1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910586562203321

Autore

DiPiero Dan

Titolo

Contingent Encounters : improvisation in music and everyday life / / Dan DiPiero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, Michigan : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

0-472-90311-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages)

Disciplina

123

Soggetti

Improvisation (Music) - Philosophy and aesthetics

Improvisation in art - Political aspects

Contingency (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Contingent Encounters offers a sustained comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and critical improvisation studies, as well as his own performing experience, Dan DiPiero argues that comparing improvisation across domains calls into question how improvisation is typically recognized. By comparing the music of Eric Dolphy, Norwegian free improvisers, Mr. K, and the Ingrid Laubrock/Kris Davis duo with improvised activities in everyday life (such as walking, baking, working, and listening), DiPiero concludes that improvisation appears as a function of any encounter between subjects, objects, and environments. Bringing contingency into conversation with the utopian strain of critical improvisation studies, DiPiero shows how particular social investments cause improvisation to be associated with relative freedom, risk-taking, and unpredictability in both scholarship and public discourse. Taking seriously the claim that improvisation is the same thing as living, Contingent Encounters overturns longstanding assumptions about the aesthetic and political implications of this notoriously slippery term."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791787703321

Autore

CUDNEY ELIZABETH A

Titolo

IMPLEMENTING LEAN SIX SIGMA THROUGHOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN : the comprehensive and transparent case ... study

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : CRC Press, 2018

ISBN

0-429-24632-3

1-138-46422-8

1-4398-2815-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

658.7

Soggetti

Six sigma (Quality control standard)

Business logistics - Quality control

Business logistics - Management

Lean manufacturing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Authors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Lean Six Sigma Overview; Chapter 3. Case Study Introduction; Chapter 4. Define Phase; Chapter 5. Measure Phase; Chapter 6. Analyze Phase; Chapter 7. Improve Phase; Chapter 8. Control Phase; Chapter 9. Conclusions; Lean Six Sigma Glossary; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Explanations of theory, lists of rules, and discussions of procedure are the basis of learning the lean Six Sigma, however without a visceral understanding of the application of this powerful system in various circumstances the knowledge remains, at best, conjecture. Detailed examination of case studies that take real-world variables into account is the only way to truly master Lean Six Sigma.Providing a comprehensive Lean Six Sigma case study from start to finish, Implementing Lean Six Sigma throughout the Supply Chain: The Comprehensive and Transparent Case Study