With an eye on the future and a finger on the pulse of today's rapid changes due to global competition, this straightforward, state-of-the-art guide addresses the key issues, concerns, and factors relating specifically to modern workplace environments in the safety and health professions. Highly functional in content and approach, it draws immediate connections between principles and their practices in real-world settings, includes the latest OSHA standards, and approaches safety and health issues from the perspective of Total Quality Management (TQM) and global competitiveness. The author examines accidents and their effects, theories of accident causation, the OSHA Act, standards, and liability, workers' compensation, ergonomic hazards, mechanical hazards and machine safeguarding, falling, impact, acceleration, industrial hygiene, safety analysis and prevention, accident investigation and reporting, ethics and safety, safety, health, and competition in the global marketplace and violence in the workplace. For safety directors and managers.

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Product Description: Providing an example of excellence is important for organizational leaders who want employees to commit to peak performance and continual improvement. But, by itself, it is not enough. Organizational leaders must also develop employees in ways that equip, enable, and empower them so they are able to fulfill their commitment...read more

Product Description: This new offering tackles issues and standards relating to construction safety. Written to address the complexities of today’s job sites, it prepares students to handle all of the safety, health, and compliance responsibilities of even the largest construction projects...read more

Product Description: Never before has an aspiring drafting technician had such a comprehensive resource for learning the skills necessary for career success in the drafting field! The culmination of years of interviews and surveys with top professionals in the industry, The Successful Drafting Technician sets out to address this question: In addition to the knowledge and skills learned in school, what does it take to succeed as a drafting technician in today's hyper-competitive workplace? The collected responses were organized into these 12 essential strategies...read more

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Product Description: Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, Building a Winning Career in Business offers twenty proven ways to build and sustain a successful business career. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific “soft skills” that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession...read more

Product Description: Never before have beginning and aspiring electronic technicians had such a comprehensive resource for learning the skills necessary for career success in the electronics field! The culmination of years of interviews and surveys with top professionals in the industry, The Successful Electronics Technician sets out to address this question: In addition to the knowledge and skills learned in school, what does it take to succeed as an electronics technician in today's hyper-competitive workplace? The collected responses were organized into these 12 essential strategies...read more

Product Description: Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, Building a Winning Career in Healthcare offers twenty proven ways to build and sustain a successful career in the healthcare professions. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific “soft skills” that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession...read more

This book features a straightforward, practical look at applying the theories and principles of total quality in the real world. Current and comprehensive, it covers every aspect of total quality -- including several that receive little or no attention in other total quality books -- helping professionals understand that in order to compete in the global arena, businesses must achieve consistent peak performance, continual improvement, and maximum competitiveness. The sixth edition has been updated to include coverage of Lean and Lean Six Sigma. Key topics covered include global competitiveness; strategic management; ethics and corporate social responsibility; partnering and strategic alliances; quality culture; customer satisfaction and retention; employee empowerment; leadership; teamwork; communication; education and training; overcoming negativity; the ISO 9000 quality management system; tools and techniques; and implementing total quality management.

Product Description: Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, "Building a Winning Career in Architecture" offers twenty proven ways to build and sustain a successful architectural career. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific "soft skills" that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession...read more

Product Description: Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, "Building a Winning Career in Engineering" offers twenty-five proven ways to build and sustain a successful engineering career. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific "soft skills" that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession...read more

Product Description: Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, "Building a Winning Career in a Technical Profession" offers twenty proven ways to build and sustain a successful technical career. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific "soft skills" that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession...read more

For courses in Quality Management, Total Quality Management, Quality Engineering, and Quality Technology.This direct, straightforward text provides students with material that focuses on making the theories and principles of total quality practical and useful in a real-world setting. It covers all of the elements of total quality, including several that receive little or no attention in other total quality books.

Product Description: Effective Strategic planning is one of the most important steps a company needs to take in order to have a competitive advantage in today's marketplace.  Effective Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage: Ten Steps for Technical Professionals presents the reader with a ten-step model that represents a comprehensive effective approach to strategic planning...read more