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Knowledge is the key.

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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Economist
Engineer
Industrial Engineer
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University Teacher
Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
W. E. Deming
Knowledge
Management
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There is no substitute for knowledge.
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Management of outcomes may not be any more than a skill. It does not require knowledge.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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The most basic problem is that performance appraisals often don't accurately assess performance.
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We should be guided by theory, not by numbers.
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Experience by itself teaches nothing... Without theory, experience has no meaning. Without theory, one has no questions to ask. Hence, without theory, there is no learning.
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Information is not knowledge. Let's not confuse the two.
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