Deming Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. We are already well motivated… The only thing you can do as a manager is demotivate people. I believe that a manager can also take action to reduce the systemic demotivation present in the workplace (and I believe David agrees).

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Deming McGregor Motivation Video 44

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 17, 2011

Many executives and managers don’t understand how the success of programs they’re trying to implement go way beyond the “hard&# tools to the “soft&# issues of leadership behaviors and culture. The executive/manager’s beliefs form his or her reality that drives behavior. Catch people doing things right.

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Six Sigma McGregor Workshop Tools 49

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

In 1960, 11 years after he founded the company that became Circuit City, my father Sam Wurtzel was reading a book he couldn't put down: The Human Side of Enterprise , by MIT professor Douglas McGregor. The next morning, he called McGregor's office and asked for a meeting with him. It was also central to how Sam built Circuit City.

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McGregor Human Resources Retail Taylorism 9

CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

Fiedler developed the Least Preferred Coworker Scale as a way to determine which managers would be the best fit for a leadership assignment. For example, a leader with a drill sergeant-like attitude probably isn’t the best choice for an office that requires creative thinking and collaboration. PATH-GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP.

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Leadership Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Proposal 131

Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The idea that the human nature of the people working in the organization is an important consideration in managing those organization seems obvious. Psychology – Managing Human Systems.

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Deming Management McGregor Resistance 53

Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The idea that the human nature of the people working in the organization is an important consideration in managing those organization seems obvious. Psychology – Managing Human Systems.

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Deming Management McGregor Resistance 34

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Yet two recent and excellent books ( Inside Apple , by Adam Lashinsky and Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson) describe a management style that was disturbingly harsh. Before answering that question, it is useful to elaborate the two management styles. What are the common success characteristics shared by these two?

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McGregor Micromanagement Leadership Performance Review 14