2.D. Professional Publications

To receive an Excellent rating, the individual must publish book reviews, discussions, and technical reports in one’s professional area.

I serve as the Book Review Editor for the Quality Management Journal (the A-journal in my field published by the American Society for Quality) and also supervise Associate Editor Dr. Matthias Thuerer. I wrote and published 13 book reviews between July 2013 and July 2014, and edited several more:

  1. Six Sigma Case Studies with Minitab. 2014. Kishore K. Pochampally and Surendra M. Gupta. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis (CRC Press). 302 pages. (Review Date: April 2014)
  2. Quality Management for Organizations Using Lean Six Sigma Techniques. 2014. Erick C. Jones. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis (CRC Press). 591 pages. (Review Date: April 2014)
  3. Six Simple Rules: How to Manage Complexity Without Getting Complicated. 2014. Yves Morieux and Peter Tollman. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. 220 pages. (Review Date: April 2014)
  4. Human Work Productivity: A Global Perspective. 2014. Shrawan Kumar, Anil Mital, and Arunkumar Pennathur (Eds.) Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. 239 pages. (Review Date: January 2014)
  5. Process Safety Management: Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Continuous Improvement. 2014. Chitram Lutchman, Douglas Evans, Rohanie Maharaj, and Ramesh Sharma. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. 220 pages. (Review Date: January 2014)
  6. Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success. 2013. Adam Grant. New York, NY: Viking. 305 pages. (Review Date: January 2014)
  7. Thrivability: Breaking Through to a World That Works. 2013. Jean M. Russell. Devon, UK: Triarchy Press. 180 pages. (Review Date: October 2013)
  8. The Executive Guide to Innovation: Turning Good Ideas into Great Results. 2013. Jane Keathley, Peter Merrill, Tracy Owens, Ian Meggarrey, and Kevin Posey. WI: ASQ Quality Press. 160 pages. (Review Date: October 2013)
  9. The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion. 2010. John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison. NY: Basic Books. 277 pages. (Review Date: July 2013)
  10. Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business. 2012. Thor Muller and Lane Becker. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 288 pages. (Review Date: July 2013)
  11. Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery. 2012. Daniel P. Aldrich. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 232 pages. (Review Date: April 2013)
  12. Leading and Managing the Lean Management Process. 2011. Gene Fliedner. New York: Business Expert Press, LLC. 150 pages. (Review Date: April 2013)
  13. Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. 2013. John Hunter. Leanpub: 222 pages. (Review Publication Date: July 2013)