Various places, various platforms, various teams… one discussion, Culture of Quality, or Quality Culture, or was it culture of compliance, or compliance culture, or wait was it good old cGMP…. I am thoroughly confused.
If one searches for “organizational culture” on Wikipedia, this is what appears on the top of the article, “organizational culture encompasses values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization." According to Needle (2004), organizational culture represents the collective values, beliefs and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, and strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.”
Quality is one of the fundamental premises on which today’s pharmaceutical industry is operating and excellence is measured with continuous improvement in quality of therapeutic products, supply chain management, testing methods, manufacturing operations etc. Therefore it is pertinent for the pharmaceutical organizations to continuously pursue “culture of quality”. Some of the indicators, which can be utilized for evaluation of organizational culture of quality, are as listed below:
If one searches for “organizational culture” on Wikipedia, this is what appears on the top of the article, “organizational culture encompasses values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization." According to Needle (2004), organizational culture represents the collective values, beliefs and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, and strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.”
Quality is one of the fundamental premises on which today’s pharmaceutical industry is operating and excellence is measured with continuous improvement in quality of therapeutic products, supply chain management, testing methods, manufacturing operations etc. Therefore it is pertinent for the pharmaceutical organizations to continuously pursue “culture of quality”. Some of the indicators, which can be utilized for evaluation of organizational culture of quality, are as listed below:
And finally, how does all of this get documented! And how is culture of quality pursued in this documentation?
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Vishal Sharma
Glad to see your blog. All the best.
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