Problem
Lack of quality
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Inadequate qualityPoor quality
Reduced quality
Declining standards of quality
Nature:
Quality is a slippery concept which carries a variety of meanings and serves variety of purposes. One person's "high quality" may be an old-fashioned conceit, and their "poor quality" or another's sufficiency. Claim:
Liberty and equality are goals that can conflict. The process of defining and assuring quality becomes, in effect, a means of bridging the gap between them. Narrower Problems:
Inadequate teachingUnhygienic conditionsMeretricious standardsPolluted drinking waterDeteriorating quality of lifeLack of qualitative excellenceScarcity of high-quality seedsDecline in educational standardsDeterioration of human environmentUnavailability of quality medicinePoor quality of domestic livestockManufacture of substandard productsPlanned degradation in product qualityDecline in nutritional quality of foodCompetitive distortion of musical pitchErosion of quality of scientific researchInferior meat quality from intensive animal farming unitsSocial service quality negated by oligarchic control of decision-making Strategies:
Protecting qualityRaising qualityProducing poor qualityResearching qualityIncreasing standards of qualityMonitoring quality standardsReducing product qualityProviding qualityProviding sufficient qualityAbstaining from quality Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Subject(s):
InadequacyScarcity
Quality unification
Standards
Date of last update
18.02.1997 – 00:00 CET