Monthly Archives: April 2005

Call for Papers – Deming Research Seminar

Posted on April 28, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Call for Papers 12th Annual Research Seminar The W. Edwards Deming Institute and Fordham University 13-14 February 2006 New York City Papers that link Dr. Deming’s work to the academic literature or to the works of other … Continue reading →

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10 stocks for 10 years

Posted on April 22, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Investment I decided to look at selecting a portfolio of stocks I would be comfortable putting into an IRA for 10 years. My main criteria was companies with a history of large positive cash flow (that seemed likely to … Continue reading →

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Beginning of the End of Housing Bubble?

Posted on April 19, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Economics – Investing re: Beginning of the End of Housing Bubble? – Dan Gilmor blog post I doubt we are at the end of the bubble. However, financial bubbles are very difficult to time. My guess is the bubble … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Articles

Posted on April 10, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management – Library Articles Recent additions to the Curious Cat Management Improvement Library include: Six Sigma and Kaizen Compared by Raphael L. Vitalo Deming Retrospective Inputs by Gerry Hahn Bringing Lean Systems Thinking to Six Sigma by Paul Mullenhour … Continue reading →

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Performance without Appraisal

Posted on April 2, 2005 by John Hunter

re: Managing with Trust post from Coding Horror This interesting post includes the quote: “It seems cheap to dispatch [performance reviews] without suggesting some alternative.” Dr. Deming would mention Peter Scholtes thoughts on why performance appraisals were bad management when … Continue reading →

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