ABSTRACT

This book considers strategic aspects of quality management and self-assessment frameworks, and provides an in-depth examination of a number of the main quality improvement tools and techniques. Incorporating a critical orientation and drawing upon original case-studies, it also reviews the implementation of a variety of quality management programmes in a range of organisational contexts, including manufacturing, higher education, health care, policing and retailing.

part |2 pages

Part I Developing a strategic orientation for Quality Management

part |2 pages

Part II Quality improvement tools and techniques for the twenty-first century

part |2 pages

Part III Case studies in Quality Management

chapter 6|20 pages

TQM in higher education institutions

A review and case application

chapter 7|18 pages

Do customers know what is best for them?

The use of SERVQUAL in UK policing

chapter |1 pages

Appendices

full version, see Zeithaml et 1990)

chapter |2 pages

Appendix 7.2 SERVQUAL questionnaire adapted for a police context

(used to measure both expectations and perceptions)

chapter |1 pages

Appendix 7.4 Root causes of gaps

chapter 8|29 pages

Quality in the NHS

Can we master the art of ‘conversation’?

chapter 10|16 pages

Changing supervisory relations at work

Behind the success stories of Quality Management initiatives