Re: Moderation, Deming Management Philosophy, Resistance to Change

[Kromkowski@aol.com]

> Jim, I would volunteer to tally a vote for web-based or email-based DEN
> discussion.

Here is a curious tactic more recently used in management:  Under the guise 
of democracy (but with no secret ballot nor institutional history of actual 
democracy nor actual authority or control being transferred to any one other 
that actual management), censor discussion about improvement or change of 
status quo "until" vote happens.

Does any one even know what a web-based forum looks like or how it works?  Do 
we know what a DEN would look like if it was unmoderated? Do we know how many 
hours each week Jim spends being an editor and what that actually entails? 
Does he correct spelling? Why or why not? Should unsubstantiated suggestions 
that Deming embraced or would have embraced Bayesian methods, be moderated 
off or not? Why? Do we understand the value of the DEN to lurkers who seldom 
or never post?  Is the DEN actually valuable? How would we know? Could it be 
more valuable?  Who's in charge? And by what method shall improvement proceed?

If Deming were hired as a consultant to the DEN, what would his report look 
like? How would he go about helping the DEN?

John David Kromkowski
Kromkowski@aol.com