抄録
There is no such system called "Japanese" quality management, however, there are concepts of quality as well as ways of motivating people and being motivated that are closely related to Japanese culture. The power of a group, among which people are cooperating with each other to take up workshop problems for solution, is of inestimable value rather than as a way to distinguish people who direct from those who are directed. QC Circle activities that have been married to this spirit and passed on, are the very origin of the current culture of making things, and have became the real power of the workshop. Tracing the record of my growth and life events marching together with QC Circle activities, my ideas about how you can find out a way to step further forward are noted.
