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Deming Dimension

Dr. Deming : The Man Who Taught the Japanese About Quality by Rafael Aguayo

This book is quite fascinating and useful reading, especially to those who already have some basic ideas about the Deming philosophy. It is pretty up-to-date on the final years of Deming's teaching, although with no specific treatment of the System of Profound Knowledge. The author comes from the financial sector and studied with Dr Deming for seven years in order to write this book. Highly recommended. 284pp 1990

ISBN 1 85251 085 4 ; Ref.No. B35 £20.00 HB Reading Class A / Paperback / Published 1991 ; Amazon.com: $10.40 ~ You Save: $2.60 (20%)

Deming Guide to Achieving Quality

Bitlow / Hardcover / Published 1987 / (Publisher Out Of Stock)

Deming's Profound Changes by Kenneth T Delavigne and J Daniel Robertson

This book is subtitled: "When Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken?" and is designed to help readers understand the differences between modern management practices and those taught by Dr W Edwards Deming. With an axiomatic approach to summarising the similarities and differences between neo-Taylorism and Deming's philosophy, readers get an in-depth appreciation of why so many organisations fail in their struggle to achieve higher levels of profitability. Many simply fail to survive. 274pp 1994

ISBN 0 13 292690 3 ; Ref.No. B73 £21.00 HB Reading Class B / Amazon.com: $24.95

Quotations of Dr. Deming : The Little Blue Book

Deming / Paperback / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $10.00 + $0.85 special surcharge (Special Order)

Why Things Go Wrong : Deming Philosophy in a Dozen Ten-Minute Sessions

Gary Fellers / Hardcover / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $9.76 ~ You Save: $4.19 (30%)

The Man Who Discovered Quality : How W. Edwards Deming Brought the Quality Revolution to America-The Stories of Ford, Xerox, and GM. by Andrea Gabor.

Paperback / Published 1992 ; Amazon.com: $11.16 ~ You Save: $2.79 (20%)

The Deming Guide to Quality and Competitive Position

Howard S. Gitlow, Shelly J. Gitlow / Hardcover / Published 1987 / Amazon.com: $36.95 (Special Order)

The World of W. Edwards Deming (2nd Ed.) by Cecelia S Kilian

This is very much a book about Deming the man. It is written by somebody in a unique position to observe him, namely his secretary of 40 years. The book is a fascinating insight, containing as it does such things as Deming's own "observations on medical care and hospital management", and his summary of his teachings to the Japanese in 1950. It also includes something about Deming's background, his family, and his interest in music with some reproductions of the music itself. However, it is not really a book to learn about the Deming philosophy of management. 365pp 1992

ISBN 0 945320 29 9 ; Ref.No. B39 £20.00 HB Reading Class B / Amazon.com: $28.00 (Special Order)

Four Days with Dr. Deming by William Latzko and David Saunders

A Strategy for Modern Methods of Management (Engineering Process Improvement Series)

This is an intriguing book which sets out to give the reader a flavour of the unique experience which was studying with Dr Seming at his very famous four-day seminar. The format of the book is unusual and uses a lot of visual images. Dr Deming liked the format and personally reviewed, corrected and added to the manuscript. The book is both highly readable and a useful resource for other learning such as in-house courses. 228pp 1995

ISBN 0 201 63366 3 ; Ref.No. B79 £23.50 PB Reading Class B / Amazon.com: $35.45

Keys to Excellence : The Story of the Deming Philosophy

Nancy Mann / Hardcover / Published 1989 / Amazon.com: $19.00 (Special Order)

The Best Of Deming

Ron McCoy (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $6.00 (Special Order)

The Deming Dimension by Henry R Neave

Excellent. If you read nothing else about Dr. Deming's work, read this.

A very comprehensive and lucid book aimed at the "serious" beginner, although, by communicating important ideas with great clarity, the author has still managed to write in a conversational manner which makes for delightful reading. The value of this book, both to newcomers to Deming's work and to "old hands" alike cannot be overestimated. 425pp 1990

ISBN 0 945320 08 6 ; Ref.No. B30 £27.00 HB Reading Class A / Amazon.com: $20.00 (Special Order)

Deming's 14 Points Applied to Services (Quality and Reliability Series, No 25)

A.C. Rosander / Hardcover / Published 1991 / Amazon.com: $59.75 (Special Order)

The Deming Route to Quality and Productivity by William W Scherkenbach

Subtitled: "Road Maps and Road Blocks", this popular book by Bill Scherkenbach is now in its 15th printing. Dr Deming wrote about the book: "Mr Scherkenbach's masterful under-standing of a system, of a process, or a stable system and of an unstable system are obvious and effective in his work as well as in his teaching." 145pp 1986

ISBN 0 941893 00 6 ; Ref.No. B22 £15.00 PB Reading Class A

Deming : The Way We Knew Him

Frank Voegl, Frank Voehl / Hardcover / Published1995 / Amazon.com: $27.97 ~ You Save: $11.98 (30%)

Deming America Society

Mary Walton / Hardcover / Published 1988 / Amazon.com: $19.95 (Special Order)

Deming Management at Work by Mary Walton

Useful.

