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Books for 21st century management
Out of the CrisisOut of the Crisis by WE Deming
Buy new: £18.89 / Used from: £14.38
Seminal landmark work on modern management. THE place to start if you want to understand the need for management transformation.
The Fifth DisciplineThe Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge
Buy new: £12.50 / Used from: £11.32
Senge's work on Systems explains how processes grow and develop. The Fieldbook is also a "must read"
Mastering Statistical Process Control: A Handbook for Performance Improvement Using SPC CasesMastering Statistical Process Control: A Handbook for Performance Improvement Using SPC Cases by Tim Stapenhurst
Buy new: £29.39 / Used from: £46.74
Presents a wide variety of real life case studies to demonstrate and explain why and how to use control charts to understand process performance measurements
The Benchmarking Book: Best Practice for Quality Managers and PractitionersThe Benchmarking Book: Best Practice for Quality Managers and Practitioners by Tim Stapenhurst
Buy new: £33.24 / Used from: £26.09
Detailed practical hands-on users guide on why and how to use benchmarking to improve process performance
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 70 Tools for Improving Quality and SpeedThe Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 70 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed by Michael L. George
Buy new: £6.67 / Used from: £4.50
Excellent summary of a huge number of process improvement tools
Maverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual WorkplaceMaverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace by Ricardo Semler
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £1.66
Amazing non-technical story of Semco, a large conglomerate that re-invented itself and survived