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William Edwards Deming was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in mathematical physics, he helped develop the sampling techniques still used by the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He is also known as the father of…
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Born 14 October 1900 · Died 20 December 1993 · Q311472
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The first step is transformation of the individual. This transformation is discontinuous. It comes from understanding of the system of profound knowledge. The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people.
Massive training is required to instill the courage to break with tradition. Every activity and every job is a part of the process.
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“The first step is transformation of the individual. This transformation is discontinuous. It comes from understanding of the system of profound knowledge. The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people.”
“Massive training is required to instill the courage to break with tradition. Every activity and every job is a part of the process.”
“A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance of anyone is governed largely by the system that he works in, the responsibility of management. A psychologist that possesses even a crude understanding of variation as will be learned in the experiment with the Red Beads (Ch. 7) could no longer participate in refinement of a plan for ranking people.”
“Once the individual understands the system of profound knowledge, he will apply its principles in every kind of relationship with other people. He will have a basis for judgment of his own decisions and for transformation of the organizations that he belongs to.”
“The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system cannot understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. The aim of this chapter is to provide an outside view—a lens—that I call a system of profound knowledge. It provides a map of theory by which to understand the organizations that we work in.”
“uncanny ability to make things difficult.”
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Sioux City Journal: W. Edwards Deming
“Deming: The Way We Knew Him (1995)”
Died 1993-12-20.
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“Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality.”
Deming published his final book, The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, which included the System of Profound Knowledge and the 14 Points for Management
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Won Wilbur Cross Medal (1991).
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“He was known for his kindness to and consideration for those he worked with, for his robust, if very subtle, humor, and for his interest in music. He sang in a choir, played drums and flute, and published several original pieces of sacred music.”
Marshall Industries (NYSE:MI, 1984–1999) CEO Robert Rodin trained with the then 90-year-old Deming and his colleague Nida Backaitis
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Received the Distinguished Career in Science award from the National Academy of Sciences
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Won National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1987).
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Was awarded the National Medal of Technology: "For his forceful promotion of statistical methodology, for his contributions to sampling theory, and for his advocacy to corporations and nations of a general management
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Ford came out with a profitable line of cars, the Taurus-Sable line
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1985).
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Awarded Wilks Memorial Award (1983).
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The institute trained consultants of Ernst and Whinney Management Consultants in the Deming teachings
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Deming, along with Paul Hertz and Howard Gitlow of the University of Miami Graduate School of Business in Coral Gables, founded the W
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Deming's book Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position was published by the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering, and was renamed Out of the Crisis in 1986
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Was featured prominently in an NBC TV documentary titled "If Japan Can
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The Prime Minister of Japan (Nobusuke Kishi), acting on behalf of Emperor Hirohito, awarded Deming Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class
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With the establishment of the Deming Prize, he was only just beginning to win widespread recognition in the United States at the time of his death in 1993
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Deming was involved in early planning for the 1951 Japanese census
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Awarded Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1942).
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Awarded Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1941).
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Studied under Sir Ronald Fisher and Jerzy Spława-Neyman at University College, London, England
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To Lola Elizabeth Shupe (died 1986), with whom he coauthored several papers, he brought her back home to stay
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A little more than a year after they had adopted a daughter, Dorothy (died 1984)
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Deming was introduced to Walter A
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Born 1900-10-14.
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A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance of anyone is governed largely by the system that he works in, the responsibility of management. A psychologist that possesses even a crude understanding of variation as will be learned in the experiment with the Red Beads (Ch. 7) could no longer participate in refinement of a plan for ranking people.
The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system cannot understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. The aim of this chapter is to provide an outside view—a lens—that I call a system of profound knowledge. It provides a map of theory by which to understand the organizations that we work in.
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