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Short Book Reviews Chase, R.L. Total Quality Management IFS Publications, 1988, £85.00, 208 pages. Impressive collection of 28 papers by some major authors. Divided into sections on The Road to TQM (3 papers), Preparing for TQM (4), TQM Organisation (5), Total Quality Techniques (5), Implementing TQM in Manufacturing (6) and Implementing TQM in the Service Sector (5). Many of the papers are lavishly illustrated with impressive graphs, diagrams and tables. Clearly a major handbook for the TQM practitioner. Lundqvist, L. Mattsson, L.G. Eriksson, E.A. Spatial Energy Analysis Avebury, 1989, £35.00, viii + 386 pages. A book based on papers presented at a 1987 International Conference on Models for Strategic Energy Decisions in an Urban and Regional Context. The book emphasises methodology just as much as case studies, and the contributions of experts from several disciplines cover a broad spectrum of strategic energy issues in Western, socialist and developing countries. Meredith J.R. Project Management - A Managerial Approach John Wiley & Sons, 1989, £16.95, xv +624 pages.
Nicholson, M. Formal Theories in International Relations Cambridge Universi~ Press, 1989, £27.50, xiii + 254 pages. A critical account of formal international relations theory as it stands today. The theory of games is applied to problems of relationships between States, Catastrophe Theory to the Study of the Initiation of Violence, and Probability Theory to the question of the Probability of Nuclear War. It is intended to interest scholars already familiar with mathematical international relations but is written with the interests of the mathematically diffident in mind. Tabucanon, M.T. Multiple Criteria Decision Making in Industry Elsevier, 1989, US$117.00, viii + 339 pages. As well as providing an overview of the fundamentals and various techniques, this volume also shows the practical application of the approach in both production management and business management situations. It is intended to be read by academics, both for research and teaching, and also by managers wishing to expand their decision-making skills. There are a total of 7 chapters addressing MCDM, Multicriterion Optimisation, Criteria, Techniques, and Applications in Production Management, Business Management and other related areas.
A weighty volume comprising 14 chapters and 4 appendices. The body of the text is divided into 3 parts. Part I on Project Initiation addresses those topics important to the Project Manager including Selection, Management, Planning and Negotiation. Part II on Implementation addresses Budgeting, Scheduling, Monitoring/Information Systems and Control. Part III on Termination describes Evaluation and Termination itself. The text is intended as a college textbook at undergraduate or Masters level or for current and prospective project managers. Operational Researchers wishing to review books and publishers wishing to have new books reviewed please contact Professor K.B. Haley or Dr A.M. Tobias, School of Engineering Production, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham B15 2'I1", UK, Tel: (0)21 414 4542. 0377-2217/89/$3.50 © 1989, ElsevierSciencePublishers B.V.(North-Holland)
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Short Book Reviews Chase, R.L. Total Quality Management IFS Publications, 1988, £85.00, 208 pages. Impressive collection of 28 papers by some major authors. Divided into sections on The Road to TQM (3 papers), Preparing for TQM (4), TQM Organisation (5), Total Quality Techniques (5), Implementing TQM in Manufacturing (6) and Implementing TQM in the Service Sector (5). Many of the papers are lavishly illustrated with impressive graphs, diagrams and tables. Clearly a major handbook for the TQM practitioner. Lundqvist, L. Mattsson, L.G. Eriksson, E.A. Spatial Energy Analysis Avebury, 1989, £35.00, viii + 386 pages. A book based on papers presented at a 1987 International Conference on Models for Strategic Energy Decisions in an Urban and Regional Context. The book emphasises methodology just as much as case studies, and the contributions of experts from several disciplines cover a broad spectrum of strategic energy issues in Western, socialist and developing countries. Meredith J.R. Project Management - A Managerial Approach John Wiley & Sons, 1989, £16.95, xv +624 pages.
Nicholson, M. Formal Theories in International Relations Cambridge Universi~ Press, 1989, £27.50, xiii + 254 pages. A critical account of formal international relations theory as it stands today. The theory of games is applied to problems of relationships between States, Catastrophe Theory to the Study of the Initiation of Violence, and Probability Theory to the question of the Probability of Nuclear War. It is intended to interest scholars already familiar with mathematical international relations but is written with the interests of the mathematically diffident in mind. Tabucanon, M.T. Multiple Criteria Decision Making in Industry Elsevier, 1989, US$117.00, viii + 339 pages. As well as providing an overview of the fundamentals and various techniques, this volume also shows the practical application of the approach in both production management and business management situations. It is intended to be read by academics, both for research and teaching, and also by managers wishing to expand their decision-making skills. There are a total of 7 chapters addressing MCDM, Multicriterion Optimisation, Criteria, Techniques, and Applications in Production Management, Business Management and other related areas.
A weighty volume comprising 14 chapters and 4 appendices. The body of the text is divided into 3 parts. Part I on Project Initiation addresses those topics important to the Project Manager including Selection, Management, Planning and Negotiation. Part II on Implementation addresses Budgeting, Scheduling, Monitoring/Information Systems and Control. Part III on Termination describes Evaluation and Termination itself. The text is intended as a college textbook at undergraduate or Masters level or for current and prospective project managers. Operational Researchers wishing to review books and publishers wishing to have new books reviewed please contact Professor K.B. Haley or Dr A.M. Tobias, School of Engineering Production, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham B15 2'I1", UK, Tel: (0)21 414 4542. 0377-2217/89/$3.50 © 1989, ElsevierSciencePublishers B.V.(North-Holland)