Assessment of top and middle managers in Palestinian insurance companies awareness of TQM aspects and their effect on organizational performance indicators Prepared by: Supervisor: Abdulfattah Faris Dr. Yahya Saleh Anan Jamos Huthaifa Arafat z Outlines Introduction Objectives Research questions Hypotheses and conceptual model Questionnaire Population and sample size Data analysis Statistical differences in awareness Correlation and regression Conclusions and recommendations z Introduction The aim of this research is to explore the main factors affecting TQM awareness and implementation in Palestinian insurance companies, examining the relationship between TQM awareness and organizational performance and to submit a comprehensive framework for TQM awareness for the development of Palestinian insurance companies. z Objectives Assessing the level of awareness of TQM implementation as perceived by top and middle management of Palestinian insurance companies. Investigating the awareness of the impact of TQM implantation on organizational performance indicators. Identifying the main obstacles to implementing TQM. Assessing the impact of demographic variables on awareness of top and middle managers in TQM principles. z Research questions What is the level of awareness of top and middle management to the concept, importance, implementation techniques and implementation obstacles of TQM in the insurance sector. To what level does the difference in demographic characteristics affect the extent to which top and middle management understand the concept, importance, application and constraints of TQM in the insurance sector What is the impact of top and middle management awareness of TQM on the organizational performance z Hypotheses and conceptual model z Questionnaire The questionnaire consists of 54 questions divided into six main sections: The first section collects demographic data. The second section measures the extent to which the top and middle management are aware of the concept of TQM. The third section measures the extent to which the top and middle management are aware of the importance of TQM. z Questionnaire The fourth section measures the role of top and middle management in the implementation of TQM in the insurance sector. The fifth section discusses factors that obstruct the application of TQM. The sixth section measures the impact of management awareness of TQM aspects on organizational performance. z Population and sample size The study population consists of the all branch managers and heads of departments (Middle management) and all top management members. 456 middle managers. 90 top management members. The total population is 546 member. The approximated sample size is 102. z Data analysis In data analysis, we used several statistical analysis methods including kruskal wallis to study the statistical differences between the demographic variables and TQM awareness level and the effect of TQM awareness on organizational performance indicators. Regression to obtain the relation between Awareness aspects of TQM and the level of awareness of TQM, study the relation between TQM awareness level and the effect of TQM on organizational performance. Correlation test to study the level of correlation between TQM awareness level and their effect on organizational performance. z Statistical differences in awareness aspects According to gender Awareness aspects Gender P-Value Concept of TQM 0.816 Importance of TQM 0.223 Implementation of TQM 0.533 Implementation obstacles 0.287 KPIs 0.039 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in awareness aspects According to age Awareness aspects Age P-Value Concept of TQM 0.077 Importance of TQM 0.672 Implementation of TQM 0.186 Implementation obstacles 0.386 KPIs 0.064 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in awareness aspects According to education level Awareness aspects Education level P-Value Concept of TQM 0.124 Importance of TQM 0.138 Implementation of TQM 0.749 Implementation obstacles 0.826 KPIs 0.002 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in awareness aspects According to management level Awareness aspects Management level P-Value Concept of TQM 0.002 Importance of TQM 0.001 Implementation of TQM 0.006 Implementation obstacles 0.104 KPIs 0.000 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in awareness aspects According to experience Awareness aspects Experience P-Value Concept of TQM 0.001 Importance of TQM 0.078 Implementation of TQM 0.403 Implementation obstacles 0.648 KPIs 0.002 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in awareness aspects According to salary Awareness aspects Salary P-Value Concept of TQM 0.014 Importance of TQM 0.002 Implementation of TQM 0.029 Implementation obstacles 0.588 KPIs 0.001 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in organizational performance indicators According to gender Organizational performance indicators Gender P-Value Financial performance 0.021 Employee performance 0.205 Operational performance 0.056 Customer satisfaction 0.825 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in organizational performance indicators According to age Organizational performance indicators Age P-Value Financial performance 0.017 Employee performance 0.091 Operational performance 0.088 Customer satisfaction 0.007 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in organizational performance indicators According to education level Organizational performance indicators Education level P-Value Financial performance 0.092 Employee performance 0.103 Operational performance 0.174 