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Conceptual Section

  • The value of improvement
  • Improvement and management
  • Improvement and Total Quality Control (TQC)
  • Improvement and suggestion systems
  • Improvement and competition
  • Process-oriented management vs. result-oriented management

East-West Comparison

  • Improvement and innovation
  • Improvement and metrics

From Total Quality Control to Improvement

  • Quality control – quality of managers
  • Quality control methods: comparison between Japan and the West
  • Adherence to the PDCA cycle
  • Grassroots-level improvements

Practical Implementation Section

  • Management-led improvement
  • Improvement facilities
  • Team-led improvement
  • Individual-led improvement

Management Section

  • Cross-functional management
  • Policy deployment
  • Quality deployment
  • Total productive maintenance

Problem-Solving Methods Section

  • Problems in management
  • Relationship between improvement activities and labor
  • Labor relations: adversary or ally?
  • Commitment from top management

Transforming Organizational Culture

  • Customers: the ultimate arbiter of quality
  • Supplier relationships: transforming organizational culture – challenges faced by the West.

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