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Out of the crisis / W. Edwards Deming.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: Cambridge, Massachsetts : The MIT Press, [2018]Edition: ReissueDescription: xv, 430 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780262535946 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658 23
LOC classification:
  • HD 70 D381 2018
Contents:
Chain reaction : quality, productivity, lower costs, capture the market -- Principles for transformation of western management -- Diseases and obstacles -- When? How long? -- Questions to help managers -- Quality and the consumer -- Quality and productivity in service organizations -- Some new principles of training and leadership -- Operational definitions, conformance, performance -- Standards and regulations -- Common causes and special causes of improvement. Stable system -- More examples of improvement downstream -- Some disappointments in great ideas -- Two reports to management -- Plan for minimum average total cost for test of incoming materials and final product -- Organization for improvement of quality and productivity -- Some illustrations for improvement of living -- Appendix : Transformation in Japan.
Summary: Deming makes a case to transform management style from working in current growth to a style where managers and executives are evaluated according to their ability to plan to stay in business. The plan to stay in business includes forecasting industrial futures and matching company needs, protecting investments, and securing more jobs through improved product and service.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 70 D381 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000129995

1st MIT Press edition published 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chain reaction : quality, productivity, lower costs, capture the market --
Principles for transformation of western management --
Diseases and obstacles --
When? How long? --
Questions to help managers --
Quality and the consumer --
Quality and productivity in service organizations --
Some new principles of training and leadership --
Operational definitions, conformance, performance --
Standards and regulations --
Common causes and special causes of improvement. Stable system --
More examples of improvement downstream --
Some disappointments in great ideas --
Two reports to management --
Plan for minimum average total cost for test of incoming materials and final product --
Organization for improvement of quality and productivity --
Some illustrations for improvement of living --
Appendix : Transformation in Japan.

Deming makes a case to transform management style from working in current growth to a style where managers and executives are evaluated according to their ability to plan to stay in business. The plan to stay in business includes forecasting industrial futures and matching company needs, protecting investments, and securing more jobs through improved product and service.

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