Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGLack of knowledge… that is the problem.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGI am forever learning and changing.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGI predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGNo one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhen a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGResearch shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGQuality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGRational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGA bad system will beat a good person every time.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGPeople with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGProfit in business comes from repeat customers.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGHold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGIf you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
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