石川馨（1915年7月13日—1989年4月16日）是20世紀著名於品質管理的日本學者。
生平
1939年於日本東京大學工程系畢業，1949年獲聘為東京大學的助理教授，1960年晉升為教授。活躍於愛德華茲·戴明及約瑟夫·朱蘭訪日後，協助翻譯兩位學者的著作。石川馨個人對於品質管理強調良好的數據收集及報告，因此發展出石川圖，用於表達產品流程。
成就
著作
- Ishikawa, Kaoru. QC Circle Koryo : General Principles of the QC Circle. Tokyo: QC Circle Headquarters, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers. 1980 [original Japanese ed. 1970].
- Ishikawa, Kaoru. How to Operate QC Circle Activities. Tokyo: QC Circle Headquarters, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers. 1985.
- Ishikawa, Kaoru. What is Total Quality Control? The Japanese Way [Originally titled: TQC towa Nanika—Nipponteki Hinshitsu Kanri]. D. J. Lu (trans.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1985 [First published in Japanese 1981]. ISBN 0-13-952433-9.
- Ishikawa, Kaoru. Introduction to Quality Control. J. H. Loftus (trans.). Tokyo: 3A Corporation. 1990. ISBN 4-906224-61-X. OCLC 61341428.
- Kondo, Yoshio. Kaoru Ishikawa: What He thought and Achieved, A Basis for Further Research. Quality Management Journal. July 1994, 1 (4): 86–91. ISSN 1068-6967.
- Watson, Greg. The Legacy Of Ishikawa. Quality Progress. April 2004, 37 (4): 54–57. ISSN 0033-524X.
- Dewar, Donald L. A Serious Anomaly: TQC without Quality Circles. Annual Quality Congress, Dallas, TX. May 1988, 42 (0): 34–38 [2014-01-05]. （原始内容存档于2012-11-24）.
- title=The Japanese Approach to Product Quality |Professor Sasaki and David Hutchins 1980 Pub Pergamon Press | 0-08-028 159-1 |HBK 0-0273-028B 160-5
- title=Quality Circles Handbook | last= Hutchins | first=David (1983)| |Pub PITMAN BOOKS 0-273 02644-5| PBK AND 0-273-02024-2 HBK
- A special tribute to Professor Kaoru Ishikawa 1990 | title= The man and his work | David Hutchins invited author of one chapter| Published by JUSE JAPAN + Special Committee| E 03(5379)1240
- title= Hoshin Kanri - the Strategic Approach to Continuous Improvement | last= Hutchins | first=David | | 2008 | pub – GOWER PRESS 13:9780566087 400
