[Dialogue] Have you written a book? --just keeps coming . . .

Wed Apr 15 21:33:53 EDT 2009

Gordon,

I think Greene's book is called Global Quality.  I used it a lot 10  
years ago in India.

Jack
On Apr 11, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Gordon Harper wrote:

> Quite Remarkable --
>
> Especially when one recalls back when we talked about just the  
> possibility of one of our staff writing a single book!
>
> Another important book by a former staff member is by Richard  
> Greene.  It's a scholarly publication in which he compares the  
> internal and external operations of our organization in the  
> seventies with those of the Saturn car company and one other  
> organization.  One of the most powerful books about us that I know  
> of, written as an academic analysis.  The last time I looked at it,  
> I recall getting a copy through Inter-Library Loan.
>
> A lively member of our staff for several years, Richard went on to  
> become a professor of economics at the University of Chicago with a  
> joint appointment to a university in Japan.  Long since retired, I  
> believe and living in Japan at my last contact.  Anyone know the  
> title of this book (or even how to connect with Richard today)?
>
> Attached is a list that might be helpful from the earliest ICA  
> website.  Many of the books on it have already been mentioned, and  
> it includes the two (along with their pictures) some of you have  
> mentioned that I published in Chinese and English in Taiwan.
>
> Gordon
>
>
> James Wiegel wrote:
>>
>> Brian Griffith has written a couple of books.  Richard Elliot also,  
>> if I am not mistaken.
>>
>> Jim Wiegel
>>
>> "There is no hope of joy except in human relations."
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>> +1  623-363-3277
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>>    www.partnersinparticipation.com
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