Consistency and transformation in the quality movement / guest editor Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dahlgaard-Park, Su Mi.

Series:

Volume 18, Issue 3

The TQM Magazine, the international review of organizational improvement ; v.18, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Total quality management.

Quality control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers in this e-book have been selected from the annual QMOD International Conferences (Quality Management and Organizational Development). There is a growing focus on the role of the quality approach, and many researchers as well as practitioners have tried to incorporate these challenges into the framework of a new quality approach. As is well known the framework of quality has constantly evolved in accordance to environmental changes and due to the absorbing and adaptable capability the quality approach has 'received' many new names. This special issue captures a snapshot of the curren

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Learning from east to west and west to east; Getting value from knowledge management; A review and comparison of six sigma and the lean organisations; Lean production, six sigma quality, TQM and company culture; Similarities and differences between TQM, six sigma and lean; Quality thinking and systems thinking; Comparative review; Book reviews; Call for papers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-54758-8

9786610547586

1-84544-983-5

OCLC:

71174850