The Empirical Paradigm, the Reference Paradigm, and the Reflective Paradigm
We have already indicated that the definition of quality as the quality of an entity does appeal to us and, above all, we would like to point out that everything may be considered as an entity.
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The Emergence Paradigm in Quality Management A Way Towards Radical Innovation
The Emergence Paradigm in Quality Management
reflective paradigm
empirical paradigm
emergence paradigm
reference paradigm
Teun Hardjono Everard van Kemenade •
The Emergence Paradigm in Quality Management A Way Towards Radical Innovation
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Teun Hardjono De Goudse School Gouda, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Everard van Kemenade Van Kemenade ACT Nuenen, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-030-58095-7 ISBN 978-3-030-58096-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58096-4
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Gesinnungen leben nicht wenn sie keine Gelegenheid haben zu kämpfen. Thomas Mann When they discovered that they were unable to force a Roman Catholic head upon him, just to be sure, they chopped off his Protestant one. Lichtenberg
Introduction
“…. the totality is not, as it were, merely the sum of parts, but the totality is entirely different, from the parts….” this implies that totality differs from the sum of the parts. Aristotle Emergence is a particularly key concept in system theory and the philosophy of science. It often involves the development of complex, organized systems, exhibiting certain properties that cannot be traced back to the properties of their constituent parts. Wikipedia
With our book, we strive to introduce emergence as a paradigm in quality concepts. To both of us, having been actively involved in the quality management subject in our own way over forty years, the feeling remains that we still do not have a sufficient grip on the subje
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