Multinational companies transfer managerial practices such as quality management globally. Studies from different perspectives have examined cultural, institutional, and organizational challenges in practice transfer, however, little is known about the micro-processes of intercultural transfer,...

Part I: Basic Ideas of Managed Care -- Definitions and Concepts -- Main Characteristics of the American Healthcare System -- Theoretical Concepts for the Assessment of Managed Care -- Part II: Managed Care Organisations and Products -- Preliminary Remarks -- Insurance-Based Managed Care...

What Is in the Book and How to Navigate Through It -- Standards for Management Systems: Overview and Main Ingredients -- Generic Standards for Management Systems: An Overview -- Industry-specific Standards for Management Systems -- Standards for Compliance, Anti-Bribery and Corporate Social...

Chapter 1 Basics in Lean Management -- Chapter 2 The cultural Change towards Lean Management -- Chapter 3 Kaizen: Continuous Improvements in small Steps -- Chapter 4 Waste and Value-added -- Chapter 5 Lean Management as part of the corporate Strategy -- Chapter 6 Leadership and Empowerment --...

Chapter 1: Lean Management: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Kaizen, Kaikaku and Innovation Management -- Chapter 3: Kata – Behavioural Transformation towards Lean Management -- Chapter 4: Keiretsu Networks -- Chapter 5: Kyouiku – The Learning Enterprise -- Chapter 6: Policy Deployment and Hoshin...

Part I: The Performative -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On Performativity -- Part II: The Enterprise -- 3. On Supply Ontology -- 4. On Quality Ontology -- Part III: The Performative Enterprise -- 5. The form of the Enterprise -- 6. The Post-Industrial Turn. .

Grundlagen und Bedeutung des Qualitätsmanagements für Non-Profit-Organisationen -- Konzeptionelle Grundlagen des Qualitätsmanagements für Non-Profit-Organisationen -- Messung der Qualität von Non-Profit-Leistungen -- Strategische Ausrichtung des Qualitätsmanagements für...

Einleitung -- Qualitätsmanagement und Qualitätsmanagementsysteme -- Relevante Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen -- Status Quo der gesetzlichen Regelungen für externe Qualitätssicherung und internes Qualitätsmanagement im deutschen Gesundheitswesen --...

I Organization of Six Sigma -- 1. Overview of Quality and Six Sigma -- 2. Organization for Six Sigma -- 3. Cultural Considerations for Effective Six Sigma Teams -- II Six Sigma Process: DMAIC -- 4. Define Phase: D Is for Define -- 5. Measure Phase: M Is for Measure -- 6. Measurement System...

Daten sind die Basis der digitalisierten Wirtschaft. Die Industrie 4.0 und digitale Services produzieren nie gekannte Datenmengen und ermöglichen neue Geschäftsmodelle. Datenqualität wird dabei zum kritischen Erfolgsfaktor. Dieses Buch präsentiert für Praktiker wie für Wissenschaftler...