Hi Carl,
I've been saving off to a text file most of your posts on this book
about Deming principles applied to Education. I figure, then when I get
a Round Tuitt, I'll still have the material available to me to read. I'm
even thinking about getting the book to read later this year when I have
more time.
However, a comment on the current post I am reading:
-> *Administrators and educators, who believe they can motivate the
-> unmotivated are deluding themselves, Motivation starts within each of
-> us, but we learn demotivation from others.  Administrators and
-> educators must ask what they may be doing to demotivate their staff.
I'm not sure that I buy this. Why must motivation start from within
whereas de-motivation can be affected from the outside? This is not
something I am instantly willing to believe. As a matter of fact, it
bothers me. Seems too convenient that this is true for persons promoting
the Deming concepts. What proof or evidence is there to back this one
up?
-> when people are placed in a situation where they compete with their
-> peers for recognition and merit pay, great harm to individuals and
-> the organization results.  Colleagues and teammates become rivals.
-> The appearance of accomplishment supersedes true accomplishments.
Heh. That last sentence above completely reminds me of the Dilbert
cartoon strip. We are a Dilbert family (or at least a Dilbert married
couple). I got my husband a Dilbert book for Xmas (among other
things...). He got me a Dilbert calendar. Are we cynical? Nahhh...
Sheila
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