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How To Manage Poor Performance

LDRLB

At some point in your career as a manager, you’re going to have to manage a poor performing employee. Edwards Deming, the legendary organizational psychologist. Deming had a principle he called the 85/15 rule. As Deming liked to say “A bad system will beat a good person every time.”. Or, it could be a motivation issue.

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Educate New Managers on Their New Responsibilities

Deming Institute

Managing a software development team is a completely different job from being a great software developer. A company with a Deming based management system actually will provide relevant education and experience to all employees that will benefit new managers (much more than most organizations do).

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Using Technology to Improve The Sharing of Knowledge

Curious Cat

My career has been largely shaped by the pursuit of better ways to communicate. As I moved into high school Dad was doing much more direct management consulting (it was also a combination of statistics, engineering and management but the emphasis shifted over time) based on Deming’s ideas. will help a great deal.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

General Motors wasn’t my ideal workplace after having read Deming’s Out of the Crisis and learning a bit about Lean manufacturing in college. If possible, I wanted to work in something closer to the Deming environment. I was told that Dr. Deming had taught some workshops within GM, particularly the Powertrain division in the 1980s.

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

Your reference to gaps in the lateral movement of work reminded be of Frank Voehl’s post on the Deming Learning Network - “Managing the White Space&#. I am so glad the ideas in my post resonated well with you.

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A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi Subroto Bagchi ’s book “ The High Performance Entrepreneur ” has shaped up my entrepreneurial thinking to a very large extent. This is one book that helped me understand the business of doing business.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Hank Moore | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

Edwards Deming. As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. Presidents.

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