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Applying Quality as a Business Strategy at Hallmark Building Supplies

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This webcast shows Louie Paynter’s presentation, Hallmark Building Supplies ’ Approach to Applying Quality as a Business Strategy, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. It is often useful to learn about the journey of transformation of an organization to a new management system. Guest post by John Hunter.

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Recommended aim, with examples

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Of all of Deming ‘s work, I think the bit with the most potential impact is also the bit that Deming kept close to his vest because it doesn’t advocate company growth as an aim , and his clients would not have understood. Note that Deming does advocate personal growth, which I think of as development.

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What Role Does/Should The Deming System of Profound Knowledge Play in the World of “Big Data”?

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Attempting to understand the cause system and to make recommendation for action that impacts the cause system requires a combination of technical skills and subject matter knowledge—and this usually involves cooperation among individuals with different perspectives. As Dr. Deming would say, “ Without a theory there is no learning.”

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Change the Situation – Get a Different Result

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David Langford’s presentation at the 2015 Deming in Education conference starts with a clip from Clare Crawford Mason’s PBS presentation on Mt. Deming was a champion of the individual. ” So why was Dr. Deming so tough on management (and especially executives)? Edgecumbe High School, in Sitka, Alaska.

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Educate New Managers on Their New Responsibilities

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Far too often companies promote employees into management positions and expect them to fulfill the obligations of their new position without helping prepare them to meet their new responsibilities. Managing a software development team is a completely different job from being a great software developer.

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Becoming a Coaching Leader

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The Key to Building a Vibrant Organization and a Success Driven Team An owner of a small to midsize company, an executive within a large corporation, or a middle manager directing people to get the work done, all want the same thing: people consistently delivering high levels of performance and cooperating with each other to achieve team objectives.

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David Langford Presentation on Motivation and System Improvement

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Those with knowledge of how human systems work can predict the likely consequences of creating poor management systems. Yet when the natural result occur, each time people blame individuals responding predictably to the forces created by the management system. Those that learn from W.

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