Doe Quote by W. Edwards Deming Download Open image “Management does not know what a system is.” — W. Edwards Deming ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doe Inspirational Knows Love Management
The principles governing the behavior of systems are not widely understood. — Jay Wright Forrester Copy Share Image
Management means the development of people, not the direction of things. — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Management's job is to know which systems are stable and which are not. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Most organisations do not actively seek out input from their lower echelons. — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
A simple rule applies: if you don't quickly comprehend what a company is doing, then management probably doesn't either. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
An administration, like a machine, does not create. It carries on. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
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