The Role of Consultant Knowledge, Top Management Support, and Operational Manager Competence to the Company Performance

Abstract

Successful implementation of ISO 9000 is determined by the knowledge of the appointed consultants that is demonstrated through their expertise in transferring knowledge to internal companies, the strong willingness of the top management commitment during the implementation, and the capabilities of the operational managers to implement all clauses of ISO to the company through the expertise and experience of managers in the operational section. These three components will perform a collaborative process by doing some organizational learning about quality management to properly implement ISO 9000 in order to have an impact on improving the best business practices in the company's operations and ultimately to improve the company's performance. Based on the results of the survey with questionnaires to a population of 159 companies with two incomplete informants, data processing is performed on 157 manufacturing companies in the area of MM-2100, Cikarang Bekasi, Indonesia. The results of the research analysis with the use of SEM Amos data analysis states that, first of all, the consultant knowledge and the competency of operation manager together can give an increase to the organizational learning. Second, the competency of the operational managers and organizational learning produce the best business practices for the manufacturing companies to improve their corporate performance in the area of MM-2100, .