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Quality . . . Or Else!

Quality or ElseMany companies and government agencies have used the Quality...Or Else! PBS series to educate employees about the global economy, the imperative to understand the new meaning of quality, and the kinds of changes that management and employees must make to stay in business and make a profit or achieve mission objectives.

The companion course of study in fifteen sessions, consisting of a facilitator’s guide and participant notebooks, is used in colleges and university teaching as well as businesses, and is an excellent, introduction to the underlying quality issues.

First broadcast in 1991 and frequently repeated in many public television markets, the three reports in the Quality...Or Else! series introduce the idea of the global marketplace, why both organizations and individuals must change to survive and how the new management methods are working in businesses, schools and government. Each program is 57 minutes long.

Program One The Global Marketplace

Explores the shift from regional to international markets, the use of new technologies, and the new management philosophies behind the Quality Revolution. Explains why, in the new world economic order, geographic distance is irrelevant. Successful organizations must use the new way of thinking to achieve revolutionary rates of improvement. A close relationship with customers is paramount.

Program Two Change to Survive: A Brand New Ball Game

Explores the drastic changes being made by government, companies, managers, and workers in order to prosper. Hillerich and Bradsby, makers of the venerable Louisville Slugger baseball bat, chose to change in order to survive.

Program Three How to Hit the Moving Target

Reports how quality works in services,education, and government, as well as manufacturing. Recounts how General MacArthur initiated change in Japan after World War II.

Training with Quality...Or Else! A Course of Study

This fifteen-session printed course helps viewers use the new way of thinking. It provides group and individual exercises to enhance active learning of principles and concepts. An instructor’s guide and participant notebooks make the course useful at all levels from high school to industry.

The course (including instructor’s guide and number of participant notebooks required by the customer) comes with Quality...Or Else! at no extra charge.

What's Included
  • 1 Videotape
  • Course of Study Materials.

Format: VHS Video
Item #: QOE00
Price: $300.00 (US)