Management by results is confusing special causes with common causes.
More Quotes from Edwards Deming:
If you stay in this world, you will never learn another one.Edwards Deming
There is a penalty for ignorance. We are paying through the nose.
Edwards Deming
The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside.
Edwards Deming
Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.
Edwards Deming
Does experience help NO Not if we are doing the wrong things.
Edwards Deming
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Management QuotesNon-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Mohandas Gandhi
Well, I'm leaning probably toward the sciences like physics.
Amy Carter
I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well.
Anne McCaffrey