What is the Purpose of Dr. Deming's Theory of Management? |
As a statistician, Dr. Deming's lifelong mission had been to seek sources of improvement. World War II had quickened the pace of quality technology, but as World War II ended, progress in quality control began to wane. Many companies saw it as a wartime effort and felt that it was no longer needed in a booming market. Given the failure of statistical methods for quality control to endure, he figured out what might have caused the failure and how to avoid it in the future. He gradually concluded that what was needed was a bedrock philosophy of management, with which statistical methods were consistent. He was ready with new principles to teach when the Japanese called him in 1950 to aid in the reconstruction of their country. The aim of Dr. Deming's theory of management also known as, System of Profound Knowledge, challenges leaders to embrace a new paradigm...
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