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EBM: Deming & Quality

LDRLB

In 1982, Edwards Deming published “ Out of the Crisis ” identifying 14 points for management which if applied would enable Japanese manufacturing efficiencies to be realized. Adopt this new philosophy by management and workers alike. Train on the job (both workers and management) in order to reduce variation in how job is done.

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The Folly of Stretch Goals

Harvard Business Review

Deming insisted that companies, "Eliminate management by objective." A stretch goal is most often an outcome metric, and is influenced by so many variables that systematic, scientific improvement isn't possible. In my opinion, there can be no such debate over the lack of usefulness of stretch goals. Here's why.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

Three Levels of Management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0]. Fundamentals of being a manager : They ask “what needs to be done?”.

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Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch & Dinner!

Great Leadership By Dan

Igor Ansoff is known as the father of strategic management. He is most known for the concept of environmental turbulence; the contingent strategic success paradigm, a concept that has been validated by numerous research studies; and real-time strategic management. He has been described by peers as "the founder of modern management".

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