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Not quite a pocket guide

Only a Pocket Guide

Great for training on an ISO 9000:2000 system

For Quality Persons

Iso Lesson Guide 2000: Pocket Guide to Q9001 2000
Dennis R. Arter , and J. P. Russell
Manufacturer: ASQ Quality Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873895061

Book Description

Quick Reference Guide Completely Updated! Many companies have discovered that to achieve a higher level of performance excellence employees must first have a command of the quality principles. This pocket-sized guide presents and defines the new ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001:2000 standard, and the common methods used to achieve quality, in easy-to-understand words. Written by Dennis Arter and J. P. Russell, top ISO 9000 auditors and key participants in Standards authoring bodies, The ISO Lesson Guide 2000 discusses quality, its measurable characteristics, and the role of customer requirements in all quality management systems. Using the ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001:2000 standard as the model, each ISO clause (and its key concepts), the ISO process approach, and the Quality Management Principles are also explained. This great training and study tool was written to be an ideal handout for new and existing employees who need to understand these newly revised quality principles.

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Not quite a pocket guide.......2004-07-20

Mr. Arter and Mr. Russell have both written some excellent ISO 9000/auditing books. This book is not one of those.

Based on the Feb 2004 review I thought this was the book I was looking for. I was actually looking for a small pocket guide to provide to my internal auditors. Something that breaks down the requirements of the standard in short simple explanations. This book turned out to be much more basic than that.

I'll provide a quote from the book as an example: (Page 13)

"List the 10 to 20 processes that are really important. Now write out one descriptive paragraph on how you do each of those important processes in your organization. Keep the paragraphs short and to the point. Next, keeping in mind the PDCA cycle, draw a picture to show how the processes connect. When you bring all of this together, you have a quality manual." (Any typos are my property)

Try convincing a registration auditor on that one!

This book oversimplifies the requirements to the point that it is only useful as an introduction to a QMS. I doubt that this book would be of any use to anyone with even a slight bit of prior knowledge.

Only a Pocket Guide.......2004-02-27

This book is helpful in only the simplest manner. Please do not expect an all informative book. Each section is decribed in only minimal terms. This is only a brief pocket guide.

Great for training on an ISO 9000:2000 system.......2002-11-01

This is a great little pocket guide for anyone charged with having to train a large staff of employees on an ISO 9000:2000 system. It is written in clear, understandable language that is easily accesible by any employee.

For Quality Persons.......2002-02-27

Hi,Refer this book atleast once before starting the Procedure,
It will guide you a lot.

Akin.B.Raghu

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Iso Lesson Guide 2000: Pocket Guide to Q9001 : 2000
Dennis Arter
Manufacturer: ASQ Quality Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 087389488X

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Cross Functional Teams : Working with Allies, Enemies and Other Strangers, Tool Kit Package
Glenn M. Parker
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass, Incorporated Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HMQRTO

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Cross Functional Teams : Working with Allies, Enemies, and Other Strangers (includes one copy each of Tool Kit & book) , Teams Set
Glenn M. Parker
Manufacturer: Pfeiffer & Company
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Binding: Ring-bound

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ASIN: 0787910767

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Create high-performing teams that achieve amazing results! Implement successful cross-functional teams in your organization. This useful tool kit and book are packed with examples and ideas for effective team building.

The book helps you to successfully develop your own cross-functional teams by using advice from more than 100 companies, including Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Sun Microsystems, the EPA, and many others. You'll learn how to set goals for shared commitments and how to overcome barriers and obstacles to teamwork.

You'll learn how to:

Develop a plan to implement cross-functional teams
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Six invigorating icebreakers
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You'll learn how to:

Develop a plan to implement cross-functional teams
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Design a training program for team members and leaders
Conduct training and team building for new and ongoing teams
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The tool kit gives you:

Six invigorating icebreakers
Five experiential team-building activities
Five insightful assessment tools
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Although the history of centrally planned economies has been widely studied, the development of socialist thinking on the subject has remained largely uncharted. In this pathbreaking work, Pekka Sutela presents a detailed analysis of recent and contemporary Soviet economic thought. Dr. Sutela traces the competing currents in the Marxist tradition of socialist economies from the Revolution to the present day. In particular he shows how the Gorbachev economic reform program of 1987 rose from the work of Nobel Prize economist L. V. Kantorovich and his followers, and explains why this program subsequently failed. Since then, Soviet economists have tried to abandon their traditional theory of central planning and move along the path toward a market economy. Through extensive research, as well as his long established contacts with leading Soviet economists, Pekka Sutela shows how Soviet economic thinking has moved from dogmatism through reformism to pragmatism.

