This paper presents in its first part a case study and the corresponding evaluation of the set up of Quality Control (QC) Circles in a Brazilian affiliate of a multinational corporation. The concluding part of the paper reports the recent experience regarding the set up of QC Circles within the work organization process, in France, carried out in twelve large enterprises, surveyed and evaluated by Françoise Chevalier during a five year period (1980-1985).
Quality control circles; workers participation in management; technological change and work organization