John S. Oakland is executive chairman of Oakland Consulting plc and head of its research and education division, the European Centre for Business Excellence. He is also part-time chair in business excellence at Leeds University Business School. Over the last 20 years he has consulted in all aspects of business improvement and quality management. He has directed several large business research projects in Europe, which have brought him into contact with a diverse range of organisations. He specialises in SPC and TQM and has authored books on the subjects.

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John Oakland - US and European Quality Awards

Books:

Pocket Guide to TQM (Mini Pictorial Guides) ……Total Organizational Excellence: Achieving World Class Performance ……Total Quality Management: A pictorial guide for managers (Pictorial Guides) ……Total Quality Management : The route to improving performance ……TQM: Text with Cases, Third Edition (TQM: Text with Cases)