quality of livability / quality of life:
... characteristics of an area
that all together make it attractive and inviting as a place
to live; a location
data category covering items of attractiveness
of an area of interest for enterprise
and economic development not covered elsewhere
in, say, a
community
profile; the broad description or a
what a location with livability
appeal is said to have
quality circle:
... a group of employees that meet
and discuss ideas for making workplace improvements. A quality
circle thrives on its dialogue with management.
It works at continual
improvement and other strategies of quality
systems see
the definition of excellence and
what Wikipedia has to say about quality.
Among Wikipedia's Total
Quality Management discussions is a paragraph
addressing the question of whether TQM is
a management fad.
quality systems:
... applications of concepts and techniques
for interactions within an enterprise that
ultimately affect it abilities
to fulfill its customers expectations and deliver what
they are willing to acceptsee voice
of the customer. Pinnacle
Partners Inc of Oak Ridge, TN is an example of a quality
systems resources supplier. PPI has contributed to the
definitions of various quality-related
terms and expressions in this glossary as a long-term .network support.
query:
... a question, an instance of making
a request for information using a search
tool. The expression, to query, can be
interchanged with to search. See the definitions
of the series of terms
that
begin with
the word, search in
the glossary appendix i which also lists the
expression, to google, which may be used in
place of to query or to search.
quasi-governmental organization:
...an organization that seemingly represents a government
without actually doing so. Such an organization may be
granted the privilege to influence. In some cases they
may provide space for official government
operations and
employees
in their facilities. A local
development authority may
operate as a quasi-governmental organization with a mix
of
government and
non-government
fundingsee
tax
funds and contributed
funds.
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