Thursday, December 18, 2008

The QFD Handbook or Essentials of Career Interest Assessment

The QFD Handbook

Author: Jack B ReVell

Everything you need to design, implement, and manage a successful QFD program The QFD Handbook is a total how-to guide for companies planning to initiate a QFD program as well as those that already have one in place. Over the course of 23 contributed chapters, organized according to subject area, this book tutors managers and engineers in basic and advanced QFD principles and practices. Among more advanced topics covered are Taguchi methods, FMEA, TRIZ, and Business Process Reengineering. In addition to traditional application areas, you will find in-depth discussions of QFD in ISO 9000, QS 9000, environmental life cycle, service design, robust design, and software design. On the disk Designed to function in conjunction with the book or as a stand-alone tool for everyday use, the QFD/Pathway software helps QFD teams to develop, deploy, and manage a complete QFD program. This user-friendly, interactive software tool provides valuable assistance at each step of the QFD process, helping members define customer needs, establish goals, translate goals into specific actions, overcome common roadblocks, and more. The QFD Handbook is an indispensable resource for executives, managers, engineers, and R&D professionals who want their companies to survive and thrive in today’s supercompetitive industrial marketplace.

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A book/disk how-to guide for companies planning to initiate a QFD program, and for those that already have one in place. Explains basic and advanced QFD principles and practices, such as Taguchi methods, FMEA, TRIZ, and Business Process Reengineering. Covers traditional areas as well as QFD in ISO 9000, QS 9000, environmental life cycle, service design, robust design, and software design. The companion disk contains interactive software that helps QFD teams develop, deploy, and manage a program. For executives, managers, engineers, and R&D professionals. Includes a glossary and forms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



See also: Strategic Bankruptcy or Introduction to Systems Analysis Design

Essentials of Career Interest Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series)

Author: Jeffrey P Princ



• Complete coverage of interpretation, test construction, applications, and reporting

• Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls

• Conveniently formatted for rapid reference



Confidently acquire the knowledge and skills you need to conduct, interpret, apply, and report career interest assessments

Essentials of Career Interest Assessment provides step-by-step advice for interpreting and using today’s most popular career interest assessments, including the Strong Interest Inventory™, the Campbell™ Interest and Skill Survey, the Self-Directed Search®, and other innovative career interest assessment tools. Providing essential information required to understand and evaluate these valuable instruments, this book will help you acquire the confidence and skills

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Advance Praise for essentials of career interest assessment

"Presents easy-to-read, key practical information on the most popular career interest assessments. The chapters are clear and concise, presenting valuable information for professionals in applied settings.



Table of Contents:
Series Preface
1Overview1
2Strong Interest Inventory5
3Campbell Interest and Skill Survey70
4Self-Directed Search128
5Illustrative Case Report163
6Other Types of Interest Assessment207
References257
Annotated Bibliography263
Index271
Acknowledgments275
About the Authors277

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