RE: Lack of Deming Philosophy in Education

["Robert Bacal" <ceo@work911.com>]

> Why is limiting the scope of a system a problem?

Because you can't understand any one system without understanding all 
of the systems that system is related to -- either the bigger systems 
in which it is embedded, or other systems that interact with it as 
"peers".

In other words, a "system of systems".

It's exactly the same principle as saying that focusing on an 
individual employee without looking at the system is pointless.

Robert Bacal

PS. Lest we forget, a "system" is a human construct with arbitrary 
boundaries.

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