This is an interesting book of case histories on attempts at quality transformation associated with Deming's principles. Not all the companies described in this book fully understood Deming's philosophy, but it is nevertheless a book about the real world which helps to reassure those readers that there are other people out there "doing it". 249pp 1990

ISBN 0 399 51685 9 ; Ref.No. B36 £12.00 PB Reading Class C / Amazon.com: $10.40 ~ You Save: $2.60 (20%)

The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton

Useful.

This excellent introductory book is more substantial than The Keys to Excellence. Dr. Deming's management techniques are all carefully explained in this step-by-step treatment. This is one of the books we recommend prior to tackling Out of the Crisis. 254pp 1986

ISBN 1 85252 141 4 ; Ref.No. B21 £10.00 PB Reading Class A / Amazon.com: $10.40 ~ You Save: $2.60 (20%)

Deming Management Workbook Questions and Answers

Mary Walton / Hardcover / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $21.95 (Back Ordered)


"How To" Books

Implementing Total Quality

David L. Goetsch, Stanley Davis / Paperback / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $52.00

Implementing TQM in Small & Medium-Sized Organizations : A Step-By-Step Guide

Richard M. Hodgetts / Hardcover / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $18.87 ~ You Save: $8.08 (30%)

What is Total Quality Control? by Kaoru Ishikawa

This book is a best-seller with Japanese businessmen and describes the Japanese way of Total Quality Control. Ishikawa covers many of the ins and outs of putting into practice a TQC Programme, aimed at ever-increasing customer satisfaction. 215pp 1985

ISBN 0 13 952433 9 ; Ref.No. B52 £27.00 HB Reading Class C

Implementing TQM : Competing in the Nineties Through Total Quality Management

Joseph R. Jablonski / Paperback / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $14.36 ~ You Save: $3.59 (20%)

Corporate Diagnosis : Setting the Global Standard for Excellence

Thomas L. Jackson, Constance E. Dyer / Hardcover / Published 1996 / Amazon.com: $65.00

How to Transform Your Company and Enjoy It!

Ken Lewis and Stephen Lytton / Paperback / Published 1997 / Management Books 2000 Ltd. £12.99.

Mr. Lewis, Managing Director of Dutton Engineering (Woodside) Ltd, leads the smallest company ever to win the Wedgewood Trophy for Business Excellence (1994). In this book he describes his unique quality journey after an early qualification for BS5750 (ISO 9000) proved less helpful than expected. Driven by customers demands and facing increasingly tough choices, Mr. Lewis set out on the path of continuous improvement, found teamworking a key to success, and adopted in a eclectic fashion ideas of quality management that worked for him. He presents these ideas and the insights he gained, with the collaboration of Stephen Lytton of the Central Logistics Association, in an interesting, forward looking book. Recommended reading for all small business owners and managers.

Kaizen: The Right Approach to Continuous Improvement (Becoming the Best Report Series

Ken C.E. Lewis / Paperback / Published 1995 / IFS International Ltd. £22.95.

One of the early works covering Mr. Lewis' experiences instituting quality management methods at Dutton Engineering. Borrow a copy of this work if you want to explore all aspects of Dutton Engineering for most of its contents are covered in How to Transform Your Company and Enjoy It!

Electronics Quality Management Handbook (Electronics Packaging and Interconnection Series)

Marsha Ludwig-Becker (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1997 / Amazon.com: $89.50

The Executive Guide to Implementing Quality Systems

Peter Mears, Frank Voehl / Hardcover / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $39.95

Construction Inspection Handbook : Total Quality Management

James J. O'Brien / Hardcover / Published 1997 / Amazon.com: $89.95


TQM & Quality in General

The Essence of Total Quality Management (Essence of Management Series)

John Bank / Paperback / Published 1993 / Amazon.com: $19.95

Building a Total Quality Culture

Joe Batten / Paperback / Published 1993 / Amazon.com: $7.96 ~ You Save: $1.99 (20%)

Curing Health Care : New Strategies for Quality Improvement (Jossey-Bass Health Series)

Donald M. Berwick, et al / Hardcover / Published 1990 / Amazon.com: $39.45

Focused Quality : Managing for Results

Harvey K. Brelin (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $15.16 ~ You Save: $3.79 (20%)

Beyond Total Quality Management : Toward the Emerging Paradigm (McGraw-Hill Series in Management)

Greg Bounds, et al / Hardcover / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $65.00

Beyond Quality : New Standards of Total Performance That Can Change the Future of Corporate America.

