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Presenting sufficient theory to ensure a sound understanding of basic concepts, this progressive 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.
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.
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