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Locate and read six scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on Lean Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, and Continuous Quality Management.

In this assignment, you will write two executive summaries:

one on Lean Six Sigma

and one on either Total Quality Management or Continuous Quality Management.


In each summary, you will include the following:

  • A succinct overview of the model

  • The pros and cons of the model

  • The impact of the model on quality at the patient level

Each of your well-written executive summaries should meet the following requirements:

  • Each summary should be two pages in length, excluding the reference page.

  • Each summary should have its own reference page.

  • Provide full APA references for the articles selected and any additional sources used, along with appropriate in-text citations. You may use two of the same references for each executive summary.

  • Formatted per APA formatting.

  • Utilize headings to organize the content of your work.

Lean sigma references:

Yadav, G., & Desai, T. N. (2016). Lean Six Sigma: a categorized review of the literature. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 7(1), 2-24.

Fuwad, A., Ramasamy, R., Sebastian, A., Ashique, M., Mathew, R. J., & Yalla, U. T. (2015). The application of Lean Six Sigma to provide high quality, reliable health care. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 81-81.

Mason, S. E., Nicolay, C. R., & Darzi, A. (2015). The use of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies in surgery: A systematic review. The Surgeon, 13(2), 91-100.

total quality management:

Sadikoglu, E., & Olcay, H. (2014). The effects of total quality management practices on performance and the reasons of and the barriers to TQM practices in Turkey. Advances in Decision Sciences, 2014.

Ali, K. A. M., & Alolayyan, M. N. (2013). The impact of total quality management (TQM) on the hospital’s performance: an empirical research. International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 15(4), 482-506.

Alaraki, M. S. (2014). The impact of critical total quality management practices on hospital performance in the Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Quality Management in Healthcare, 23(1), 59-63.