Research Catalog

Title

Improving service quality in the global economy : achieving high performance in public and private sectors / Michael E. Milakovich.

Author

Milakovich, Michael E.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : Auerbach Publications, 2006.

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Description

xix , 406 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"Within American service sector organizations there exists a gap between understanding customer service quality improvement (QI) theories and applying them. Improving Service Quality in the Global Economy: Achieving High Performance in Public and Private Sectors, Second Edition fills that gap by presenting theory, application models, and cases of successful customer service QI efforts in both the public and private sectors. The book emphasizes the selection and development of strategies for quality improvement in regulated public non-market-driven services such as education, government, and healthcare." "This revised edition promotes managerial thinking that integrates QI and Knowledge Management (KM) concepts with leadership principles that enable effective responses to the changing demands of the global economy. The text provides step-by-step guidelines, recommendations, and action plans for implementing quality improvements in service sector industries, which now generate two-thirds of America's GDP." "Throughout this volume, cases of successful QI efforts in service industries complement major points in each chapter, offering profiles of global service quality leaders that serve as examples to organizations in the public sector. Current and future managers will gain insight into how the global service quality revolution effects their daily work environments, inspiring improvement in products, services, and support that American companies provide to markets worldwide."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Quality control
• Industrial management
• Service industries > Management

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Improving service quality. 1995.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-360) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction : the need for improved global service quality -- 2. Applying total quality service concepts to public and nonprofit organizations -- 3. From quality control to continuous improvement -- 4. People power : total quality human resources, participation, training, and empowerment -- 5. Monitoring process, costs, quality, and productivity -- 6. Rewarding service quality improvement -- 7. Managing performance in the public sector -- 8. Preserving the future : improving quality in education -- 9. Implementing continuous quality healthcare improvement -- 10. Leadership for service quality improvement -- App. A. The eternally successful organization grid -- App. B. Deming's 14 points -- App. C. Crosby's 14 steps -- App. D. 2004 criteria for performance excellence - item listing -- App. E. Are we making progress? -- App. F. State quality award programs.

ISBN

0849338190 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005043912

OCLC

• 58789510
• ocm58789510
• SCSB-5207390

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries