A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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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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The big problems are where people don’t realise they have one in the first place.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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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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Customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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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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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job?
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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