Al-Marhoobi, Abdul Mohsin Said <br/><br/>
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN LNG SECTOR AT SULTANATE OF OMAN / 
ABDUL MOHSIN SAID AL-MARHOOBI; SUPERVISOR: ASSIST. PROF. DR. HASAN RÜSTEMOĞLU 
 - 214 sheets;  31 cm.  Includes CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (DBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (sheets 191-214) 
<br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/>This research looks at the challenges and opportunities of implementing successful Total<br/>Quality Management (TQM) and best practices at Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector in<br/>Sultanate of Oman country, which is a fundamentally promising sector in Oman and<br/>considered the first contributor to Omani GDP after Oil sector and one of the main<br/>contributors in developing local community in general. By illustration from this research<br/>which is principally targeting the challenges of LNG sector on one hand and on the other<br/>side management system requirements risk and opportunities, eventually this study would<br/>outline a strategy to develop the LNG business in Sultanate of Oman and list down some<br/>recommendations which might support the overall LNG business strategies. This study<br/>will investigate the effective implementation of total quality management system by using<br/>Oman LNG as a case study and following both an empirical methodology and a theoretical<br/>methodology. Based on the comprehensive literature review of similar study for last<br/>decades from different fields and based on outcome from online questioner; this study will<br/>provide better understating of total quality management system perspectives and will<br/>examine the effect of those prospectives in the effectiveness and strategic implementation<br/>of the system in Oman LNG business at both locations Head office at Muscat and the<br/>factory at Sur. Oman LNG has number of unique resources but the effect of these<br/>resources on the effective implementation of total quality management system has yet<br/>measured, by following Resource Based View – RBV concept and conceptualized existing<br/>Oman LNG quality management framework this study will yield the complicity of<br/>relationships of quality management practices and firm performance (FP). Basically<br/>Oman LNG exiting quality management framework consists of two constructs, first is<br/>Technical Quality Resources (TQ) and second is Behavioral Quality Resources (BQ); this<br/>study for first time explore the association relationship of BQ, TQ and FP in LNG sector. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Management--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Performance--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Total quality management--Dissertations, Academic