Jerry Bowles, Joshua Hammond / Paperback /Published 1993 / Amazon.com: $7.20 ~ You Save: $1.80 (20%)

Blueprint for Quality : How Training Can Turn Strategy into Real Improvement (The Jossey-Bass Management Series)

Ted Cocheu / Hardcover / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $30.95

The Death and Life of the American Quality Movement

Robert E. Cole (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995 ; Amazon.com: $21.00 ~ You Save: $9.00 (30%)

The 5 Pillars of TQM : How to Make Total Quality Management Work for You

Bill Creech / Paperback / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $12.76 ~ You Save: $3.19 (20%)

Thinking About Quality : Progress, Wisdom and the Deming Philosophy. by Lloyd Dobyns and Clare Crawford-Mason

The authors explore how we have historically viewed systems and help managers place the Deming method within their own understanding of this concept. They also make the connections between Deming's 14 Points and the seven criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige Award. 280pp 1994

ISBN 0 8129 2133 X ; Ref.No. B83 £18.00 HB Reading Class B / Amazon.com: $16.10 ~ You Save: $6.90 (30%)

Beyond TQM

Robert Louis Flood / Hardcover / Published 1993 / Amazon.com: $88.50

Baldridge Quality System : The Do-It-Yourself Way to Transform Your Business

Stephen George / Hardcover / Published 1992 / Amazon.com: $23.07 ~ You Save: $9.88 (30%)

Everyday Heroes of the Quality Movement by Perry Gluckman and Diana Reynolds Roome

This book is based on the experiences of the late Dr Perry Gluckman's experiences as a consultant implementing Deming's ideas. It gives the reader an insight into the lives of six people who have tried to implement the ideas behind continual improvement. The stories come from executives to line workers, producing a book which is both a practical manual of process improvement and a tribute to those who make it happen.

ISBN 0 932633 ; Ref.No. B100 £20.00 PB Reading Class C / Amazon.com: $19.95 (Special Order)

Introduction to Total Quality : Quality Management for Production, Processing, and Services

David L. Goetsch, et al / Hardcover / Published 1996 / Amazon.com: $76.00

Global Quality : A Synthesis of the World's Best Management Methods Programs

Richard Tabor Greene / Hardcover / Published 1993 / Amazon.com: $52.50 ~ You Save: $22.50 (30%)

"... the ultimate discussion of quality on a global scale." Myron Tribus.

I Know It When I See It : A Modern Fable About Quality

John Guaspari / Paperback / Published 1991 ; Amazon.com: $7.96 ~ You Save: $1.99 (20%)

Closing the Quality Gap : Lessons from America's Leading Companies

Alexander Hiam / Hardcover / Published 1992 / Amazon.com: $16.07 ~ You Save: $6.88 (30%)

Back on the Quality Track : How Organizations Derailed & Recovered

Kathryn Huddleston / Hardcover / Published 1995 ; Amazon.com: $19.57 ~ You Save: $8.38 (30%)

Achieve Total Quality

David Hutchins / Hardcover / Published 1992 / Amazon.com: $13.97 ~ You Save: $5.98 (30%)

A History of Managing for Quality : The Evolution, Trends, and Future Directions of Managing for Quality

J.M. Juran (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995 / Amazon.com: $28.00 ~ You Save: $12.00 (30%)

Managing for Total Quality : From Deming to Taguchi and SPC (Manufacturing Practitioner Series). by Nicholas Logothetis

Paperback / Published 1993 ; Amazon.com: $50.00

The TQM Trilogy : Using Iso 9000, the Deming Prize, and the Baldridge Award to Establish a System for Total Quality Management

Francis X. Mahoney, Carl G. Thor / Hardcover / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $20.97 ~ You Save: $8.98 (30%)

Cases in Total Quality Management

John S. Oakland, Leslie J. Porter / Hardcover /Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $46.95

Building a Better Industry; Evaluating and Implementing Total Quality Management

Richard Rapaport / Paperback / Published 1993 / Amazon.com: $12.00 ~ You Save: $3.00 (20%)

By What Method? : Leading Large-Scale Quality and Productivity Improvement Efforts

D. Scott Sink / Paperback / Published 1996 / Amazon.com: $24.00 ~ You Save: $6.00 (20%)

In Search of Quality : 4 Unique Perspectives, 43 Different Voices

Ken Shelton (Editor), Stephen R. Covey / Hardcover / Published 1996 ; Amazon.com: $14.00 ~ You Save: $6.00 (30%)

Comparing Iso 9000, Malcolm Baldridge, and the Sei Cmm for Software : A Reference and Selection Guide

Michael O. Tingey / Hardcover / Published 1996 / Amazon.com: $65.00

Commit to Quality

Patrick L. Townsend, Joan E. Gebhardt / Paperback /Published 1990 / Amazon.com: $10.36 ~ You Save: $2.59 (20%)

Essentials of Total Quality Management (Worksmart)

Richard L. Williams / Paperback / Published 1994 / Amazon.com: $8.76 ~ You Save: $2.19 (20%)

Quality: Achieving Excellence by Edgar Wille

Written by BDA member Edgar Wille as part of the Sunday Times Business Skills series. Part of the book is about the Deming philosophy and, in addition, it provides a number of very interesting case-studies and discussions based around British companies and British experiences. 252pp 1992

ISBN 0 7126 5672 3 ; Ref.No. B74 £13.00 PB Reading Class C

Incredibly American : Releasing the Heart of Quality

Marilyn R. Zuckerman, Lewis J. Hatala / Hardcover / Published 1992 ; Amazon.com: $13.97 ~ You Save: $5.98 (30%)


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