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Why Dr. Deming’s Work is So Important to Me

Deming Institute

It was one of my first experiences with teamwork and intrinsic motivation being squashed by extrinsic incentives and competition. We argued with him, citing our understanding of Deming and the modern quality approach, including the Taguchi loss function, as we had studied in our TQM class.

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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

The chief continues to stress teamwork, Quality Leadership, and use of improvement methods in order to continue the process of transformation. Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west. At this point, only the EPD has a building. Year eleven.