| Shoji Shiba | |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Japan |
| Occupation: | Management Guru, Economist, |
Shoji Shiba (司馬 正次[1]) is an international expert in Total Quality Management (TQM) and Breakthrough Management.[2] Globally he is best known for developing the "Five Step Discovery Process" for Breakthrough Management. In the recent years he has been guiding the transformation of the Indian manufacturing industry.
A Deming Prize winner[3] in an individual capacity for propagating TQM amongst corporates and governments, Prof. Shiba has authored books like 'A New American TQM' (co-authored by David Walden and Alan Graham), 'Integrated Management Systems' (co-authored by Thomas H Lee and Robert Chapman Wood), 'Four Practical Revolutions in Management' (with David Walden) in English and 'Breakthrough Management' (Japanese 2003; English 2006).
Prof. Shiba is professor emeritus of University of Tsukuba in Japan,[4] Advisory Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and Distinguished Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. From 1990 to 2004, he taught at the Sloan School of Management, MIT.[5]
He is, at present, the Chief Advisor to the Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing Programme (VLFM) in India. It is an innovative management transformation programme being implemented in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency, to create a critical mass of Visionary Leaders to lead India's manufacturing sector into future growth. It is a globally successful experiment in collaboration with the Indian Industry (Confederation of Indian Industry),Indian Academia (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Madras) and the Indian Government (National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council).
Prof Shiba has also diffused TQM concepts to industry and governments of various countries, including Chile, China, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, the United Kingdom, and the former USSR.