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Quotes from The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education — W. Edwards Deming

1900–1993 United States

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What is the variation trying to tell us about a process, about the people in the process?

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of a specific activity or method. It must always relate to a better life for everyone.

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

Choice of aim is clearly a matter of clarification of values, especially on the choice between possible options.

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

The various segments of the system of profound knowledge proposed here cannot be separated. They interact with each other. Thus, knowledge of psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation.

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

. . .the principle that where there is fear, there will be wrong figures. . . .

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

Experience by itself teaches nothing...Without theory, experience has no meaning. Without theory, one has no questions to ask. Hence without theory there is no learning.

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

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.

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

To successfully respond to the myriad of changes that shake the world, transformation into a new style of management is required. The route to take is what I call profound knowledge - knowledge for leadership of transformation.

The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: W. Edwards Deming (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.