A Six Sigma approach to sustainability : continual improvement for social responsibility /: continual improvement for social responsibility. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Holly A. Duckworth, Andrea Hoffmeier.
• Authors: Duckworth, Holly Alison, 1963-; Hoffmeier, Andrea
• Contents: Continual Improvement for Social Responsibility ; Introduction; What Is Social Responsibility?; Current Trends in Social Responsibility; ; The Story of Continual Improvement ; The History of the Quality Movement; The History of Six Sigma; History of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving; Why Organizational Structure Is Important; Important Factors in a Continual Improvement Program; Typical Continual Improvement Program; Strategy and Targets; Roles and Responsibilities; Methodology; Putting the CI Program Together; It’s Time to Get to Work; ; The SOFAIR Method ; Introduction to CISR and SOFAIR; Operational Definitions of CISR and SOFAIR Terms; A Walk through the SOFAIR Method; SOFAIR in Summary; ; How SOFAIR Is Deployed in an Organization ; Stakeholders and Subjects Phase; Objective Phase; Analyze Phase; Innovate and Improve Phase; Report and Repeat Phase; ; Examples of SOFAIR in Action ; How to Get Started; SOFAIR Example: Healthcare; SOFAIR Example: Manufacturing; SOFAIR Example: Business Process; SOFAIR Example: Personal; ; Taking Action ; Ten Things an Organizational Leader Can Do; Ten Things a Project Leader Can Do Today as Social Responsibility Action; Ten Things a Communicator Can Do Today as SR Action; Ten Things a Team Member Can Do Today as Social Responsibility Action; ; Appendix A: Glossary; ; Appendix B: Additional References for CISR; ; Practitioners; ; Appendix C: References; ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.4083; Industrial management -- Environmental aspects; Six sigma (Quality control standard); Sustainable development
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498720861
• Related ISBNs: 9781498720854
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