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Author John B. Izzo
"What might happen," John Izzo writes, "if we began to think of innocence as a quality we bring to our lives, a perspective and a way of looking at the world, which is not replaced by experience but which influences our experience? When we choose innocence as a....
Release Date 2004/02 -
Author Larry N. Gerston
Quality public education, modern highway systems, and reasonably priced housing—these are just some of the qualities that once made California one of the most desirable places to live. Just a few decades later, the state finds itself with an education system that is....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Douglas Montgomery's Introduction to Statistical Quality Control
Author Jose G. Ramirez , Brenda S. Ramirez
Master Statistical Quality Control using JMP !Using examples from the popular textbook by Douglas Montgomery, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control: A JMP Companion demonstrates the powerful Statistical Quality Control (SQC) tools found in JMP. Geared toward....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Jim Blinn's Corner: Notation, Notation, Notation
Author Jim Blinn
The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the "Director's Cut" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced ve....
Release Date 2002/07 -
Author Tim King , Julian Schwarzenbach
This book explains data quality management in practical terms, focusing on three key areas - the nature of data in enterprises, the purpose and scope of data quality management, and implementing a data quality management system, in line with ISO 8000-61.
Release Date 2020/05 -
Author Q. Ethan McCallum
What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Author Jos van Iwaarden , Ton van der Wiele , Barrie G. Dale
Managing Quality, Fifth Edition is an essential resource for students and practitioners alike.This popular and highly successful introduction to Quality Management has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the fieldIncludes new chapters on....
Release Date 2007/11 -
Author Victor Sower
Continuous improvement is essential but not sufficient to assure an organizations continued success. In order to be a market leader or indeed even to survive in many cases, resources must be devoted to longer-term strategic quality activities to address radical--po....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Quality of Life and Living Standards Analysis
Author Sergey Artemyevich Aivazian
This book is about the concept of “Quality of Life”. What is necessary for quality of life, and how can it be measured? The approach is a multicriterial scheme reduction which prevents as much information loss as possible when shifting from the set of partial crite....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Ground Improvement Case-Histories
Author Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn , Jian Chu , Buddhima Indraratna
Written by a group of international contributors, Ground Improvement Case Histories: Embankments with Special Reference to Soil Consolidation and Other Physical Methods, employs the use of case-histories to illustrate and apply equations, numerical methods and techn....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Insightful Quality, Second Edition
Author Frank Fair , Victor Sower
In order to survive and attain market leadership, organizations must engage in longer-term strategic quality activities to address radical, paradigm-shifting improvements that affect the organization and its competitive position. This requires a different way of t....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Managing and Improving Quality
Author Amar Sahay
Quality is a discipline that focuses on product and service excellence. This book is about improving the quality of products and services. The improved quality and reliability lead to higher perceived value and increased market share for a company, thereby increasi....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Jennifer Meyer , Hannah Winter , Carl Spetzler
Add value with every decision using a simple yet powerful frameworkFew things are as valuable in business, and in life, as the ability to make good decisions. Can you imagine how much more rewarding your life and your business would be if every decision you made we....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Author Rajesh Jugulum
Create a competitive advantage with data qualityData is rapidly becoming the powerhouse of industry, but low-quality data can actually put a company at a disadvantage. To be used effectively, data must accurately reflect the real-world scenario it represents, and it....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Quality Management in a Lean Health Care Environment
Author Daniel Collins , Melissa Mannon
Quality in a lean health care setting has one ultimate goal-to improve care delivery and value for the patient. The purpose of this book is to provide a blueprint to hospitals, healthcare organizations, leaders, and patient-facing workers with tools, trainin....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Author G Welty
Quality assurance is necessary to maintain quality and services in the pharmaceutical and life science industries. Quality assurance demonstrates that the logic and practice of problem solving can integrate both program efficacy and regulatory compliance. This title....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Christina Dempsey
An indispensable guide to reducing the suffering―of patients and caregivers alike―and to improving healthcare delivery for allIn our efforts to treat patients, cure illness, and manage institutions, healthcare professionals too often overlook the fundamental purpos....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, 4th Edition
Author Amitava Mitra
A statistical approach to the principles of quality control and managementIncorporating modern ideas, methods, and philosophies of quality management, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, Fourth Edition presents a quantitative approach to management-ori....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Process Quality Assurance for UML-Based Projects
Author Bhuvan Unhelkar
Software quality, by its very nature, is elusive. Add to that the issue of ever-changing user requirements and the vagaries of software project management and "quality" can easily become a mere word on a distant horizon. This highly acclaimed book demonstrates how t....
Release Date 2002/10 -
Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide to Accreditation and Accountability
Author Stanley O. Ikenberry , Linda Suskie
Meet calls for increased quality and understand accreditation expectationsAuthor Linda Suskie is internationally recognized for her work in higher education assessment, and she is a former vice president of a major regional accreditor. In Five Dimensions of Quality:....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Author D. H. Stamatis
Although regularly introducing new products or services is the lifeblood of most industries, bringing them to market can be fraught with peril. Timing, cost, and quality all play important roles in a successful product launch and avoiding expensive- often in more t....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Michelle Dunn
Give your business a successful credit and collections plan with this easy and clear guideOver 100,000 businesses have slow or non-paying customers. Yet very few actually have a workable plan for claiming the missing revenue that results. This book gives you a compl....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Author Dr. Ted Marra
What does it take to build and maintain a truly enduring and continuously successful business - one that stands the test of time, turbulence and change and despite all that has continued to set the standard for performance and excellence by which other organizations....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement
Author Trevor L. Strome
Improve patient outcomes, lower costs, reduce fraud—all with healthcare analyticsHealthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement walks your healthcare organization from relying on generic reports and dashboards to developing powerful analytic applicatio....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Ton van der Wiele , David Bamford , Barrie G. Dale
An essential quality management resource for students and practitioners alike—now in its sixth editionThis popular and highly successful text on Quality Management has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field. New to the Sixth Edit....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author Gini Graham Scott Ph.D.
Being saddled with a terrible supervisor can turn even the best job into a nightmare. Unfortunately, not every boss is the great symbol of managerial perfection one would hope for. In fact, more people than not consider themselves stuck with a "bad boss." But short ....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Author C. K. Prahalad , Gary Hamel
New competitive realities have ruptured industry boundaries, overthrown much of standard management practice, and rendered conventional models of strategy and growth obsolete. In their stead have come the powerful ideas and methodologies of Gary Hamel and C.K. Praha....
Release Date 1996/03 -
Author Galit Shmueli , Ron S. Kenett
Provides an important framework for data analysts in assessing the quality of data and its potential to provide meaningful insights through analysisAnalytics and statistical analysis have become pervasive topics, mainly due to the growing availability of data and a....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author H. David Shuster
Never again will project management practitioners have to wonder how to change traditional committees into quality focused, horizon-expanding engines of change! This book links teaming principles, applications and practices with remarkable power and clarity to read....
Release Date 1999/01