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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Appreciation for a system is one of the four aspects of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK). In an earlier short post on this blog, I provided a short introduction to appreciation for a system within the Deming context.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Align Systems ). Discipline I. Set Goals That Lead ). Discipline III. Discipline IV.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Align Systems ). Discipline I. Set Goals That Lead ). Discipline III. Discipline IV.

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Leadership: Balancing Art, Craft, and Science

Mike Cardus

’ Science provides order through systemic analysis and assessments. Without the systemic scrutiny of science, art and craft can lead to disorganized leadership. Art with science, creative and systemic without the experience of craft, can produce rootless, impersonal, disconnected leadership. Reference: Mintzberg, H.

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Leading with a Systems View: Deming Management Method for Owners and Executives | 2.5-Day Seminar

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Leading with a Systems View: Deming Management Method for Owners and Executives. Topic areas include the four elements of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (a.k.a. Day Seminar. 10-12 April 2019. The Deming Management Method).

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Dr. Deming on Leadership

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). View our previous Deming on Management posts , including: Appreciation for a System, the PDSA Cycle, and Psychology. This system had to be led with an understanding of the interactions between the interrelated components. Blog posts.

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Improving the Wood River Women’s Foundation Using Deming’s Ideas

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). On the importance of viewing the entire organization as a system: The committees were setting their own goals, they were doing what they thought they needed to do, but sometimes it would conflict with a different committee.

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