Improving quality in design-focused services

This paper reports research investigating quality improvement in design services. It explores issues relating to the complex environment in which design services operate, and reviews quality improvement in this area in terms of the strong critiques of quality improvement methods from the Systems f...

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Main Author: Love, Terence
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IADE/UNIDCOM 2005
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Online Access:http://www.love.com.au/PublicationsTLminisite/2005/quality_des_services.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27319
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description This paper reports research investigating quality improvement in design services. It explores issues relating to the complex environment in which design services operate, and reviews quality improvement in this area in terms of the strong critiques of quality improvement methods from the Systems fields in which many quality-based methods originated. The paper concludes with suggestions for approaches to improving quality in design services that are systemically appropriate.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-273192017-01-30T12:58:14Z Improving quality in design-focused services Love, Terence system dynamics quality improvement design services constituent orientation methodology This paper reports research investigating quality improvement in design services. It explores issues relating to the complex environment in which design services operate, and reviews quality improvement in this area in terms of the strong critiques of quality improvement methods from the Systems fields in which many quality-based methods originated. The paper concludes with suggestions for approaches to improving quality in design services that are systemically appropriate. 2005 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27319 http://www.love.com.au/PublicationsTLminisite/2005/quality_des_services.htm IADE/UNIDCOM restricted
spellingShingle system dynamics
quality improvement
design services
constituent orientation
methodology
Love, Terence
Improving quality in design-focused services
title Improving quality in design-focused services
title_full Improving quality in design-focused services
title_fullStr Improving quality in design-focused services
title_full_unstemmed Improving quality in design-focused services
title_short Improving quality in design-focused services
title_sort improving quality in design-focused services
topic system dynamics
quality improvement
design services
constituent orientation
methodology
url http://www.love.com.au/PublicationsTLminisite/2005/quality_des_services.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27319