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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Forewords -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction to Quality Planning -- 1.1 Quality Definitions -- 1.1.1 Meaning of Quality -- 1.1.2 End-customer Centricity -- 1.1.3 Dimensions of Product and Service Quality -- 1.1.4...

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Praise for Closing the Execution Gap "I got half way through the introduction and was hooked. The book's premise-strategic thinking used to be a leader's main focus but surprisingly that's not enough-gave me confidence that my efforts to drive execution are not in vain. Many of the challenges...

Intro -- Title page -- CIP data -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1_Knowledge Management is Fun -- Introduction -- Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom -- Business Example -- Application and Results -- Chapter 2_Knowledge Management: Strategy, Not Technology --...

This book examines two factors which are at the heart of Japanese management - the pursuit of growth and the intensive competition within and between Japanese firms. The author looks at how they interact and how they affect economic efficiency, stability, and dynamism. He avoids popular...

Managers are significant actors in contemporary organizations and yet there is very little deep-level analysis of what managers do, and how they understand their managerial selves and social situations. Instead of evaluating management techniques according to their internal logic and systematic...

Companies--especially more complex organizations--require standard, documented processes and procedures to achieve high levels of quality and productivity. Yet excessive processes can result in strangulation and inefficiency. Successful Business Process Management provides a succinct, accessible...