birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
japan 01 january 1930 mieko shoji shiba
 shoji shiba management guru , economist ,
shoji shiba

prof. shoji shiba is an international expert in total quality management -lrb- tqm -rrb- and breakthrough management .
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 in an individual capacity for propagating tqm amongst corporates and governments , prof. shiba has authored books like ' a new american tqm ' -lrb- co-authored by david walden and alan graham -rrb- , ` integrated management systems ' -lrb- co-authored by thomas h lee and robert chapman wood -rrb- , ` four practical revolutions in management ' -lrb- with david walden -rrb- in english and ` breakthrough management ' -lrb- japanese 2003 ; english 2006 -rrb- .
prof. shiba is professor emeritus of university of tsukuba in japan , 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 .
he is , at present , the chief advisor to the visionary leaders for manufacturing programme -lrb- vlfm -rrb- 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 -lrb- confederation of indian industry -rrb- , indian academia -lrb- indian institute of management calcutta , indian institute of technology , kanpur and madras -rrb- and the indian government -lrb- national manufacturing competitiveness council -rrb- .
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 , usa , the united kingdom , and the former ussr .
prof shiba is expected to visit tata motors pune in august 2015 .
