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Quality Air Force principles can be used to successfully choose the best way to get our work done. When it comes to implementing the concepts of QAF, many military organizations have jumped on the bandwagon, and very often they have done it without completely understanding the work, time and commitment re. day-to-da- quired to successfully implement QAF. If you mention QAF, or the principles of participative management, you will hear a wide range of responses, both positive and negative. Basically, QAF is a fundamental management concept that is as old as time and universal enough to work in any organization that has people providing products or services to other people. No organization is exempt private, t, they all public profit, or can benefit from the use of this concept. Then the question becomes, if quality management is as universally applicable as this, why are we; having such a difficult time implementing it The failure (or perAir Force-wide- ? ceived failure) of some efforts is not due to the lack of desire or understanding, but rather a lack of an organizational culture that can contribute to non-profi- QAF's success. The topic of organizational culture II fl si has become extremely important to American companies and military organizations as a major component in improving their productivity. Since QAF is fast becoming the method of choice to increase productivity, addressing its relationship to organizational culture is inescapable. Despite the increased attention and research devoted to organizational culture, there is still some confusion about the term "culture" and how it relates to the successful implementa- tion of QAF. 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