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By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Dr. Deming included the 14 points for management in Out of the Crisis. The 14 points provide some specific obligatio...

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The Ishikawa Diagram, introduced by Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s, is not merely a technical instrument for quality management. It is also a social artifact that reveals deep sociological current…

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