Building and Sustaining Performance Excellence

Choose an Article and write a summary, use your own words to express the main ideas and relevant details of the article you have read. Your purpose in writing the summary is to give the basic ideas of the original article. What was it about and what were the key points? In this assignment, it will also include a reflection and critique.

Article Selection
1. Select a specific article of interest to you on the topic of a quality management–related subject. Examples may be how a given quality related problem was approached or solved at a company, or how a method of quality improvement was used in a certain situation. You might want to review the text, lectures, and/or documents in doc sharing for ideas that interest you.
2. The article needs to be a scholarly, peer-reviewed article, which you can find by using EBSCOhost.
3. Please base the article on this course objective: Given the need to recognize the strategic role of the organizational leader with respect to the quality culture of an organization, demonstrate an understanding of the elements necessary to implement and sustain a quality culture in both supplier and receiving organization product and service industries.

The paper should be between 3 and 4 pages, excluding the cover page, reference pages, and appendices:
Title Page
This should include the title of your quality management research paper; your
name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number; the course number and
title; the instructor’s name; and the date.

Introduction
Provide an overview of the article and why you selected it to review and
summarize.

Key Points
Identify and clearly state the key points of the article and the quality
management issue(s) to which they pertain.

Reflection
In this section, you are to reflect on your learning from this assignment.
Identify the areas that you found most interesting and also identify areas that
you feel will assist you most in your career. In addition, provide a critique if
applicable.

References and APA Format
Although it is recognized that there may be a limited number of references if
any other than the article being reviewed, all references must be cited in two
places: within the body of your paper and on a separate reference list. Choose
references judiciously and cite them accurately. Cite all sources using APA
format.