W Edwards Deming is thought of as one of the original sources on quality. His last book - The New Economics - is mostly about knowledge and a system of profound knowledge. This has been described itself as a lens. It includes an awareness of systems, psychology of human relations, a theory of variation, and a theory of knowledge.
Deming came to public attention in post-war Japan and was still working in the '90s. His ideas changed but are not a fad.
A problem in understanding the theory of knowledge is that it seems to be based on American pragmatism although his ideas on management style have hardly ever been tried in the USA. They do seem to work in Japan and Asia where the theory of knowledge could be different.
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- W. Edwards Deming Institute
- Concentrates on the System of Profound Knowledge.
- Deming Electronic Network
- Includes a mailing list and archive of messages. The PDSA photo above is borrowed from this site.
- Wikipedia
- Excellent article. The Wikipedia is the best place to start. This Squidoo page may develop something later.
- IQA Deming SIG (UK)
- The IQA based in London has a Special Interest Group for Deming. There has been a series of day meetings around the System of PRofound Knowledge and more recently a series around systems.
- Quality Circles report for OhmyNews
- I wrote this report based on web information about a Quality Control Circles conference in South Korea. My observation is that Quality Circles have continued in Asia, but not in the UK or USA as far as I know. Feedback please.
Deming web links
Some starting points on Deming online
Deming Electronic Network
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W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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W. Edwards Deming Institute
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Deming Special Interest Group home page
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Have Deming ideas actually been tried yet in the USA?
It is known that Deming was listened to in Japan in the 1950s.
Apparently he was listened to by Ford and others in the USA in the 1980s. Did they actually understand what he was saying?
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