Total Quality Management Revised Edition

Presenting sufficient theory to ensure a sound understanding of basic concepts, this text provides a fundamental, yet comprehensive exploration of total quality management (TQM) in an all-encompassing, single-volume review that covers not only the principles and practices, but also the tools and techniques.

Acclaimed and used in over 200 colleges and universities around the country, Total Quality Management: Text, Cases and Readings has been completely revised and expanded to meet the growing demands and awareness for quality products and services in the competing domestic and global marketplaces. Since the publication of the first and second editions of this book, interest in and acceptance of TQM has continued to accelerate around the world. This edition has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded. Some of the changes are: A new chapter on the emerging Theory of Constraints Expanded treatment of Process Management Eleven new readings Ten new cases Chapter examples of TQM at 12 Baldrige winning organizations End of chapter recommendations for further reading Revised and updated textual material The Varifilm case is retained as a comprehensive study that illustrates good and not so good practices. Each chapter contains an exercise which provides the reader with an opportunity to apply TQM principles to the practices illustrated in each case. Based on sound principles, this practical book is an excellent text for organizational development programs aimed at practitioners responsible for developing and implementing TQM programs in their own service or manufacturing organizations.

Covering both the principles and practices, and the tools and techniques, this text offers an explanation of total quality management (TQM)

This text provides a simple model for 'Total Quality Management' and comprehensive coverage of the concepts students need to understand. It is supported throughout with real-life case studies.

Over the years, total quality management has become very important for improving a firm's processing capabilities to sustain competitive advantages. And in the last few years, the world has gone through many major changes in terms of information technology, quality system standards, customer satisfaction levels, economic changes, approaches of the government and political alignments on the national and international level. Keeping these developments in mind, Total Quality Management, 5e has been revised to focus on encouraging a continuous flow of incremental improvements from the bottom of the organization's hierarchy.