TY - BOOK AU - Rao,Ashok TI - Total quality management: a cross functional perspective SN - 0471108049 (cloth : acidfree paper) U1 - 658.562 20 PY - 1996///] CY - New York PB - Wiley KW - Total quality management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Quality as strategy -- What is TQM? -- The Baldrige award -- Measures of quality product and quality process : the traditional approach -- Measures of quality product and quality process : the emerging cost-of-quality model -- Continuous improvement : basic tools -- Continuous improvement : statistical process control -- Continuous improvement : some advanced tools -- Customer measurement I : traditional multi-attribute methods -- Customer measurement II : quality function deployment -- Initiating TQM : managing change -- Employee practices in total quality management organizations -- TQM and the product development process -- Reengineering and TQM : the role of information technology -- Benchmarking -- Landmarks on the TQM road N2 - The emphasis of Quality is pervading every facet of business, and managers are required to know and apply TQM principles. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley034/95046097.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix05/95046097.html ER -