Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. 1. Introduction to Quality and Performance Excellence. 2. Frameworks for Quality and Performance Excellence. 3. Tools and Techniques for Quality Design and Control. 4. Tools and Techniques for Quality Improvement. Part II: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, STRATEGY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY. 5. Competitive Advantage and Strategic Management for Performance Excellence. 6. Quality in Customer-Supplier Relationships. 7. Designing Organizations for Performance Excellence. Part III: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR. 8. Quality Teamwork. 9. Engagement, Empowerment, and Motivation. Part IV: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. 10. Leadership for Performance Excellence. 11. Performance Excellence and Organizational Change.

Delivering cutting-edge coverage that includes the latest thinking and practices from the field, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, 7e, International Edition presents the basic principles and tools associated with quality and performance excellence using relevant, real-world illustrations and examples. The text thoroughly illustrates how these basic principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations. It also illustrates the relationship between basic principles and the popular theories and models studied in management courses. Excellent case studies focus on large and small companies in manufacturing and service industries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
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Presents the basic principles and tools associated with quality and performance excellence through coverage that includes the thinking and practices from the field. This text is organized according to traditional management topics, helping students quickly see the connections between quality principles and management theories.
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Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. 1. Introduction to Quality and Performance Excellence. 2. Frameworks for Quality and Performance Excellence. 3. Tools and Techniques for Quality Design and Control. 4. Tools and Techniques for Quality Improvement. Part II: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, STRATEGY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY. 5. Competitive Advantage and Strategic Management for Performance Excellence. 6. Quality in Customer-Supplier Relationships. 7. Designing Organizations for Performance Excellence. Part III: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR. 8. Quality Teamwork. 9. Engagement, Empowerment, and Motivation. Part IV: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. 10. Leadership for Performance Excellence. 11. Performance Excellence and Organizational Change.
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Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. 1. Introduction to Quality and Performance Excellence. 2. Frameworks for Quality and Performance Excellence. 3. Tools and Techniques for Quality Design and Control. 4. Tools and Techniques for Quality Improvement. Part II: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, STRATEGY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY. 5. Competitive Advantage and Strategic Management for Performance Excellence. 6. Quality in Customer-Supplier Relationships. 7. Designing Organizations for Performance Excellence. Part III: PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR. 8. Quality Teamwork. 9. Engagement, Empowerment, and Motivation. Part IV: LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. 10. Leadership for Performance Excellence. 11. Performance Excellence and Organizational Change.
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ISBN
9781133955924
Publisert
2013-03-12
Utgave
7. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
South-Western College Publishing
Vekt
836 gr
Høyde
233 mm
Bredde
188 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

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James R. Evans is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems in the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. He has served as president of the Decision Sciences Institute and served for 11 years on the board of examiners and panel of judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He has been editor of the Quality Management Journal, published by the American Society for Quality and has served on editorial boards of numerous other journals. Dr. Evans has published 100 refereed papers and more than 50 editions of leading books. During the annual Quality Congress in May 2004, the American Society for Quality presented Dr. Evans and co-author Dr. Bill Lindsay with the Philip B. Crosby Medal for writing THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF QUALITY. The Crosby medal was presented "for authoring a distinguished book contributing significantly to the extension of the philosophy and application of the principles, methods, and techniques of quality management."