Impact of Leadership Commitment on Quality Management Success in Medtronics

This reflective assignment provides an overview of how effective leadership has impacted the success of Quality Management in Medtronics. The discussion describes the actions and decisions made by leaders and the different qualities associated with success. The conclusion suggests improvements such as better training for leaders and equipping them with better surveillance and performance evaluation software and tools.

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How leadership commitment impacts on the success of Quality
Management in our workplace
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Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Discussion 3
Conclusion 3
References 5
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Introduction
This reflective assignment shall provide an overview regarding how effective leadership has
impacted on the success of Quality Management in Medtronics. The actions and decisions made
and the different qualities of the leaders associated with the success factor shall be described here
in detail. Further improvements shall also be suggested in the final part.
Discussion
I have been performing in the product development and innovation team of Medtronics. The
leader present in our group helps in guiding and training us to make advanced medical
equipment for our customers. The effective kind of leadership has boosted the daily activities,
ensured better communication and innovation among us. During the past few months, due to
effective leadership, the production rate of medical equipment has risen by 30% (Medtronic plc,
2018). The overall costs of production such as employee turnover could be cuddled by 5%, still
making room for further improvements to be brought forth (Atherton and Kleiner, 2018). The
profit earnings ratio has come to a level of 41.49% (Medtronic plc, 2018). Innovation has
developed as compared to the last 2 years and the development of new products for the markets
has increased due to effective leadership. With better leadership in our group, defects in existing
products can be easily found now, however, due to poor surveillance and old technology has
plagued the recall and repair activities (Mohiuddin and Hossain, 2016). This dampens the
reputation of the company.
Conclusion
Some improvement measures can be suggested here:
● Leaders have to better trained by management body so that they may devise new ways to
reduce the costs implications: employee turnover and redundancies. This training shall
not require extra financial costs as it is the responsibility of management to perform so
and it can be done within 30 days.
● Leaders should be equipped with better surveillance and performance evaluation software
and tools so that they may guide and help the staffs in the best possible manner
(anticipated benefit: increased productivity).
Anticipated benefits for the organization:
● Time: Better trained leaders equipped with better surveillance tools shall play a role in
guiding the staffs and enable them to finish a given task within the shortest range of time.
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● Inventory: Better trained leaders equipped with better surveillance tools shall be able to
keep an eye on the inventory and help keep update records, thus reducing wastage
(Gandhi et al. 2018).
● Motion and Waiting: With better knowledge and management, leaders shall be able to
reduce the waiting time for refilling of stocks, so that motion of production can be kept at
fast-pace (with well-trained leaders) (Mohiuddin and Hossain, 2016).
● Overproduction and over processing: Over-production and over-processing incurs
huge costs and wastage of resources. This can be stopped as anticipated by developing
and equipping leaders with better technology and knowledge.
● Defects: With efficient leaders at force guiding the employees, the defects in existing
products can be traced and repaired (Gandhi et al. 2018). This shall help in raising
reputation.
● Cost and Waste management: Cost can be cut-short and waste can be managed, thus
ensuring sustainability of the business in future. This can be ensured by giving the leaders
with proper training and technology ensuring their further development.
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References
1. Atherton, E. and Kleiner, B. (2018). Practices of the best companies in the medical
industry. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 11(5), pp.173-176.
2. Gandhi, T.K., Kaplan, G.S., Leape, L., Berwick, D.M., Edgman-Levitan, S., Edmondson,
A., Meyer, G.S., Michaels, D., Morath, J.M., Vincent, C. and Wachter, R., 2018.
Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report. BMJ Qual Saf, pp.bmjqs-
2017.
3. Medtronic plc (2018). Medtronic Recognized for Its Sustainability Leadership. [online]
GlobeNewswire News Room. Available at:
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/13/1570558/0/en/Medtronic-
Recognized-for-Its-Sustainability-Leadership.html [Accessed 9 Nov. 2018].
4. Mohiuddin, M.G. and Hossain, M., 2016. Ethical Leadership: Its Issues and Impacts in
Organization. International Journal of Islamic Management and Business, 2(2).
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