The Quality Movement and Organization Theory

Author:   Robert E. Cole ,  W. Richard Scott
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   Abridged edition
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9780761919766


Pages:   456
Publication Date:   07 February 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Bridging theory and practice, the contributors assess new quality approaches, how they work, and the conditions under which they are effective.'

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Author:   Robert E. Cole ,  W. Richard Scott
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   Abridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9780761919766


ISBN 10:   0761919767
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   07 February 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction - W Richard Scott and Robert E Cole PART ONE: QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM ORGANIZATION THEORY: THREE FOUNDATIONAL PAPERS Management Theory and Total Quality - James W Dean Jr and David E Bowen Improving Research and Practice Through Theory Development Total Quality Management - J Richard Hackman and Ruth Wageman Empirical, Conceptual and Practical Issues Organizing for Continuous Improvement - Sidney G Winter Evolutionary Theory Meets the Quality Revolution PART TWO: THE QUALITY MOVEMENT IN AMERICA Market Pressures and Institutional Forces - Robert E Cole The Early Years of the Quality Movement Patterns in the Deployment of Total Quality Management - George S Easton and Sherry L Jarrell An Analysis of Forty-four Leading Companies Quality Comes to the Public Sector - Linda Kaboolian Quality Improvement - Karl E Weick A Sensemaking Perspective PART THREE: STAGES AND PROCESSES IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT The Road to ""Root Cause"" - John Paul MacDuffle Shop-Floor Problem-Solving at Three Auto Assembly Plants Getting Quality the Old-Fashioned Way - Nelson P Repenning and John D Sterman Self-Confirming Attributions in the Dynamics of Process Improvement The Effects of Total Quality Management on Corporate Performance - George S Easton and Sherry L Jarrell An Empirical Investigation Organization Quality as a Cultural Variable - Kim S Cameron and Carole K Barnett An Empirical Investigation of Quality Cultures Quality as a Cultural Concept - Tomoko Hamada Messages and Meta-Messages PART FOUR: CONDITIONS AND CONTINGENCIES AFFECTING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT Tailoring Process Management to Situational Requirements - Kathleen M Sutcliffe, Sim B Sitkin and Larry D Browning Beyond the Control and Exploration Dichotomy Speed and Quality in New Product Development - Andrew B Hargadon and Kathleen M Eisenhart An Emergent Perspective on Continuous Organizational Adaptation Quality Improvement Practices and Innovative HRM Practices - Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn Shaw New Evidence on Adoption and Effectiveness The Incentives of Quality and the Quality of Incentives - David I Levine and Kathryn Shaw Quality Improvement and Incentive Pay for Frontline Workers Human Resource Policies and Quality - Thomas A Kochan and Saul Rubinstein From Quality Circles to Organizational Transformation"

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...the book stands as a strong beginning towards establishing a comprehensive organizational theory of quality management. -- Stephen B. Knouse


""". . .the book stands as a strong beginning towards establishing a comprehensive organizational theory of quality management.""  -- Stephen B. Knouse"


...the book stands as a strong beginning towards establishing a comprehensive organizational theory of quality management. -- Stephen B. Knouse


Author Information

W. Richard (Dick) Scott received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology with courtesy appointments in the Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, and School of Medicine at Stanford University. He has spent his entire professional career at Stanford, serving as chair of the Sociology Department (1972–1975), as director of the Training Program on Organizations and Mental Health (1972–1989), and as director of the Stanford Center for Organizations Research (1988–1996). Scott is an organizational sociologist who has concentrated his work on the study of professional organizations, including educa­tional, engineering, medical, research, social welfare, and nonprofit advocacy organizations. During the past three decades, he has concen­trated his writing and research on the relation between organizations and their institutional environments. He is the author or editor of about a dozen books and more than 200 articles and book chapters. He was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (1975), served as editor of the Annual Review of Sociology (1987–1991), and as president of the Sociological Research Association (2006–2007). Scott was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Management and Organization Theory Division of the Academy of Management in 1988, the Distinguished Educator Award from the same Division in 2013, and of the Richard D. Irwin Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management from the Academy of Management in 1996. In 2000, the Section on Organization, Occupations and Work of the American Sociological Association created the W. Richard Scott Award to annually recognize an outstanding article-length contribution to the field. He has received honorary doctorates from the Copenhagen School of Business (2000), the Helsinki School of Economics and Business (2001), and Aarhus University in Denmark (2010).

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