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People work in the system. Management creates the system
W. Edwards Deming
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W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
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What makes a scientist great is the care that he takes in telling you what is wrong with his results, so that you will not misuse them.
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One need not be eminent in any part of profound knowledge in order to understand it and to apply it. The various segments of the system of profound knowledge cannot be separated. They interact with each other. For example knowledge about psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation.
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The most valuable currency of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority.
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The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain - stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment - over the long term.
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A goal without a method is nonsense.
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It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble.
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A system can not understand itself.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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There is no knowledge without theory.
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The aim of education should be to preserve and nurture the yearning for learning that a child is born with.
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The principles and methods for improvement are the same for service as for manufacturing. The actual application differs, of course, from one product to another, and from one type of service to another.
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Information is not knowledge. Let's not confuse the two.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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I am not reporting things about people. I am reporting things about practices.
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We are being ruined by the best efforts of people who are doing the wrong thing.
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You can expect what you inspect.
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The job can't be finished only improved to please the customer.
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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individuals contribution far more than the individual himself.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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We have to bring back the individual. Management has smothered the individual.
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