Customer satisfaction 0.022 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in organizational performance indicators according to management level Organizational performance indicators Management level P-Value Financial performance 0.001 Employee performance 0.000 Operational performance 0.000 Customer satisfaction 0.023 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in organizational performance indicators According to experience Organizational performance indicators Experience P-Value Financial performance 0.068 Employee performance 0.009 Operational performance 0.003 Customer satisfaction 0.001 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Statistical differences in organizational performance indicators According to salary Organizational performance indicators Salary P-Value Financial performance 0.005 Employee performance 0.002 Operational performance 0.038 Customer satisfaction 0.011 Note that difference is significant at the 0.05 level z Correlation Independent variable Dependent variable Awareness of TQM principles Pearson corr.(r) P-value Type of correlation Financial performance   0.773 0.000 Positive Operational performance   0.824 0.000 Positive Employee performance   0.799 0.000 Positive Customer satisfaction 0.480 0.000 Positive z Correlation Factor Financial performance Operational performance Employee Performance Customer satisfaction Concept 0.636 0.000 0.713 0.000 0.725 0.000 0.545 0.000 Importance 0.721 0.000 0.792 0.000 0.714 0.000 0.398 0.000 Implementation 0.592 0.000 0.667 0.000 0.707 0.000 0.400 0.000 Obstacles 0.652 0.000 0.627 0.000 0.582 0.000 0.300 0.002 z Regression Regression of company’s KPIs depending on the awareness of TQM concept Model Adjusted S 1 66.83% 66.52% 0.248 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG.KPI = 1.596 + 0.6035 AVG.AW z Regression z Regression Regression of company’s KPIs depending on the awareness of TQM importance Model Adjusted S 2 65.6% 66.93% 0.254 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG.KPI = 1.315 + 0.6588 AVG.IM z Regression z Regression Regression of company’s KPIs depending on the awareness of TQM implementation Model Adjusted S 3 56.4% 55.98% 0.285 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG.KPI = 1.293 + 0.6882 AVG.IMP z Regression z Regression Regression of company’s KPIs depending on the awareness of TQM implementation obstacles Model Adjusted S 4 47.62% 47.11% 0.315 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG.KPI = 2.407 + 0.4072 AVG.OBS z Regression z Regression Regression of financial performance depending on the awareness of TQM Model Adjusted S 5 63.59% 62.14% 0.3955 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG Fin = -0.166 + 0.060 AVG.AW + 0.556 AVG.IM + 0.160 AVG.IMP + 0.2747 AVG.OBS z Regression z Regression Regression of operational performance depending on the awareness of TQM Model Adjusted S 6 55.96% 54.22% 0.3417 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG OP = 0.678 + 0.3561 AVG.AW + 0.0174 AVG.IM + 0.256 AVG.IMP + 0.1499 AVG.OBS z Regression z Regression Regression of employee performance depending on the awareness of TQM Model Adjusted S 7 66.49% 65.16% 0.2826 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG EMP = 0.812 + 0.3695 AVG.AW + 0.0170 AVG.IM + 0.3594 AVG.IMP + 0.0856 AVG.OBS z Regression z Regression Regression of customer satisfaction depending on the awareness of TQM Model Adjusted S 8 30.07% 27.30% 0.3523 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = AVG CUST = 2.683 + 0.3507 AVG.AW + 0.049 AVG.IM + 0.074 AVG.IMP - 0.0519 AVG.OBS z Regression z Regression of the awareness of the effect of all of the TQM factors on the company’s KPIs Model Adjusted S 1 84.74% 84.13% 0.1711 Regression equation: KPI awareness equation = 0.743 + 0.2257 AVG.AW + 0.3196 AVG.IM + 0.1749 AVG.IMP + 0.1152 AVG.OBS Regression z Regression z Conclusions Top and middle managers in Palestinian insurance companies showed good knowledge in TQM aspects and its impact on organizational performance. Managers with high educational, Managerial and experience level showed better knowledge in TQM in general, while factors like age has no statistical difference in the Awareness of TQM. Top managers showed lack of trust in the potential advantages of TQM due to the weak partnership between competitors Awareness of obstacles against implementing TQM proved to be significant and widespread among top and middle managers. z Conclusions Financial and administrative resources spent on the implementation and development of TQM are insufficient. According to the correlation matrix, the relation between awareness of importance and operational performance scored the highest score, which conforms to the results obtained in 3 and 4. The second highest score was between awareness of concept and employee performance. The third highest score was between awareness of importance and financial performance. z Recommendations Managers must set a clear vision regarding the use of TQM and develop appropriate strategies to do so. Management must provide the necessary infrastructure for advanced applications of TQM. Management devote more financial resources for the development of TQM. Increase employee awareness, familiarize all issues and obstacles related to TQM implementation, and removing uncertainty. z Thank you z image4.jpg image5.JPG image6.png image7.JPG image8.png image9.JPG image10.png image11.JPG image12.png image13.JPG image14.png image15.JPG image16.png image17.JPG image18.png image19.jpg image20.png image21.jpg image22.png image23.JPG image2.png image3.png /docProps/thumbnail.jpeg