Good products, bad products : essential elements to achieving superior quality
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New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012.
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0071782400, 9780071782401, 9780071782418, 0071782419, 1283405865, 9781283405867
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Featuring case studies of famous brands that became victims of their own success like Kodak; IBM; Zenith; and GM; this provocative book provides a brilliant; in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can make or break a products success. --,Edited summary from book.
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Adams, J. (2012). Good products, bad products: essential elements to achieving superior quality . McGraw-Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Adams, James. 2012. Good Products, Bad Products: Essential Elements to Achieving Superior Quality. McGraw-Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Adams, James. Good Products, Bad Products: Essential Elements to Achieving Superior Quality McGraw-Hill, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Adams, James. Good Products, Bad Products: Essential Elements to Achieving Superior Quality McGraw-Hill, 2012.
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505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Products and Quality: What Is the Situation? -- Future Trends: Population Growth and "Taste" -- An Example of Quality Improvement -- Beyond Manufacturing Quality -- Global Competition -- Onward -- Chapter 2 Problems in Increasing Product Quality: Narrow-Mindedness and Attitudes -- Thinking, Problem Solving, and Quality -- Tradition Runs Deep -- Flaws in Economic Theory -- The Changing Nature of Design -- Increasing Creativity and Innovation -- Chapter 3 Performance, Cost, and Price: Is It a Good Deal? -- Quantifying Performance -- The Complexity of Cost and Price -- The Balancing Act Between Performance and Cost -- Why Are There Problems? -- Chapter 4 Human Fit: Does the Product Fit People? -- Physical Fit -- Sensory Fit -- Cognitive Fit -- Complexity -- Safety and Health -- Chapter 5 Craftsmanship: Joy to the Maker, Joy to the User -- Why Do We Care About Craftsmanship? -- The Pleasure and Pride of Craft -- The Industry and Culture Problem -- The Nature of Craftsmanship -- Some Suggestions -- Chapter 6 Products, Emotions, and Needs: Love, Hate, or Blah? -- How Emotions Play a Role -- The Complexity of Human Emotions -- Diversity in Emotional Responses -- The Mechanisms of Emotion -- Human Needs -- Needs and Emotions -- Need Finding -- Chapter 7 Aesthetics, Elegance, and Sophistication: Wisdom Through Experience -- Aesthetics and Industrial Products -- A Bit of Background on Industrial Design -- Elegance and Sophistication -- Product Form and Function -- Some Concerns on Today's Aesthetics -- Chapter 8 Symbolism and Cultural Values: Who Are We? -- Products, Symbolism, and Cultures -- Products and National Cultures -- Products and Subcultures -- Globalism and Cultures -- Chapter 9 Global Constraints: Does the Product Fit a Finite Earth and Its Inhabitants? -- Big Problems. | |
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