Process improvement : a handbook for managers /

"Sarah Cook's latest book offers a systematic, customer-focused approach to improving the way we work. The methods it describes can be applied equally to a specific area or function and to the organization as a whole."--BOOK JACKET. "The author outlines a four-stage approach and...

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Main Author: Cook, Sarah, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Gower, c1996.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Process Improvement in Perspective -- 2. The Beginnings -- 3. Benefits and Problems -- 4. Setting the Scene -- 5. The Four-Stage Approach -- 6. Stage 1: Identifying the Needs -- 7. Stage 2: Assessment and Analysis -- 8. Stage 3: Designing Processes -- 9. Stage 4: Implementation -- 10. Process Improvement in Action. 
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