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

Deming Institute

Are operational definitions the same across different data sources? 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.

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Ravi Roy on Teaching Deming’s Ideas at Southern Utah University

Deming Institute

In this Deming podcast Ravi Roy discusses teaching Deming’s ideas at Southern Utah University. Dr. Roy is Professor of Public Administration for Southern Utah University and a Research Fellow with The Deming Institute. Ravi Roy at the 2016 Deming Institute conference. Edwards Deming Institute.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Edwards Deming : the former an industrialist who equated machines and human beings (both to be managed for maximum output), the latter a humanist who saw the individual as internally motivated to do good, meaningful work. The contrast was driven home by a full-blown reenactment of Deming’s famous red bead experiment.

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