轉形任重道遠 必須窮數十寒暑 "When we size up the job ahead, it is obvious that a long thorny road lies ahead -- decades." Dependence on protection by tariffs and laws to "buy American" only encourages incompetence. It would be incorrect to leave the reader with the impression that no action is taking place.
(Deming, 1986, Preface for Out of the Crisis)
感謝: hc：我們偶而會碰到很純正家鄉話。 譬如說，約1997年，宏遠紡織的某位主管說 ："鍾老師， 大船入港了！" --指當時他們公司跟我買了許多我社的書。 後來，我才知道，這也是英文的表達方式 (我因為高雄有姨丈， 很小就懂得他們投資漁船的方式....) :when your ship comes in/when personal ship come home/in/factory ship (hc)
Discussion討論 Obama 實際用的字眼
Still, Mr. Obama, who was described as “very surprised” when he received the news, said he himself was not quite convinced, adding that the award “deeply humbled” him.
“To be honest,” the president said in the Rose Garden, “I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize, men and women who’ve inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
賣書
(書款千元以上八折---請轉帳 帳戶是 郵局 700 0001816 0385461--- 郵撥帳號：18827960 鍾漢清先生) 參考 http://www.deming.com.tw (書價以本文為準)W. W. Scherkenbach『戴明修煉 I/II』(各420元)『戴明博士四日談』 (500元) P. Crosby『熱愛品質』(350元) J. M. Juran『管理三部曲』(600元) Brian Joiner『第四代管理』(500元) 『台灣戴明圈：2008年東海戴明學者講座』 (500元)
Banquet Speech
Elias Canetti's speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 (in German)
Einer Stadt, die man kennt, verdankt man viel und einer, die man kennen möchte, wenn man sich lange vergeblich nach ihr sehnt, vielleicht noch mehr. Aber es gibt, glaube ich, im Leben eines Menschen auch besondere Stadtgottheiten, durch Drohung, Unermesslichkeit oder Verklärung ausgezeichnete Gebilde. Die drei, die es für mich waren, sind Wien, London und Zürich.
A city known to us, we owe a lot and who wants to know when one longs for her in vain for a long time, maybe even more. But there are, I believe in human life also special city deities, by threat, or glorification immensity excellent structure. The three who were there for me, are Vienna, London and Zurich.
著名的城市給我們，我們欠了很多，誰知道她渴望一個徒勞的很長一段時間，甚至更多。但是，我相信在人們的生活也特別市神，通過威脅，或美化袤結構優良。這三個誰在那裡對我來說，是維也納，倫敦和蘇黎世。
It was of a quite different sort, one nicely summed up about a
century ago by the French mining engineer and self-taught sociologist,
Frédéric Le Play: The most important thing to come out of the mine, he
wrote, is the miner. In much the same spirit, it can be said that the most
important thing to come out of Columbia sociology back then was the
student.
Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme
The MOST Programme's primary purpose is to transfer relevant Social Sciences research findings and data to decision-makers and other stakeholders.
MOST focuses on building efficient bridges between research, policy and practice. The programme promotes a culture of evidence-based policy-making – nationally, regionally and internationally. As the only UNESCO programme that fosters and promotes social science research, it is placed in a pivotal position in the overall promotion of UNESCO's goals.
"Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two -- and only two --basic functions: marketing and innovation." (Peter Drucker)
現在談"生產系統"及"轉型"的書報相當多 譬如說"......在這家美商公司任職期間，讓機械工程本科出身的他，進一步了解不銹鋼管的設計與生產，認識到不銹鋼管市場的潛在商機，並讓他累積資本，創辦台灣首家不銹鋼管廠「東籐機械工業」，無論產品設計或市場銷售，陳永吉都親力親為。 陳永吉說：「我創業之路一直都很平坦，沒遇到大風大浪。」關鍵因素就在於一開始就切入一個對的產業，並掌握關鍵技術，靠著穩定品質立下口碑。" (《追逐夢想II世代—海外台商的轉型與接班》) --- The goal of Mr. Peters, 51, and his co-workers at International Battery, a high-tech start-up, is industrial revolution. Racing against other companies around the globe, they are on the front lines of an effort to build smaller, lighter, more powerful batteries that could help transform the American energy economy by replacing gasoline in cars and making windmills and solar cells easier to integrate into the power grid.
