Management wants instant pudding.
Anything longer than 6 months to see results will be dropped and something else will be tried. Old habits die hard and management will not wait . Failure due to misalignment occurs when the TQM program is implemented in a culture that is contrary to what the program is trying to achieve. Most TQM programs focus on developing collaborative teams and attaining input from employees. Implementing this type of a program in a control culture, where direction comes from the top-down and individual input is not valued or sought, is doomed to fail.