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Tag Archives: Psychology
Senge and Deming
Jeff Sutherland quoting Dr. Deming‘s response to Peter Senge request for a comment on his book, The Fifth Discipline: “Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming, Psychology, respect for people, Systems thinking
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Lean Leaders
Lean leaders [the broken link was removed] by April Terreri: Tim Corcoran, vice president of ZF Sales & Services, NA, LLC, that re-manufactures automotive transmissions and steering systems in Vernon Hills, IL. “We had a number of false starts by … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Psychology, Quality tools
Tagged continual improvement, fear, Lean thinking, Psychology
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Internet Access at Work
Providing internet access at work can create some management issues. However, the correct solution to those problems is not to be overly restrictive on access to the internet. Obviously, the most important thing is doing the work of the organization: … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Management, Respect
Tagged internet, IT, managing people, Psychology, respect for people, technology
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Eliminate Slogans
This poster may do a better job, than my posts, of showing why posters and slogan are not an effective management strategy. Text from the poster: “If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate … Continue reading
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Tagged motivation, Psychology
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Competition
Why I hate programming competitions [the broken link was removed] by Mike Vanier Most aspects of Deming’s thinking seemed natural to me from the start. Some ideas have taken longer (it took me awhile to be won over to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Management, organization as a system, Psychology, respect for people
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Dangers of Extrinsic Motivation
The Econ 101 Management Method by Joel Spolsky. Once again Joel presents interesting ideas very well – past posts referencing Joel. But when you offer people money to do things that they wanted to do, anyway, they suffer from something … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming, extrinsic motivation, Joel Spolsky, Management, managing people, motivation, Psychology, Software Development
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Vacation: Systems Thinking
There’s more vacation time on tap for you (in the USA) by Chris Taylor: U.S. employees are taking less time off than ever: Not only is the average number of annual vacation days granted to them a mere 12.4 – … Continue reading
Another Quota Failure Example
Innocent People Placed On ‘Watch List’ To Meet Quota You could be on a secret government database or watch list for simply taking a picture on an airplane. Some federal air marshals say they’re reporting your actions to meet a … Continue reading
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Motivation
From the Deming Electronic Network: Incentives [the broken link was removed]: I don’t think motivation deserves to be discarded to the archives of “Arbitrary Goals.” I have to pose this, though: was Deming explicit on best ways to handle motivation? … Continue reading
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Tagged management, motivation, Psychology, respect for people, Systems thinking
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Respect for People
A very thoughtful post, Respect for People on the Kaikaku blog raises some interesting questions. What does respect for people really mean? Toyota empowers people: To stop the line – to stop every other worker from working – that is … Continue reading