结果采访的时候，真是令我俩大跌眼镜，周仰杰对我的CROCS表现出极大的宽容，认为穿鞋子舒服才是时尚的第一真谛，在次日的讲座中，他甚至又拿我 的鞋来打趣一番，重申他的“舒服”论。而同事那双精心挑选的高跟凉鞋却只引来他一句“戴安娜公主（他坚持叫戴妃公主）从来不穿这样的open toe”的评价，搞得同事一整晚都在想办法把她的脚趾藏起来。
时尚派对开始的时候，一个个打扮得BLING BLING的“商务休闲”男女进来了。高潮出现在拍卖环节，周仰杰会亲自根据你的脚为你设计一双鞋子，画出图纸。这张图纸起拍价1000元，每次加价 200元。开拍一分钟时，价格加到了5000元，而喊到最后的8800元成交价，只用了不到2分钟。这真是一个粉丝才会出的价格，因为在伦敦找周仰杰定制 一双鞋，基本价格也不过是650英镑，而现在8800元人民币只是拍来一张图纸。买家据说是一位杭派女装的设计师，周仰杰的发烧友。
不知道这个价格会不会令周仰杰觉得惊讶，令我惊讶的是，这位生于马来西亚求学成名于英伦的鞋匠，居然能说一口流利的中文，并且口口声声地强调“我是 一个中国人”。在采访的间隙，周仰杰向我谈到了他信仰的佛教，他崇敬的九天玄女，以及他在英国开店使用罗盘定位的趣事，这令我们的采访变得十分愉快，尽管 我们的身份地位教育背景相差十万八千里，但是中国传统文化神奇地消除了我们之间的隔阂。
令我略感遗憾的是，我同事在她随后的报道中依然使用了“Jimmy Choo”来称呼他，而周仰杰在采访结束后，曾特意叮嘱“请在报道中称呼我周仰杰，而不是Jimmy Choo”。
William Lazonick explores how technological change has interacted with the organization of work, with major consequences for national competitiveness and industrial leadership. Looking at Britain, the United States, and Japan from the nineteenth century to the present, he explains changes in their status as industrial superpowers. Lazonick stresses the importance for industrial leadership of cooperative relations between employers and shop-floor workers. Such relations permit employers to use new technologies to their maximum potential, which in turn transforms the high fixed costs inherent in these technologies into low unit costs and large market shares. Cooperative relations can also lead employers to invest in the skills of workers themselves--skills that enable shop-floor workers to influence quality as well as quantity of production. To build cooperative shop-floor relations, successful employers have been willing to pay workers higher wages than they could have secured elsewhere in the economy. They have also been willing to offer workers long-term employment security. These policies, Lazonick argues, have not come at the expense of profits but rather have been a precondition for making profits. Focusing particularly on the role of labor-management relations in fostering "flexible mass production" in Japan since the 1950s, Lazonick criticizes those economists and politicians who, in the face of the Japanese challenge, would rely on free markets alone to restore the international competitiveness of industry in Britain and the United States. ******
Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation
Focusing on the postwar automation of the American metal-working industry--the heart of the modern industrial economy--this is a provocative study of how automation has assumed a critical role in America. David Noble argues that industrial automation--more than merely a technological advance--is a social process that reflects very real divisions and pressures within our society. The book explains how technology is often spurred and shaped by the military, corporations, universities, and other mighty institutions. Using detailed case studies, Noble also demonstrates how engineering design is influenced by political, economic, and sociological considerations, and how the deployment of equipment is frequently entangled with certain managerial concerns.