Economic Thought and Economic Reform in the Soviet Union. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues

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Economic Thought and Economic Reform in the Soviet Union. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Doug Brown
Manufacturer: Association for Evolutionary Economics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B00091Z48S
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on March 1, 1993. The length of the article is 1321 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Economic Thought and Economic Reform in the Soviet Union. (book reviews)
Author: Doug Brown
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1993
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics
Volume: v27 Issue: n1 Page: p271(4)

Article Type: Book Review

Distributed by Thomson Gale

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This manual is a user-friendly, step-by-step, and skill-by-skill guide on how to create an effective training program. It offers specific tips, clearly defined techniques, and practical worksheets for dynamic presentations. You'll develop and refine your presentation skills to lead adults in the pursuit of knowledge. It's true, adults learn no matter what. Your challenge is to maximize their learning experience by tailoring your presentations to meet the needs of people with different styles of learning--thinkers, feelers, perceivers, and observers. Novices will learn the fundamentals of classroom-style training program design, development, and implementation. Experienced trainers will use this manual to assess their strengths and limitations. Seasoned trainers will use this manual as a resource to teach courses in training design and development.

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Although there are many books of methods and tools in different areas, few books actually give detailed tips and lessons on how to effectively set up and manage projects. Most books on project management devote all their space to specific methods. Breakthrough Technology Project Management, Second Edition provides tangible guidelines through examples and suggestions to help people participate in and manage projects more effectively. The authors' techniques and guidelines have been proven over the past 15 years in courses and counseling. This book is a valuable tool for those working in information systems, engineering, computer science, operations and production, and other environments involving project management.

Key Features
* The Purpose of this book is to answer:
* How can the overall technology project management process be improved?
* Which systems projects should be given resources and approved for action?
* How can all systems and technology projects be better managed together?
* How can individual projects be better managed and more successful?
* What are specific guidelines for managing different types of projects?
The Scope of the Book Answers
* What projects should be approved?
* How do you formulate and start projects effectively?
* How do you manage single and multiple projects?
* How do you identify, analyze, and address specific project issues?
* How do you obtain results through communicating effectively with management, team members, staff, and vendors?

Customer Reviews:

Very good.......2003-10-02

This a very good book. It is written by two people that together have more than 40 years of experience in project management (PM) and provides with real and usefull examples.
I strongly recommend reading to people that already know PM. Its not a basic book in PM.

very thorough and complete guide to IT projects.......2002-05-27

IT projects are very different from standard projects. This books provides an in-depth approach to managing IT projects. It has some very good specific tips regarding risk analysis, the management critical path (as opposed to the critical path), the use of score cards for project evaluation, how to deal with issues, and how to use lessons learned and experience to get continuous improvement in project management. In addition, the book focuses on templates rather than the traditional work breakdown structure-so it is gives greater flexibility. Another novel approach is use of the team members in participating in project management. Overall, very useful and informative.

realistic and usable guide to IT projects.......2002-04-30

Our organization has reviewed over 50 books in IT and general project management from the view of usability and useful methods for a multiple project, complex environment. We found books like Schwabe and Menche somewhat useful, but very limited in dealing with the actual problems faced in projects. There was just too much introductory material. This book, on the other hand, is very useful in that it addresses problems such as scope creep, changing requirements, high management expectations, dealing with vendors and users, and other specific issues. It is also being translated into Chinese. This is the book you should get if you want to address problems in real projects and want specific guidelines.

Very good book.......2002-01-14

This is very good book on project management, i am a member of pmi, but in pmi u learn more about project management in general but this book is for IT guys, esply chapter on project management process is good, allso about tackling issues is well documented.

Real help for project management.......2001-05-25

I have applied methods in this book and a related seminar to a number of real projects and have gotten excellent results. I am not an IT person and was placed in charge of systems. The book helped me to plan and execute a huge IT project from scratch.I have 12 staff who were applications programmers of which 2 were analysts. I divided their tasks and attached them to users per the ideas in the book. The approach was applied to enhancements, new systems for tender evaluation and purchasing, and hardware. Per the methods of the book, all arising matters with management, vendors, and users were seen as issues and not as problems. By the team approach we were able to sack one person and reassign his roles. A 4 year project was finished in 2 years. Hardware and WAN were completed in two months. Right now we are planning a project to reach out to the remotest plantations that we own that is another 170 areas. We are using the book here as well. The key idea here is that the methods in this book are different and WORK.

Breakthrough Technology Project Management

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Breakthrough Technology Project Management
Kathryn Rea, Kathryn P. Rea Bennet Lientz
Manufacturer: Academic Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH6D3C

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For librarians, AIDS service organizations, people living with AIDS, and the general public, the Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-Related Terminology is a comprehensive guide to conditions and medical terms associated with HIV/AIDS. Including words specific to the epidemic and psychosocial phrases, this essential volume offers you definitions of HIV/AIDS medications and listings of organizations and government agencies that are concerned with the disease. With this single resource, you will be able to easily and thoroughly understand the sometimes complex jargon associated with HIV/AIDS.

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Includes histories, definitions, and resources listings.......2001-07-06

Jeffrey Huber and Mary Gillaspy's Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Aids-related Terminology provides an excellent basic reference to the terminology of various AIDS conditions, including histories, definitions, and resources listings.

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