Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy or Four Days with Dr Deming

Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy

Author: Thomas L Wheelen

This book contains the latest research and examples of well-known and not-so-well known companies dealing with complicated strategic issues. A Strategic Management Model that runs through the first eleven chapters and is made operational through the Strategic Audit, a complete case analysis in terms of external and internal factors and takes the student through the generation of strategic alternatives and implantation programs.

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Four Days with Dr. Deming: A Strategy for Modern Methods of Management

Author: William J Latzko

Dr. W. Edwards Deming, the legendary master of managing for quality whose techniques helped propel Japan into its postwar economic boom, delivered his management message in the form of four-day seminars. Now you can experience the wisdom of his seminars with this unique book.

Reviewed in detail by Dr. Deming himself before his recent death, Four Days with Dr. Deming compiles and summarizes the essence of his seminars in a remarkably entertaining and easy-to-absorb style. Through the voices of Dr. Deming, the authors, and a company executive, you will learn about the problems with prevailing management systems that focus on such short-term strategies as quotas and management by results. You will discover how to move beyond these counterproductive strategies to achieve true cooperation, process improvement, and long-term productivity.

The book includes Dr. Deming's most recent thinking on the System of Profound Knowledge, as well as purchasing strategies, cross-functional teams, alternatives to quotas, operational definitions, and systems of measurement. The unique one-concept-per-page visual format allows you to absorb complex material quickly, and the real-life examples make Dr. Deming's message concrete and usable.

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Booknews

Summarizes, in a concept-per-page format, the essence of Dr. Edward Deming's seminars on management to achieve quality. Demonstrates the counterproductivity of short-term management strategies such as quotas and shows how to go beyond these techniques to achieve cooperation, employee commitment, and process improvement for long- term productivity. Topics include Deming's System of Profound Knowledge, and seven deadly management diseases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)