Synopsis:
Focusing on the postwar automation of the American metal-working industry--the heart of the modern industrial economy--this is a provocative study of how automation has assumed a critical role in America. David Noble argues that industrial automation--more than merely a technological advance--is a social process that reflects very real divisions and pressures within our society. The book explains how technology is often spurred and shaped by the military, corporations, universities, and other mighty institutions. Using detailed case studies, Noble also demonstrates how engineering design is influenced by political, economic, and sociological considerations, and how the deployment of equipment is frequently entangled with certain managerial concerns.
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In Taichung is a hotel styled in the ' Japanese manner, and the can sleep ... Crates of Treasures At Taichung the 3000 to 4000 crates of Peiping Palace ...February 28, 1960
The Taichung school, in operation since April 15, is the third field anguage ... Although all of them have volunteered to come here, their .in Taichung is ...June 13, 1955
Many of the victims were found in Taichung and Nantou, near the epicenter. Four-story residential buildings in Taichung collapsed. ...September 21, 1999 - By JOHN KIFNER
Taichung, it is explained, was selected as the art repository because--it has a relatively dry climate and is hidden by protective hills. ...July 22, 1956
Most of the treasures, brought here from the mainland by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek s forces in 1949, are buried in deep, man-made caves near Taichung, ...September 28, 1958
In the worst-hit counties near the epicenter, Taichung and Nantou, ... In Taichung, one man who was rescued from a collapsed high-rise building said in a ...September 22, 1999 - By CALVIN SIMS
The base, just outside the city of Taichung, has the longest jet runway in the Far East. About 700 Air Force men have been transferred to Kung Kuan for ...December 15, 1965
The first morning takes one! down the west coastal plain toj Taichung. ... In Taichung, there is time for a look at the palace art treasures that were ...June 12, 1960
Some residents of Taichung, in central Taiwan, called on the Government to ... On Tuesday evening, television broadcasts showed city blocks in Taichung ...September 22, 1999
TAICHUNG, Taiwan-The Grand Ole Opry House, Le Restaurant, Jack Wang's auto dealership, a collection of drinking spots known as Bartown and dozens of other ...March 11, 1973
Rescue teams have arrived from at least eight nations, but those sifting through the rubble in Nantou, Taichung and Yunlin — the counties ...September 23, 1999
As of the end of June, a total of 12 factories had been approved for the Taichung zone, with so area of 60 acres, and Nantze, with an area of 83 acres., ...September 28, 1970
Construction of the Henry W. Luce Chapel at Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, will begin Nov. 15. Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen, president of the United Board ...October 31, 1958
Also Wednesday, Corning said its board approved a $326 million expansion of its liquid crystal display glass factory under construction in Taichung, Taiwan. ...October 7, 2004
Several United States were 'evacuated from their homes in Taipei and Taichung Sunday night. Flood waters caused slight damage to the United States post ...August 3, 1960
Photo: About 50000 people took part in a demonstration yesterday in Taichung, Taiwan, some carrying a banner that called for Taiwan's entry into the United ...February 24, 1992
The territory entrusted to Maryknoll is the new Prefecture Apostolio of Taichung in the central part of the island. The Taichung Prefecture's the eighth ...September 3, 1950
Aerospace to make British Aerospace's regional jetliners at two locations -- in Woodford, near Manchester, and in Taichung, Taiwan. ...January 20, 1993
A large number of multi-lane roads then lead out of the downtown area in all directions. Some of them are divided by a physical barrier or median to enhance safety. These roads include Taichung Harbor Road (台中港路), Wuquan West Road (五權西路), Beitun Road (北屯路), Taiyuan Road (太原路), Hanxi Road (旱溪路), Guoguang Road (國光路), Zhongqing Road (中清路,) Wuquan South Road (五權南路) and Wenxin South Road (文心南路). 台中港路英文路標出現三版本，其中還把港口「Harbour」誤植為「Habor」，台中市議員楊正中認為，台中縣市將合併升格，路標還讓人看得霧煞煞，真是丟臉丟到國外去。
台中港路2段與惠中路十字路口，短短不到2公尺內，英文路標，有的是直譯Taijunggang Rd，也有的用Taichung Port Rd、Taichung Habor等三種不同版本。
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