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Book Review – The Mind at Work: Valuing the intelligence of the American Worker

Deming Institute

Like Dr. Deming, Professor Rose is not afraid to move between academia and the world outside and seek a broader systems view. Frederick Taylor’s (1856-1915) Scientific Management depicted factory workers as uncouth lumps of clay to be shaped to fit industrial ends.

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Don’t Set Process Without Input from Frontline Workers

Harvard Business Review

Taylor , the founder of scientific management who died 100 years ago. They echo lessons we’ve already been taught by Deming and Toyota and which apply to both manufacturing and knowledge work. If process management means cumbersome bureaucracy devised by distant experts, disaster awaits. Engage and empower.