i question whether this jerk has assimilated Deming's basic message
about
respect for others. i was unable to find a reference for this book OUT
OF
CRISES.
i would however recommend a book i read recently on this general topic
called
"The Economics of Trust" by John Whitney, from which i have prepared a
summary
which i will be happy to email to interested parties.
his basic thesis is that there are 5 main causes of distrust in
organizations:
- ineffective evaluation & reward systems
- little trust in the competence of others
- failure to realize the interdependence of functions as parts of a
larger
system
- mistrust of, and consequent disregard for, information from within org
- concern about the motives, if not the integrity, of others
altho he focuses on a basic for-profit manufacturing enterprise, his
basic
thesis can be extended to government bureaucracies and academia.
implementation
of this model faces the same obstacles as total quality mgmt.
muriel
Consultantssuck wrote:
> Dr. Deming Naive? You, sir, are misguided and unfortunately,
> misinformed of the genius of the master Dr. Shewhart, and his
> disiple and messenger to the latter half of the 20th century,
> Dr. Deming.
>
> Humans want to do a good job. Dr. Deming was pellucid on this
> point. People and school fit nicely into this axiom.
>
> what you fail to understand is the profound knowledge of
> thinking preparing, and continual improvement. Grading is nice,
> succinct, and above all, usually useless in its existing
> design. Does grading permit our student to readdress problem or
> slow areas? In many cases grading only shows how well you did,
> based on varying factors-The next test, completely different.
>
> we have all seen studies where the pretty girl is awarded better
> grades for the same caliber of work as others. we have all
> seen reports where teachers are wrong in their suppositions,
> then corrected or challenged by students, ultimately leading
> these educators to hold a grudge for "attitude and behavior"
> when report card time recurs.
>
> Do you want to know why the AFT and the NEA are against teaching
> LOGIC in elementary schools (Logic being the foundation for all
> higher math applications)?
>
> Could it be because some protege will learn to ask the harder
> questions? Possibly Some "smart alec" will not accept our
> educator's "Because I told you it did."
>
> A recent report found Elementary educators, when pressed for
> answers they did not know, simply "winged it." This sophristry
> unfortunately happens when our educators are not versed in the
> sciences, history or math, and they wish to appear (to
> themselves and) to their students, smart.
>
> People want to do a good job. Grading allows teachers to make
> decisions in our children's early years based on mostly the
> faliable educator's emotions toward that one particular budding
> mind. Grading should be benchmarks for ever improvement based
> on practice, practice practice of the fundementals. Then of
> course moving foward with a keen sence of where the student is
> going. Any good music teacher will tell you the ones who
> practice the fundemental scales, dilegently, go on to master the
> difficult pieces.
>
> Read the book OUT OF CRISES again, and again. I assure you, you
> will soon "get it."
>
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