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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783534903321

Titolo

Consistency and transformation in the quality movement [[electronic resource] /] / guest editor Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-54758-8

9786610547586

1-84544-983-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

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

Altri autori (Persone)

Dahlgaard-ParkSu Mi

Disciplina

658.404

Soggetti

Total quality management

Quality control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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