Why Quality Is within Our Grasp ... If We Reach.

Rhodes, Lewis A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Why Quality Is within Our Grasp ... If We Reach.

Rhodes, Lewis A.

School Administrator, v47 n10 p31-34 Nov 1990

Today's calls for school restructuring demand a greater response than piecemeal tinkering. The impetus for total organizational change started over 30 years ago in Japan as industrial leaders adapted W. Edwards Deming's beliefs and strategies concerning psychology, systems, perceptual theoretical frameworks, and causes of variation. Quality results are needed in schools. (MLH)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Change Strategies, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation, Organizational Change, Organizational Theories, Productivity, Quality Circles, School Organization, School Restructuring, Total Quality Management

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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