Quality
Autor John Beckforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 sep 2009
Key features include:
- Complete introduction to quality in the context of management thinking
- In depth reviews of the contributions of ‘Quality Gurus’
- Contemporary developments in theory and practice
- International case studies drawn from both public and private sectors
- Equal emphasis on both manufacturing and service sectors
- Practical ‘case study’ focused toolkits and applications
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415996358
ISBN-10: 041599635X
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 98 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables
Dimensiuni: 170 x 241 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Routledge
ISBN-10: 041599635X
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 98 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables
Dimensiuni: 170 x 241 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Routledge
Cuprins
List of Figures and Illustrations
List of Vignettes
Preface to Third Edition
Acknowledgements
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Part One: Introducing Quality
User Guide
1 The Quality Imperative
2 Quality: A Strategic Decision?
3 Barriers to Quality
4 The Emergence of Management
Part Two: The Quality Gurus
User Guide
5 Philip B. Crosby
6 W. Edwards Deming
7 Armand V. Feigenbaum
8 Kaoru Ishikawa
9 Joseph M. Juran
10 John S. Oakland
11 Taiichi Ohno
12 Shigeo Shingo
13 Genichi Taguchi
Part Three: Contemporary Thinking
User Guide
14 Contingency Theory
15 Organisations as Systems
16 Organisational Cybernetics
17 Soft Systems Thinking
18 Critical Systems Thinking
19 Business Process Re-engineering
20 Organisational Learning
21 Systemic Quality Management
Part Four: Methods, Tools & Techniques
User Guide
22 SB Foods: A Quality Problem?
23 First Intervention
24 Second Intervention
25 Final Intervention
Afterword
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Further Reading
References
Index
List of Vignettes
Preface to Third Edition
Acknowledgements
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Part One: Introducing Quality
User Guide
1 The Quality Imperative
2 Quality: A Strategic Decision?
3 Barriers to Quality
4 The Emergence of Management
Part Two: The Quality Gurus
User Guide
5 Philip B. Crosby
6 W. Edwards Deming
7 Armand V. Feigenbaum
8 Kaoru Ishikawa
9 Joseph M. Juran
10 John S. Oakland
11 Taiichi Ohno
12 Shigeo Shingo
13 Genichi Taguchi
Part Three: Contemporary Thinking
User Guide
14 Contingency Theory
15 Organisations as Systems
16 Organisational Cybernetics
17 Soft Systems Thinking
18 Critical Systems Thinking
19 Business Process Re-engineering
20 Organisational Learning
21 Systemic Quality Management
Part Four: Methods, Tools & Techniques
User Guide
22 SB Foods: A Quality Problem?
23 First Intervention
24 Second Intervention
25 Final Intervention
Afterword
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Further Reading
References
Index
Notă biografică
John Beckford, PhD is currently Managing Director and founder of Integra Management Systems, Ltd. He lectures extensively at the masters and doctoral level and has researched, written, and developed a wide variety of management education courses for universities and commercial organizations. He has worked worldwide in both the public and private sectors with a variety of organizations including Great North Eastern Railway, Hoverspeed, Doncaster, and South Humber Healthcare Trust NHS. Beckford is visiting Professor at the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University. He holds a PhD in Management Science, is a Member of the Institute of Management Services, and a Fellow of the Cybernetics Society.