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REFERENCES

Belassco, James A, and Stayer, Ralph C., Flight of the Buffalo, Soaring to Excellence, Letting Employees Lead, Warner Books, Inc., New York (1993) [This is the best book on leadership we have read.] Covey, Stephen R., The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Powerful Lessons in Change, A Fireside Book, Simon and Schuster, New York et al (1989) [Covey's focus is on developing people. The exercises in here are useful for anyone, whether in a team or not.]

Deming, W. Edwards, Out of the Crisis, M.I.T. Center for Advanced Engineering Study, Cambridge, MA (1986) [This is Deming's most famous book and expresses well our biases towards organizations. It can be a difficult read at times. Scherkenbach is a little more readable.]

Deming, W. Edwards, The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (Second Edition), M.I.T. Center for Advanced Engineering Study, Cambridge, MA (1994)

Harper, Ann and Harper, Bob, Team Barriers, Actions for Overcoming the Blocks to Empowerment, Involvement, & High-Performance, MW Corporation, New York, 1994

Scherkenbach, William W., The Deming Road to Quality and Productivity, Road Maps and Roadblocks,CEEPress Books, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1988). [Good reference for stories from Ford and other manufacturers. Also a very good explanation of Deming's 14 points.]

Scholtes, Peter R., The Team Handbook, How to Use Teams to Improve Quality, Jointer Associates, Inc, 1988 [This book should be in every team's library.]

Waterson, Bill, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat. A Calvin and Hobbes Collection, Andrews and McMeel, A Universal Press Syndicate Company, Kansas City (1994) [Just in case you need some laughs. Too bad Calvin and Hobbes are no longer around to amuse us.]

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How to Grow Effective Teams,
And Run Meetings that Aren't a Waste of Time.

How to Recognize When Special Causes Exist,
A Guide to Using Statistical Process Control

How to Blame the System and NOT Mean, "I give up!"
14 Principles for Improving Any System

When "Good Enough" Isn't Good Enough,
Core Ideas of Total Quality"

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