Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese organizational theorist, born 13 July 1915 in Tokyo and died 16 April 1989. He was a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo and later served as president of the Musashi Institute of Technology from 1978. He played a central role in Japan's quality management movement, developing the quality circle and the Ishikawa, or fishbone, diagram used to analyze the causes of industrial problems.
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Defining ContributionDeveloped the Ishikawa (fishbone) cause and effect diagram and advanced the quality circle movement in Japan. 1 Notable WorkThe Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram 1 Connections
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Ishikawa built his quality-circle and total quality management work directly on the statistical quality methods Deming taught Japanese engineers through JUSE lectures in the early 1950s.
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Theories and Models Developed
One of three widely credited TQM pioneers alongside Deming and Juran.
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Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, Ishikawa Kaoru; July 13, 1915, April 16, 1989) was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations.
Early life section
Kaoru Ishikawa was born in Tokyo, the eldest of the eight sons of Ichiro Ishikawa.
- Associated With: W. Edwards Deming
- Associated With: Automotive Industry
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