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This 4 page paper gives a brief biography of Kaoru Ishikawa and discusses his Total Quality Management theories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Kaoru Ishikawa Research Compiled by
K. Von Huben 11/2010 Please Introduction Kaoru Ishikawa was an early proponent of the system known as "Total Quality Management" or
TQM. This paper is a brief biography of Ishikawa, his key ideas; how he has influenced quality practices around the world; how his ideas fit into the TQM paradigm; and
the implications of his ideas for the future. Discussion Total quality management is actually a very simple idea: in fact it seems so obvious it takes a genius to think
of it. The idea is that everyone who works in a company should enjoy their jobs but more than that, they should all be part of the ongoing effort to
make the company competitive and profitable. Its a "were all in this together" mentality and it means that everyone is on board with the companys philosophy, direction and operation; theyre
all working toward the same goal. Obviously when this is the case, things are much smoother than when various employees, for whatever reason, start trying to do things that are
out of step with the companys overall goals. Snapshot: Ishikawa was born in 1915 and graduated from Tokyo University with a degree in engineering; he went on to obtain a
doctorate in the field (Sallis, 2005). He became a professor at his alma mater in 1960 and won the Deming Prize for his work on total quality control (Sallis, 2005).
He is the author of several books on management, including What is Total Quality Control? The Japanese Way, which appeared in 1985 (Sallis, 2005). He is also the originator of
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