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PAY LIP-SERVICE QUALITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quality Control (Management)
  • Phraseology
  • Translation (General)
CONT

If the senior officers are always paying lip-service to quality while pushing subordinates to "get the product out" at the expense of quality, the message will soon penetrate the organization that the quality concern is just window-dressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
  • Phraséologie
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Si les cadres supérieurs d'une entreprise parlent abondamment de la qualité sans mettre en pratique ce qu'ils préconisent, l'ensemble de l'organisation ne tardera pas à y voir une simple mascarade.

Spanish

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