Their most interesting chapter compares the major U.S. quality gurus, including W. Edwards Deming and Joseph Juran, and profiles their Japanese disciples. The authors also subject the much-ballyhooed Baldrige Quality Award to some needed scrutiny. Several companies described (Motorola, Federal Express) have been treated elsewhere, and readers must wade through tedious recitations by top managers. However, a visit to Mount Edgecumbe High School in Alaska adds some perspective on the educational realm's quality movements. While general readers will gain a useful overview of the U.S. push to regain international competitiveness, there are few new revelations.

Book Description In 1980, an NBC documentary, "If Japan Can . . . Why Can't We?" introduced Dr. W. Edwards Deming to this country and launched the Quality Revolution in business. This straightforward account of the Total Quality movement is written by the team responsible for that groundbreaking report. QUALITY OR ELSE demystifies the theories of the four main Quality gurus -- W. Edwards Deming, Philip Crosby, Armand Feigenbaum, and Joseph Juran -- telling how they are similar, where they differ, and how today's business people can use their thinking.

. Houghton Mifflin 0395574390 / 9780395574393
Hardcover Very good Condition Boston 

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