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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818088003321

Autore

Cole Robert E

Titolo

Managing quality fads [[electronic resource] ] : how American business learned to play the quality game / / Robert E. Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-770333-X

1-280-76105-9

0-19-802860-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

658.5/62

Soggetti

Quality circles

Quality circles - United States - History

Industrial management - United States - History

Industrial management - Japan - History

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 (p. 259-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables and Figures; Introduction; 1. The New Quality Model: Continuity or Discontinuity?; 2. Market Pressures and Quality Consciousness; 3. How Much Did You Know and When Did You Know It?; 4. It Ain't Rocket Science, But ...; 5. Casting and Harvesting the Nets; 6. Putting It Together; 7. Modeling the Future for Hewlett-Packard; 8. Adoption, Adaptation, and Reaction at Hewlett-Packard; 9. Quality Outcomes; 10. On Organizational Learning; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tables and Figures. Introduction. 1. The New Quality Model: Continuity or Discontinuity?. 2. Market Pressures and Quality Consciousness. 3. How Much Did You Know and When Did You Know It?. 4. It Ain't Rocket Science, But... 5. Casting and Harvesting the Nets. 6. Putting It Together. 7. Modeling the Future for Hewlett-Packard. 8. Adoption, Adaptation, and Reaction at Hewlett-Packard. 9. Quality Outcomes. 10. On Organizational Learning. Notes. References. Index