Implementing TQM for library services : the issues. (Record no. 22000)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 00842nam a2200109Ia 4500 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | ROWLEY, Jennifer |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Implementing TQM for library services : the issues. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Defines TQM, and presents the main elements. Explores some of the issues that need to be addressed if TQM is to be successfully implemented, viz: defining quality; clarifying customers; establishing quality as a strategic issue; organizational structure; organizational culture; and, human resource management. Notes that all services present particular problems in relation to quality management because of their inherent characteristics intangibility, perishability, simultaneity and heterogeneity. On the other hand there is an increasing focus on the importance of the quality of the service. |
| 583 ## - ACTION NOTE | |
| Time/date of action | 3/7/00 |
| Action agent | M2LMGR |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Analytic |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| CARICOM Documentation Centre | CARICOM Documentation Centre | 04/05/2023 | 0000000016014 | 04/05/2023 | 04/05/2023 | Analytic |