Managing Quality (Blackwell Business S.)

by Barrie G. Dale (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.24

  This comprehensive and successful Total Quality Management text has developed a following amongst students, academics and practitioners. It provides readers with an appreciation of the concepts and principles of TQM and is a wide-ranging source of reference for the many associated tools, techniques and systems. For the third edition of this successful text, the author has undertaken a complete revision based on feedback from users of the previous two editions. There are new contributors and additional chapters have been added to reflect recent developments in the field. New material has been introduced on:The role of management in Total Quality Management.Policy deployment.Sustaining TQM.Business Process Re-engineering.Self-assessment, models, quality awards.In addition, some of the material has been re-ordered and changes have been made to the terminology. This text balances contributions from practitioners with those from the academic community and can be used to gain an overview of TQM as a whole, to find new ideas or angles on TQM, or to dip into a particular subject, since each chapter also stands alone.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.24

  This new edition provides readers with an understanding of the concepts and principles of TQM whilst explaining the links between TQM theories and other business models. The new text will continue to be a wide-ranging source of reference for the many associated tools, techniques and systems. New edition of a text which is popular with both students, academics and practitioners, gives the reader an appreciation of the concepts and principles of TQM. It serves as an authoritative source of reference for the many associated tools, techniques and systems.Now it is extensively revised in order to reflect recent developments in the field. New to the fourth edition are chapters on The Received Wisdom on TQM, Old Economy Businesses and the Quality Function, and Integrated Management Systems. The fourth edition also includes the latest information on ISO 9000 series of standards service management and the Excellence Model. Some of the material has been re-ordered and changes to terminology have been made in order to bring the book completely up to date.