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Title: The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton, W. Edwards Deming ISBN: 0-399-55000-3 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: November, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Book about W E. Deming and his work
Comment: Mary Waton does the impossible. She tells you about the life of the great Business Guru the late W.Edward Deming. The first part of the book is a short biography of the great man. Then she goes into his 14 points in detail. Another chapter is on Deming's ways to get improvement in any business.
And the following chapter shows the many companies that the Deming method and philosopy help in TQM.
I would recommed these method for any business, small or large.
You can tell the companies that use these methods ....there services and products shine with quality and more
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't judge a book by (it's cover hype)
Comment: The old adage applies to this book. There is no management method inside. Walton's work is long in the tooth. Her superficial, journalistic treatment of quality and productivity is poorly understood. She attempts to cover too much ground with too little understanding. It is a stretch to claim Deming's lecture circuit talking points contains a management message.
Deming's genius was as a statistician. He was also a humanitarian. He integrated himself into the Japanese culture to better understand and develop lasting relationships with his hosts. His was generous in donating publication royalties to the fledgling Japanese Union of Engineers and Scientist (JUSE). JUSE's prize bearing Deming's name is a measure of his generosity and humanity, not his management competence. His Japanese lectures on statistical methods, along with the standardization movement were influential in setting Japanese quality efforts in motion. JUSE soon realized that quality, productivity, customer service management, and zero defects required more than Deming could provide.
American publishers elevated Deming to guru status. Written during the mid eighties, this book's target was the US manager starved for some direction with which to combat the Japanese methodical implementation of quality and productivity. The publisher simply cashed in on an American name that had a Japanese quality prize attached to it. Deming's message may have been innovative for the forties, but today statistics-based productivity programs like Six Sigma incorporate a true management method. If you need to learn management statistics, consult "Introduction to Quality Control" by Kaoru Ishikawa.
The Deming "cycle" and statistical analysis is taken from Dr. Shewhart's 1932 work. Deming's 14 "points" and 7 "deadly diseases" are simply exhortations, talking points for the lecture circuit. Two diseases are explained as "beyond the scope of his present discussion" with one sentence of explanation given to each. It is evident that neither Deming nor Walton have the simplest grasp of US labor law.
The case studies include a company that is on the corporate bone pile for failing its environmental management responsibilities, and another in bankruptcy for managing its bottom line with emotion rather than reason.
To be fair, Walton's reportage of the bead demonstration taken from a Deming statistical lecture is worth reading. If purchased used, the value of the bead vignette will recoup the $[money]spent.
Serious students of management philosophy, productivity, and quality should look beyond this meager work toward Ishikawa, Crosby, or Juran.
Rating: 5
Summary: SIMPLY THE BEST BOOK ON DEMING THERE IS
Comment: What I really liked about Mary Walton's book is that it is ACCESSIBLE. While I certainly sympathize with Dr. Deming's eschewing simplistic slogans and posters to institute the notion of quality, I felt like Ms. Walton broke Deming's theories down into manageable chunks. Having survived reading Deming's "Out of the Crisis", I would have to say that Mary Walton's slim little volume is a much better way to glean the priceless gems of Dr. Deming's wisdom. This ranks right up there with "Liberation Management" as one of the best business books ever written.
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Title: Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming ISBN: 0262541157 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 11 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain by Philip B. Crosby ISBN: 0451625854 Publisher: Mentor Books Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education - 2nd Edition by W. Edwards Deming ISBN: 0262541165 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 11 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control by Walter A. Shewhart ISBN: 0486652327 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 December, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: What Is Total Quality Control?: The Japanese Way by Kaoru Ishikawa, Karoru Ishikawa, David J. Lu ISBN: 0139524339 Publisher: Prentice Hall Trade Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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