What is the International Academy for Quality?
IAQ is an independent, self-supported, non-profit, non-governmental organization that is administered by a collegial assembly of individuals who have been elected by their peers from among the most respected, active and experienced protagonists of quality in the world.
Who are the members of IAQ?
Academicians are invited proportionately from among the major regions of the worlds and are approximately divided into thirds from Asia, America, and Europe-Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Individuals may not apply for membership as the Academy identifies and recruits both thought leaders and exceptional practitioners to receive invitations for membership. Currently, members represent over 45 nations.
What does the Academy do?
Academicians make significant personal contributions to the advancement of quality and collaborate on team-based projects through participation in Think Tanks that operate within the Academy. Academician outreach has helped to establish many of the national and regional quality organizations and IAQ has supported the United Nations in its early efforts to bring quality to the developing world. Currently, IAQ is assisting national quality movements in Brazil, India, and China as they develop mature programs that support capacity development.
Think Tanks concentrate IAQ member resources on the contemporary applications of quality that require focus and coordinated support to advance knowledge and to leverage lessons learned in order to accelerate the development and adaptation principles and methods to improve performance for the benefit of society or to improve applications of core quality-related methods. Think Tanks currently address the following social areas of application: governance, healthcare, and education. In addition, IAQ Think Tanks also address standards and compliance and applied statistics.
Excellence
We expect the best of ourselves and one another and the outcomes of our efforts
Professionalism
We work together in voluntary activities using fact-based management that leads to excellence
Respect
We honor individual cultures and beliefs that express the human spirit, cooperating in harmony with nature
Integrity
We stand up to challenges and maintain our convictions in the face of adverse conditions
Passion
We reach out with openness, kindness and concern in our relations with others without politics
The IAQ Purpose
By Our mutual contributions
We work collaboratively to achieve results, both as individuals and in actual or virtual teams
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IAQ advances quality
We seek to expand application of the philosophy, principles and methods of quality management, while developing new approaches to adress the changing needs, particularly in the context of environment, conservation, healthcare and education.
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Throughout the World
We will focus our priority on the fundamental social and economic needs of developing nations and ageing societies.
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The benefit of humanity
The benefit we seek is for humanity in terms of physical, emotional and intellectual well-beeing of people that could lead to peace and harmony with equity and justice for the greater good.
The IAQ History
IAQ was founded 1966 by Val Feigenbaum, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Walter E. Masing representing our founding members ASQ, JUSE and EOQ. The original purpose of IAQ was to address technical challenges in quality collaboratively, disseminate knowledge widely for the greatest benefit and promote quality as a vital concept across disciplines, recognizing its decisive role in organizational success.