| Article ID: | iaor20119645 |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 356 |
| End Page Number: | 371 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management |
| Authors: | Tan Cheng Ling, Haron Hasnah, Chuah Joe Yin |
| Keywords: | case studies, Malaysia, total quality management, ISO 9000 |
This paper attempts to examine organisational change with the implementation of ISO 9001:2008‐based quality management system (QMS) in Graduate School of Business (GSB), Universiti Sains Malaysia. This study was undertaken to gauge the concern and perception of GSB community towards change in the context of an ongoing QMS implementation. Concerns‐based adoption model was used as an instrument for understanding and managing concerns of both administrative and academic staff of GSB. The findings provide discussions on the stages of concern (SoC) of staff in overall, and also the influence of their demographic profiles on the SoC. Implications and limitation of the study were discussed.