A. Cease dependence on mass inspection
B. Adopt a new philosophy
C. End the practice of conducting business on cost alone
D. Create constancy of purpose
E. Constantly improve processes
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
The question asks to arrange five key principles from W. Edwards Deming's Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy into their correct sequential order.
Based on Deming's influential work, the principles should be sequenced as follows:
Therefore, the correct sequence is D, B, A, C, E.
| LIST-I (Managerial Function) | LIST-II (Description) |
| A. Plan | I. Implement the plan in practice; build trust and share norms to ensure implementation |
| B. Do | II. Make changes / improvements based on the data; action may be in process or end process |
| C. Check | III. Strategic/action planning - decide what will be done at district/school or program level |
| D. Act | IV. Collect and analyse formative and summative data on key measures of implementation |