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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453033803321

Autore

Okes Duke <1949->

Titolo

Root cause analysis : the core of problem solving and corrective action / / Duke Okes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : , : ASQ Quality Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-5231-1318-9

0-87389-895-8

600-00-4886-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/03

Soggetti

Problem solving

Decision making

Management

Root cause analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12

Sommario/riassunto

We live in a complex world. People and organizations often don't believe they have the time to perform the in-depth analyses required to solve problems. Instead, they take remedial actions to make the problem less visible and implement a patchwork of ad hoc solutions they hope will prevent recurrence. Then when the problem returns, they get frustrated-and the cycle repeats. This book provides detailed steps for how to solve problems, focusing more heavily on the analytical process involved in finding the actual causes of problems. It does so using a large number of figures, diagrams, and tools