Great Biz Read: Out of the Crisis
Entrepreneur:
Business authors and experts have proclaimed enough revolutions to fill a long shelf. Most of these turn out more like ripples than tidal waves, as a check of any bookstore’s markdown shelves will show.
Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times and changing objectives to remain as relevant today as when they first came out.
This week we present five books worthy of space on any entrepreneur’s shelf–now and in the future.
First up, Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming.
Deming introduced statistical methods for quality measurement and improvement in post-war Japan, guiding its rise to manufacturing superstardom. In the 1970s, U.S. business leaders worried about Japanese inroads asked Deming for help, beginning the quality revolution here.
Deming’s teachings challenged American business practice at almost every point. Among his most revolutionary ideas were the notions that […]
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