Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGWhat should be the aim of management? What is their job?
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
-
-
Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
We are here to make another world.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
People don’t like to make mistakes.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
You should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
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.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
I am forever learning and changing.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
In Japan, a company worker’s position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
W. EDWARDS DEMING