something to think about. Interesting concept to apply on the local level Read more…
In May, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski wrote in his blog about “The Government/Quality Puzzle“. Some of his thoughts were: “Why do citizens expect and demand so little accountability for the poor use of resources in government? Why do so few leaders charged with leading countries, states, provinces, and cities require Read more…
This month, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski wrote in his blog about happiness and job satisfaction in the quality field, and asked a question to discuss with the Influential Voices group: “Are quality professionals happy on the job?” This interesting topic came to live because a recent study from CareerBliss.com, published Read more…
Un interesante artículo escrito por la columnista Jacquelyn Smith de la revista Forbes revela que, según un estudio realizado por la empresa CareerBliss las personas que trabajan como Ingenieros en Aseguramiento de Calidad de Software son los empleados mas felices/satisfechos en los Estados Unidos. El estudio se llevó a cabo encuestando a mas Read more…
In his February blog post, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski, have proposed to discuss with the Influential Voices group about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers, how we can encourage younger generations to pursue those careers, and how STEM is taught and encouraged in our countries.I’m a System Engineer graduated in Argentina. Back in 1999, I faced the Read more…
