The essential Deming : leadership principles from the father of total quality

Offers articles, papers, lectures, and notes touching on a wide range of topics, but which focus on the author's overriding message: quality and operations are all about systems, not individual performance; the system has to be designed so that the worker can perform well

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deming, W. Edwards [ (William Edwards)] , 1900-1993 (Author), Orsini, Joyce Nilsson (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill , c2013
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Online Access:McGraw Hill
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The world is being ruined by best efforts (best efforts without guidance lead to failure)
  • 2. Quality is made in the boardroom (only top management can make the decisions necessary to assure quality)
  • 3. By what method? (how can we bring about improvement?)
  • 4. There is no such thing as instant pudding (Deming's 14 points for management)
  • 5. A system must be managed (people are part of the system)
  • 6. There is no substitute for knowledge (information is not knowledge)
  • 7. Management is prediction (statistical thinking is required)
  • 8. What happened in Japan?