1st Edition

Quality Improvement A Systems Perspective

By William F. Roth Copyright 1998
278 Pages
by CRC Press

278 Pages
by CRC Press

Quality improvement: it's an attractive concept on paper. So why do the vast majority of quality improvement efforts fail? William Roth knows from experience: as a Ph.D in systems theory, an ex-corporate manager, a professor-and the designer (with the AQP) of a national program to deliver training for quality credentials in the systems approach. His belief: enduring quality improvement is an "all... Read more
Feeling Our Way
The Systems Approach
Five Phases Plus Two: Part One
More on Teambuilding
Five Phases Plus Two: Part Two
More Than One Way to Skin the Organization Improvement Cat?
Birth of the Systems Model at International Paper
Maintaining the Momentum
Success Then Setback
Back to Finish Up
A Very Different Situation
Culture As the Culprit: An Idealized Ending Versus Reality
Top Level Management as the Key
Education as the Cornerstone to Quality Improvement
One More Time, The Systems Approach: The Good Shepherd Effort

Biography

William Roth