The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGProfit in business comes from repeat customers.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.
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Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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We are here to make another world.
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The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
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Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
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Your workers don’t want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That’s inflation.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD.
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