From the best-selling quality management author, David Hoyle, Quality Management Essentials is the perfect brief, yet authoritative, introduction to the fundamentals of quality management. Quality in organizations, large or small, is achieved with intelligent use of various concepts, principles, tools and techniques. For those coming to the subject for the first time, these philosophies associated with quality management can be quite overwhelming. This very readable book provides a fast track introduction and executive level appraisal of the field from a respected and experienced author.

Table of Contents

Preface 1, Basic concepts of Quality, Quality Management and the ISO regulatory frameworks 2, How we think about quality and how to achieve quality 3, Managing quality using ISO 9000 4, Managing quality in practice using the process approach Appendices Planning, documenting and measuring quality: QMS forms and processes Making the Case for Quality

About the Author

David Hoyle is an international management consultant with over 30 years' experience in quality management. He has held senior positions in quality management with British Aerospace and Ferranti International and worked with such companies as General Motors, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Bell Atlantic on their quality improvement programmes. As well as delivering quality management and auditor training courses throughout the world, he has participated in various industry councils and committees, including the Institute of Quality Assurance.

Reviews

"Written in a simple, easy to read style, this book will appeal to those who are serious about the value-add of a quality management system. The book consists of seven sections presented in a logical and progressive order, with informative chapter summaries." Paul Harding Managing Director SAQI, e-Quality Edge South Africa