◎ Quality Progress 月刊3月份登 Dr. Deming之訃文Gone But Not Forgotten ，由 Brad Stratton 任主編，可參閱www.deming.org 網站。..
○ 4月27/28日英國戴明協會所BDA)第7屆年會，主題為 Competition is Ruining Us! There is a
◎ John O. Whitney是美國企業重整專家，妙手回春六家企業，後來當了哥倫比亞大學商學院教授及其戴明品質管理中心主任，1994年出版The Trust Factor，闡述「信任」為公司獲利及活力的根源。戴明為該書寫了前言，說該書幫助我們透過淵博知識的稜鏡，看清「不信任」對企業各方面造成的損失，使我們能以「合作、雙贏」方式來經營。該書的理論精華為（p. .185）：
「企業為相互依賴部分組成的複雜系統。要能管理其複雜性，要有勝任的成員在流通的組織架構中，在開放而信任的環境下，運用互動的流程。在績效評估及獎賞制度不能反映其組成的相互依賴，而系統的績效又為不正確或誤導人的情報所影響，就會造成不信任。此不信任造成浪費及不必要的複雜。尤有進者，不信任會稀釋企業從事其真正工作－設計、製造、銷售、分配、收款能獲取並保持有利可圖的顧客－的努力及誤導其創造力。
反之，對績效評估及獎賞制度公平性的信任，對同事及組織勝任的信任，對組織及其員工生產的情報信任，對組織及其員工的操守信任，可以減少浪費及複雜性。一旦上述信任之各條件得以建立，而員工對企業的宗旨、任務、價值觀、目的、目標等了解、相信，並願意支持之，創造力會發揮、成本大降、獲利提昇。組織的生存及成長力大為增強，公司及員工的活力也大為豐富化。」
五大不信任化解法為其論述重點：
病源一：衡量與獎賞失調－使員工誤入「人與人之間」及「人與公司之間」相互為敵的陷阱。解決之道為建立公司的宗旨、任務、願景、價值觀，然後以包容（inclusive）系統方式經營－獎賞方式為全體員工及公司皆蒙其利。
病源二：老闆、同儕及部屬不勝任或信心不足而退縮。解決之道為創造出流通的組織架構及在開放、互信的環境下及運行互動的管理程序，能在工作中學習及以正式教育、培訓方式發揮「乘數」效果。
病源三：對各系統（制度）了解不周全，致使活動、努力與組織目標違背。解決之道為要了解各組成部分是相互關連，而且要使大家都有所體認、了解。
病源四：情報偏差、過時、無用及錯誤。解決之道為針對公司的各種正式及非正式的衡量及控制制度稽查。要消除噪音－此為對公司主要任務（及獲利的設計、建造、銷售產品及服務）沒貢獻的情報。
病源五：操守、統整性有缺陷。解決之道為：以快速而又重點方式去除各項犯因。去除會造成再犯的各種條件。
The Statistician Who Changed the World: W. Edwards Deming, 1900-1993
Journal article by Thomas J. Boardman; The American Statistician, Vol. 48, 1994
Journal Article Excerpt
The statistician who changed the world: W. Edwards Deming, 1900-1993 by Thomas J. Boardman
1. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY W. Edwards Deming, Consultant in Statistical Studies, died on December 20, 1993 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 93. His battle with cancer finally ended but not before he had changed how the world thinks about quality. Judging from his letterhead, business cards, and personal conversations, he considered himself to be a statistician. Yet we know that he was so much more. The New York Times obituary headlined him as "Expert on Business Management" (Holusha 1993). Others described him as the "world-famous quality expert" (Hillkirk 1993). Japan named their prestigious quality award in his honor in 1951. His name is well known in Japan, perhaps even more widely recognized than Japan's top political figures. Many in this country are now realizing that Deming fathered an industrial renaissance (see Moore and Hovelson 1993). How many of us in the statistics profession really understand his contributions to the world and to our profession? 2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD 2.1 NBC White Paper: 1980 Long before the NBC documentary "If Japan Can, Why Can't We?" appeared on television in 1980, some people knew of the contributions Deming was making in Japan and elsewhere. Companies in the United States had consulted with Deming on problems associated with statistical procedures such as interstate motor freight. He was a busy consultant with an office in the basement of his Washington. DC, home. Nevertheless, few in this country knew Deming. Fewer still knew the breadth of his consulting expertise. Remember that, in 1980 when the NBC telecast aired. Deming was 80. Indeed, the producer for the NBC broadcast, Clare Crawford-Mason, told me that when she visited Japan and heard about the contributions that Deming had made, she assumed he had already died. (She shares more insights in the video "The Prophet of Quality," Dobyns and Crawford-Mason 1992.) Is this an example of the axiom: You can not be a prophet (consultant) in your own country? Until this program aired Dr. Deming was not well known in this country. And then his life changed dramatically! Corporate America asked itself, "Could it be that an American had played a major role in the changes...\ The American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 24, No. 1, 67-84 (1994) DOI: 10.1177/027507409402400104 Administrative Man Faces the Quality Transformation: Comparing the Ideas of Herbert A. Simon and W. Edwards DemingVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Is Deming's quality management just another management fad? Examination of its philosophical underpinnings shows that it is based in a new theoretical framework that places it at a cross-roads for organization theory and design that is as momentous as Simon's development and application of decision theory and positivistic science. Failure to understand Deming's "system of profound knowledge" has meant an undervaluing of his major contribution to the theory of organizations. |
