Re: SoPK ?

[demingtw <demingtw@ms17.hinet.net>]

FVoehl@aol.com WroteˇG
> <<  not able to understand the meaning of SoPK, can you please elaborate. >>
> Yes, indeed.  SoPK refers to Dr. Deming's System of Profound Knowledge.
> Profound Knowledge begins with an appreciation for a system, which can be
> achieved through flow diagrams, such as the one Deming used in Japan in 1950.
>  Along with appreciation for a system, SoPK must entail an understanding of
> the theory of variation, theory of knowledge, and psychology.  SoPK cannot be
> separated into pieces and the four parts must be seen as interacting with
> each other.
>
Several years ago, I started to do some contributions to our educational reform
here. One thing I learned is the philosophy of education is the 'ultimate end' of
all philosophy studies, including business.
You might note friends in DEN sometimes using Deming Philosophy as well as System
of Profound Knowledge.At the beginning of my  journey, my thinking is 'to bring
the business thinking to schools' and soon I changed my mind, it is better
feedback business world with the philosophy of education. Of course the world of
schools has many issues but I think the distinguish 'means' and 'ends' is
important.


 One sound and better way of understanding Dr. Deming's teachings is to think it
in terms of educational  processes or systems. Then the so called SoPK becomes
very simple, like the renewal or relearning the Tradition of  General Knowledge
 by E. H. Gombrich) . For example, read B. Russell's Education and Social Order
(1932, say, the chapter on 'competitions in education') and you might know the
essential points of Dr. Deming's teachings.


Hanching Chung
http://www.deming.com.tw
'The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope.' Concluding remarks
of The Island Race by Winston S. Churchill