Abstract
Discussions of TQM and Ergonomics mainly refer to continuous improvement and people involvement based on respective forms of work organization. Concerning TQM one has to state that German companies started quite late with such activities. Whereas employee involvement was much earlier part of other concepts, which did in most cases not survive due to the character of (timely) limited and fragmented programmes. In introducing a European Excellence Model the idea of TQM got an increased interest in Germany. Therefore people involvement and respective forms of work organization are part of this development - but also other ergonomic topics. The use of this model for the promotion of occupational health and safety is also shown.
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