Focused quality : (Record no. 343329)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02058 a2200205 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1884015182 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781884015182 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658.562 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) | |
| -- | 781 |
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murphy, Paul. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Focused quality : |
| Remainder of title | managing for results / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Paul Murphy. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | [S.l.] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | CRC Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 208 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Hardcover. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Focused Quality: Managing for Results is a book about using quality improvement as a means to enhance bottom line results. Written for managers in industry, services, healthcare and government, this important new book provides a focused approach on how to target critical improvement initiatives and insure their success.Prepare - Plan - Deploy - Transition are the steps in the improvement process that are covered in detail. Included are examples of how organizations have successfully accomplished each step. Practical lessons on how to and how not to implement quality and process improvement initiatives are given.Process assessment is crucial to identifying the importance of a process and defining the scope of what is involved in order to improve it. Before deciding to refine, redesign or reengineer an assessment is needed. Focused Quality: Managing for Results not only shows you how to do an assessment but also how to apply the results to improve the bottom line.Application is emphasized throughout the book with the focus on the managers role in leading the change effort. The authors have provided a set of questions that management should answer to determine if their organization is ready to effectively implement the improvement process. Realizing that even the best plans can go astray there is also a diagnostic check sheet to pinpoint the causes of and solutions for process improvement failures. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884015182/chopaconline-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884015182/chopaconline-20</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Amazon customer reviews |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=1884015182">http://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=1884015182</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Institution code [OBSOLETE] | NBS |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Call number prefix | 658.562 FOC |
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| Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | 08/28/2013 | 658.562 FOC | NBS2761 | 08/28/2013 | 08/28/2013 | Book | |||||||
| Write Off | Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | 08/28/2013 | 1 | 658.562 FOC | NBS2762 | 07/02/2015 | 08/28/2013 | Book | 07/02/2015 | No:67/2004/NIMS, Dated:23 August 2004 |