Abstract
In this study, the evolution, content, trends and perspective of commodity science as a predecessor of quality management sciences and as an education subject are analyzed. The new models of the interface of commodity science with other disciplines, of the coverage of contemporary quality sciences and of quality management development stages are presented. Also, analysed are the aspects of quality experts’ and quality managers’ formation at Lithuanian universities, business schools and colleges. The article was written using scientific, normative and legal literature, systemising the good practices of Western universities, commodity and quality related international organisations and the results of author’s systematic researches of commodities and services quality problems. The author formulates the insights for the future development of commodity science and quality management as a subject of science and education.
Highlights
Quality is a concept which cannot be measured on a time scale
The rapid development of product manufacture and foreign trade led to the founding of one of the first disciplines in applied management and commercial sciences in the 16th century – commodity science (Pričinauskas, 1982; Waginger, 2006)
The same trend could be noted in the field of quality management coverage
Summary
Quality is a concept which cannot be measured on a time scale. Man’s understanding of quality goes far back into prehistory, perhaps even a million years before the first tools were made. Adolfas Kaziliūnas, habilitated PhD in technology sciences, was invited to the department; he intensively investigates commodity quality and the total quality management methodology and practice He is the author of 38 inventions and has more than a hundred scientific publications. Compliance with these standards and ethics in food production is validated by a suitable certification and labelling system which encompasses the use of natural resources and energy, the formation of hazardous waste, and social responsibility and justice (Nucci, 1996; Ruževičius, 2010; Waginger, 2006) This is one of the most promising ways of the modern sustained commodity science development. Interrelations between world religions and quality as well as the influence of national cultures and religion on the efficiency of modern quality management methods demand more profound scientific researches
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