books by Michael L. George

books by Michael L. George

books:

Michael L. George

The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed

Michael L. George, John Maxey, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2004

A quick refresher of Lean Six Sigma elements
A well-organized, bullet-pointed listing of the big elements of the Lean Six Sigma processes. A great tool to have handy for referencing when the big kahuna wants to talk about the program. It's the size of a typical paperback novel and organized in a logical, ...

What is Lean Six Sigma

Michael L. George, David Rowlands, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2003

An accelerated explanation of how to produce more and better results, in less time, and at a lower cost
It seems eminently appropriate that a book which explains what Lean Six Sigma is (and isn't) should exemplify the same principles it addresses: It delights its reader with the speed by which its material is covered and with the quality of that material, it offers ...

Conquering Complexity in Your Business: How Wal-Mart, Toyota, and Other Top Companies Are Breaking Through ...

Michael L. George, Stephen A. Wilson

McGraw-Hill, 2004

Compelling Business Case for Conquering Complexity
I found Conquering Complexity provides an excellent framework and lays out a compelling business case for why and how you should focus on complexity. This is the best guide out there in terms of a comprehensive approach to identify, quantify and attack complexity. ...

Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Set

Zondervan, 2002

A handy reference that is easy to use
All four books are hardcover and smith bound, measuring 8" x10". The set is a background commentary for the New Testament and includes many, many color pictures, maps, and charts (on every page there is something). Further the set is littered with interesting sidebars ...

Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions

Michael L. George

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Very good book!
For someone who is looking for how to improve the service quality, this is the right book!

The Group Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy
Dawn Viers

The Haworth Press Inc, 2006

Group work requires facilitators to use different skills than they would use in individual or family therapy. The Group Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy offers facilitators effective strategies to gather individuals who have their own unique needs together to form a group where each member feels ...

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

Michael F. Drummond, Mark J. Sculpher, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

Guide to economic evaluation
As a PhD student, this book is a required text book. I found it provides a concise and sysmatic guide to economic evaluation. The material is rich and surprisingly not dry. The book provides examples, graphs, and exercises with answers right after the problems!! ...

Lean Six Sigma : Combining Six Sigma Quality with Lean Production Speed

Michael L. George

McGraw-Hill, 2002

Written for a specific audience ..
"Lean Six Sigma: Combining Six Sigma Quality with Lean Speed" is not a how-to book written for actual front-line practitioners of the techniques. Instead, George's effort is expressly directed to the possibly skeptical CEO who may be considering implementing a Lean/6 ...

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs (Oxford Medical Publications)

Michael F. Drummond, Bernard J. O'Brien, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Programmes
This review is for the first edition, published in 1987 and reprinted seven times. Later editions are enlarged and are more expensive. The text is an excellent introduction into ways of comparing and assessing the value of health care, and has a great introduction ...

Fast Innovation: Achieving Superior Differentiation, Speed to Market, and Increased Profitability

Michael L. George, James Works, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2005

Valuable Insights and Counsel in Combination with Practicality
The last time I checked, Amazon and its online partner Borders offer more than 12,000 different books on the subject of innovation. Presumably this number will continue to increase as organizations become more actively involved with strategic planning in a global ...

Cultures and Nations of Central and Eastern Europe: Essays in Honor of Roman Szporluk (Harvard Ukrainian ...

Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University, 2001

Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. ...

Lean Six Sigma for Service: How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transcations
Michael L. George

American Media International, 2008

This bestseller brings the miracle of Lean Six Sigma improvement out of manufacturing and into service. Lean Six Sigma for Service fills the need for a service-based approach, explaining how companies of all types can cost-effectively translate manufacturing-oriented Lean Six Sigma tools into the service delivery process.

Breast Cancer Case Studies
Adrian Harnett, Walton, ...

Greenwich Medical Media, 2002

Featuring 37 detailed case studies, with comprehensive explanatory text and full colour illustrations, this book provides any healthcare professional involved in breast cancer with clear guidelines and helpful pointers on the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of this important and widespread condition. All cases are based on real cases ...

Small Garden...Bitter Weed

George L. Beckford, Michael Witter

Zed Books Ltd, 1982

Excellent Condition
This was a second hand book, purchased in desperation to replaced one I had borrowed to do my thesis and my puppy ate it. I was really worried, but the condition was even better than the description and was an expanded edition.The lender is no longer frowning at me

Intelligent Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis for Engineering Systems

George Vachtsevanos, Frank L. Lewis, ...

Wiley, 2006

A must reference for serious research in this field
As a researcher in diagnosis/prognosis for PHM I frequently have to reference this book. I attended the conference hosted by one of the authors and this book does serve as a compliment. The topics are well organized and the writing is easy to follow. Examples are ...