Hans-Dieter Seghezzi, the doyen for quality management, is dead
On February 7, 2022, just a few weeks before reaching the age of 89, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Dieter Seghezzi. He was probably the most important mastermind of quality management in the German-speaking world. Active in industry, research and teaching Hans-Dieter Seghezzi, born in Besigheim, Germany, on March 23, 1933, first studied physics at the University of Stuttgart and obtained [...]
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Active in industry, research and teaching
Hans-Dieter Seghezzi, born in Besigheim, Germany, on March 23, 1933, first studied physics at the University of Stuttgart, where he obtained his doctorate in 1959. He then worked at the Max Planck Institute and subsequently in the Research & Development Department at Hilti AG in Schaan, Liechtenstein, becoming a director in 1968 and Executive Vice President of the company from 1976. From 1977 to 1987, he was a professor at the University of St.Gallen, where he reformed the Chair of Technology. In connection with this task, he also founded the Institute for Technology Management ITEM.Hans-Dieter Seghezzi: Thought leader in quality management
A defining element of his life in industry and research was quality management. Based on this motivation, Hans-Dieter Seghezzi founded the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS), which he also headed from 1983 to 2003. He was also president of the European Organization for Quality from 1986 to 1988 and a pioneer of IQNET, the global network for management system certification. With the book "Integrated Quality Management", Seghezzi and his co-authors created a standard work in which the trend-setting St.Gallen management approach is combined with quality management.Committed to quality even in retirement
Nach ihm benannt ist auch der Seghezzi-Preis, den die Schweizerische Stiftung für Forschung und Ausbildung «Qualität» (SFAQ) alle zwei Jahre vergeben wird, letztmals im Jahr 2021. Leider konnte Seghezzi, der noch in hohem Alter regelmässiger Gast an SQS- und SAQ-Veranstaltungen wie dem «Tag der Schweizer Qualität» war, aus gesundheitlichen Gründen nicht mehr an diesem Anlass teilnehmen. Nun ist die Stimme, die Zeit ihres Lebens immer für das Thema «Qualität» einstand, für immer verstummt. Hans-Dieter Seghezzi hinterlässt eine Ehefrau sowie zwei Söhne und zwei Töchter. Der Beitrag Hans-Dieter Seghezzi, the doyen for quality management, is dead first appeared on MQ Management and Quality.This article originally appeared on m-q.ch - https://www.m-q.ch/de/hans-dieter-seghezzi-der-doyen-fuer-das-qualitaetsmanagement-ist-tot/
