Industrial Safety and Health in the Age of High Technology: For Technologists, Engineers, and Managers

Politics & Social Sciences

Goetsch, David L.

Social Sciences

Pearson College Div

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Implementing Total Quality

Business & Money

Davis, Stanley

Management & Leadership

This easy-to-use book gives future managers, engineers, technologists and technicians both the tools and know-how to guide an organization to world-class quality and competitiveness. Straightforward in approach, it helps readers understand both the “big picture” behind Total Quality Management as well as its individual elements, and readily applies theories and principles to the real world today. Organized into two part: quality management's philosophy and concepts; and tools and techniques. Examines global integration and Asian economic trends; the future of quality management; revolutionary thinking in strategic planning; beliefs vs. behavior and why they are often different; global partnering and education/business partnerships; value perception and customer loyalty; problem-solving in a total-quality setting, and much more. For anyone interested in learning more about quality management.

Quality Management: Introduction to Total Quality Management for Production, Processing, and Services (3rd Edition)

Davis, Stanley B.

David, Stanley B.

PRENTICE/HALL

An ideal hands-on, authoritative, how-to guide for the manager, supervisor, engineer, or other individual who is, or wants to be, involved with total quality management for continual improvement of their organizations, products and services in the private or public sector. It covers the full scope and range of the subject--from its origin and history through practical day-to-day application of its philosophy and tools. Features easily followed step-by-step plans for even the most complex methodologies. Total Quality and Quality Management. Strategic Planning. Quality Culture. Customer Satisfaction. Empowerment. Leadership and Change. Team Building. Training. Quality Tools. Problem Solving and Decision Making. Statistical Process Control (SPC). Continuous Improvement. Benchmarking. Just-in-Time (JIT). For Presidents and CEOs; General Managers; Vice President/Director/Managers of Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing (or Production); Quality Assurance; Marketing and Business Development; Information Technology or Management Information Systems; Managers; Supervisors; Engineers.

Total Quality Handbook

Pearson

This textbook contains 30 chapters on the history and current state of occupational safety and health, the causes and consequences of accidents, the relevant laws and regulations, safety analysis, accident investigation, training, ethics, and specific concern areas. These include: ergonomics, stress, machine hazards, temperature extremes, pressure, electricity, fire, industrial hygiene, radiation, noise, emergencies, bloodborne pathogens, environmental safety, product safety, and violence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (4th Edition)

Containing ten years of experience, this complete “seminar in a book” includes success tips for supervisors, and “hands-on, real-world” activities that teach the many and varied skills necessary for success in today's workplace. It develops individuals who know not only about supervision, but who know how to supervise. Chapter topics cover leadership, facilitating change, communication, ethics, motivation, decision making and problem solving, performance appraisal, employee complaints, workplace violence, legal issues, training, health and safety, staffing, and team building and teamwork. For supervisors, team leaders, and work coaches—for on-the-job training, business and industry seminars, and distance learning.

Effective Supervision: A Guidebook for Supervisors, Team Leaders, and Work Coaches

As organizations that compete in the global marketplace seek to achieve peak performance, worldclass quality, and personnel improvement, interest in ISO 9000 certification has gained worldwide momentum. This practical resource and guide uses a step-by-step model to understanding the ISO 9000-2000 series of standards and explains how to use them in an organization. Provides a detailed summary of similarities and differences between the earlier version and ISO 9000-2000. Features ISO INFO boxes throughout that show how material being discussed applies to an actual work setting. Offers a Serialized Case Study after every chapter that applies the information from a given chapter to how it was used in a real setting in which ISO 9000 registration was pursued; the story unfolds with each new chapter showing the problems, strategies, mistakes, and achievements of a company going through the registration process. Ideal as a step-by-step, how-to guide for use in organizations that are interested in ISO 9000 registration.

Understanding and Implementing ISO 9000 and Other ISO Standards (2nd Edition)

This NetEffect ¿how-to¿ book is a practical, step-by-step application for developing leadership skills necessary to succeed in technical professional careers. Written as a result of the current trend toward infusing more leadership and management in the technical professions. Define effective leadership; whether leadership skills are inherited or learned; the relationship between motivation and inspiration; different leadership styles; the best leadership style for a competitive setting; how to build and maintain a following; differences between leadership and management; the role of ethics in leadership. For working professionals in technical careers.

Effective Leadership: Ten Steps for Technical Professions (NetEffect Series)

This text contains practical, hands-on step-by-step applications of change management principles that stress the importance of improvement within organizations - rather than simply making changes. It examines the competitive advantage school of thought from the perspective of technical professionals, and sees the need for change as being directly tied to the need to gain and maintain competitive advantages in the global marketplace. Each chapter focuses on the ten steps recommended that technical professionals follow to improve continually and compete successfully -understand change and your role in it, anticipate the need for change, establish the need for change, establish the change leadership team, develop the change picture and change plan, communicate the change picture and plan to all stakeholders, gain the commitment of all stakeholders, empower employees to act in carrying out the change plan, execute the change plan, and incorporate the change in the organization's culture. For engineers, engineering managers, technologists, technicians - any technical professionals, in any field.

Effective Change Management: Ten Steps for Technical Professions (NetEffect Series)

Richburg, James R.

Effective Strategic planning is one of the most important steps a company needs to take in order to have a competitive advantage in today's marketplace. Effective Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage: Ten Steps for Technical Professionals presents the reader with a ten-step model that represents a comprehensive effective approach to strategic planning. Describes the concepts of competition and competitive advantage. Explains the ins and outs of writing a strategic plan and the importance of executing the plan. Technical professionals.

Effective Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage: Ten Steps for Technical Professions (NetEffect)

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