# Kaoru Ishikawa Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese organizational theorist, and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo. He was known for his quality management innovations, and is considered a key figure in the development of quality initiatives in Japan. He is known for the [[Quality circle]] and also for [[Ishikawa diagrams]]. He pioneered quality management processes in the Kawasaki shipyards, and became one of the founding fathers of modern management. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Kaoru Ishikawa]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Kaoru Ishikawa]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->