The SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy Edward LeRoy Long Jr. Specific Cultural Groups

Specific Cultural Groups

Though they are intimately related

covers such trenchant topics as the culture of America as a culture of race

and how to organize

the Native American concept of spirit songs

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy Edward LeRoy Long Jr. Specific Cultural GroupsSociety, globally, has entered into what might be called the "service economy." Services now constitute the largest share of GDP in most countries and provide the major source of employment in both developed and developing countries. Services permeate all aspects of peoples' lives and are becoming inseparable from most aspects of economic activity. "Quality management" has been a dominating managerial practice since World War II. With quality