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Using Outdated Management Practices Can Be Very Costly

Deming Institute

Readers of this blog are aware of the problems created by using quotas: Achieved the goal by not the aim (2013) – The Futility of a Numerical Goal (2014) , Distorting the System, Distorting the Data or Improving the System (2013) , Dr. Deming on the problems with targets or goals.

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Huge Payments to Executives for Good Luck

Deming Institute

That criticism of the weak explanations provided for why such huge rewards are deserved is in line with what Deming taught. At the same time, most of these efforts then try to explain how to fix the problem by better measuring how to evaluate the performance in order to justify the continued enormous payments to many senior executives.

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Restaurant Week (An elementary look at quality culture fundamentals)

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming, the father of the quality movement, defined quality as “pride in workmanship.” Looking through the lens of a business professional with a passion for quality, the deeper reasons for the success of restaurant day provide useful insight toward what a quality culture really means and how to get closer to achieving it.

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Adaptation of the 14 Points to Medical Service

Deming Institute

Deming’s 14 points for management have been put into various specific contexts by people over the years. Dr. Deming included their work in Out of Crisis, pages 201-202: 6. Teach supervisors how to use the results of surveys of patients. Restructure training. That obviously was not the case.

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Who Inspires Your Management Thinking and Action?

Curious Cat

I have written about my management influences in the past: Active Management Improvement Leaders (2006) and Who Influences Your Thinking? Peter was less focused than the statisticians (the other 3 and Deming were statisticians) on data, but they were all cut from the same cloth. Bill Hunter and John Hunter.

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Integrating Technical and Human Management Systems

Curious Cat

Edwards Deming discussed frequently and emphasized in his management system ). allowing those closest to issues to figure out how to deal with them (and to provide them the tools, training and management system necessary to do so effectively ) – see the last point. without an appreciation for the organization as a system.

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How Great Strategic Thinking Leaders Think. The Finale Says It All.

The Empowered Buisness

Let’s look at how to turn those symptoms around. Edwards Deming, management expert, the “principle of anticipation and innovation — driven by the producer, not the customer — is the ultimate competitive advantage.”. You want to navigate your company, amidst constant change, to its ultimate destination.