Employees enjoy QWL through such things as teaming, empowerment, and making decisions. This promotes interest in the well being of the organization, concern for solving problems, and ownership in area where employees can make a difference. QWL issues affect productivity because employees take personal responsibility for organizational success. Employees are interested and work to improve their respective inputs. For me one of the most important QWL motivators is the freedom to make decisions.
Quality circle can still be an effective intervention.
I think that many principles found in the team based approach are rooted in Quality Circles. Quality Circles is centered around bringing a group together for improvement or problem solving. The success of Quality Circles led to the recognition of the importance of groups hence, teams. In our home plant in Alabama they have a daily meeting to discuss issues and representatives are there from all departments. This meeting has similarities to a Quality Circles meeting and is fairly effective.