I would like to share a new Book with you: Building Bridges Between Quality and Leadership.
It was written by my dearest dost and brother Prof.Dr. Syed Ali from Johns Hopkins University. The description of the book might be seen below:
Who’s this book
for? This book
is aimed at young aspiring future leaders to include MBA candidates and other
graduate-level business majors. It is also targeted at niche groups such as the
American Society for Quality and the Chartered Quality Institute of London.
This book provides guidance for the visionary professionals who will be in a
position to lead their organizations in the ever changing global environment in
any field by 2025. This book is directed at the minds and hearts of evolving
business professionals.
Why should I read
it? By 2025
leaders will face extremely fluid markets. The speed of change in technology,
product life cycles, and ever demanding sophisticated consumers who can compare
and buy products on the internet will force organizations to change their
strategies to compete and survive. The challenge will be to create a global
marketplace through innovation, to manage change at an ever faster rate, and to
create value for ever-more sophisticated consumers. If you read this book and
apply the concepts in it you will unleash your abilities and capabilities, and
whether or not your organization has designated you as a leader, this book will
provide you with a road map for how you can have a positive impact on your
organization.
Why is the future
so important?
The future is not what will happen; the future is what is happening. The long
term is not something that happens someday. It is not a thing to wait for; it
is a thing to be achieved living in a very different time. Changes are
happening more quickly than our capacity to absorb them. The next generation of
leaders will need to think in terms of the future, and not focus on the
present, namely the next couple of months. Until the ability to see further
into the future is developed, potential leaders will be limited in their
migration to higher levels in the organization.Why is leadership emphasized? Decision making is an important part of leadership. Many leaders fail in the decision making process by not adequately understanding the total environment and system. By 2025, the new kind of leadership will be a step-by-step process, and leaders will have to get the first step right otherwise everything that follows will be wrong. There is no universal model for quality leadership; one size does not fit all. The environment is complex and is changing rapidly, and the roles and styles of leadership must be adapted to the circumstances.
Where did these
ideas come from?
The ideas expressed in this book come from combing through published research
papers, articles and books from leading experts on leadership and quality; add
to that my 40 years of experience in industry and research in Europe and USA.
In addition I have served as a faculty member in the graduate programs for
Engineering for Professionals (EP) at the Whiting School of Engineering and
Johns Hopkins University.
How should I read
this book?
Treat this book as a manual on guiding you in how to achieve and build your
future. The chapters on leadership and leadership development are directed at
the minds of aspiring executives and professionals, while the chapters on
quality techniques are directed at their hearts by explaining that the key to
success for the next generation leadership is the undertaking of steps that
improve an organization’s ability to improve by investing in employee
development. This book is a logical step forward from the current state of
thinking about the next generation of leadership. It is a call to all
professionals to expand their thinking outside of the box. In the future,
solving problems will not be about spending money. It will be about
understanding universal quality principles, and managing ideas and talent led
by the next generation of leadership.
Syed Ali is a writer and
educator in leadership and quality systems management. He has served as a
Principal Professional Staff (Professor) member at Johns Hopkins University,
Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland USA. Since 1986, he has applied his
expertise to many national and international space missions including Midcourse
Space Experiment (MSX) TOPEX radar altimeter, NEAR, GRACE, FUSE, CONTOUR and
Messenger as a Systems Assurance Manager (Retired 2007). He is an advisor for
the “World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education.”
He received a B.S. degree
in Quality Engineering from the Polytechnic of the Southbank, London, and an
M.S. in Engineering from Kennedy-Western University, USA.
Mr. Ali is a FCQA (Fellow
of the Chartered Quality Institute London), CQP (Chartered Quality
Professional), and Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is an
ASQ Certified quality auditor. Mr. Ali is the past Section Chair for ASQ
(Washington, D.C.) chapter twice and also the past Education Chair.
Mr. Ali is a faculty member
at The Johns Hopkins University. He personally developed the “Quality Assurance
Engineering” course and has been teaching it since 1992 in the graduate
programs for Engineering for Professionals (EP) at the Whiting School of
Engineering.
Besides presenting papers
in various professional and educational institutions in USA he has also
presented papers in China, India, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Mauritius,
Turkey, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada. He has published more than 100
significant communications such as journal articles, reports, and professional
talks.
The book is now actively available through the website at http://www.maplecreekmedia.com/bookstore-marketplace/non-fiction-books/building-bridges-between-quality-and-leadership/. It
is also listed on Amazon.com The book is also listed
on Barnes&Noble.com. It will also be included in the Follett
Library Resources catalog so that libraries, schools, universities and colleges
throughout the U.S. will have the chance to purchase it. This book will also listed with Books in Print, which is a
world-wide database of books, along with associated information, which allows
bookstores the ability to find the book and know that it is accessible for
distribution and ordering.
I would like to congratulate my friend for his commitment to quality and writing.
Loves,
Hayal KÖKSAL
