Re: Re. Education Philosophy

[WyoCheek@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/12/99 9:38:33 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
PHILHOOVER@aol.com writes:

<< In the early days of the DEN, I inintiated a thread by stating that I 
thought  that the Theory of Variation was the "Cornerstone" of Dr. Deming's 
teachings. (left out balance for shorting ),,>>>

< The Theory of Variation gave him the "lense" with which he viewed and and 
sought to shape the world. >>

At first I was going to defend your argument with direct audio materials. Now 
I have decided to simply say "Your thread about variation being the 
"Cornerstone", is Ground Zero." Inherently it is found in all the other 3 
areas prior to the formation of what Deming called "System" of PKn. I cannot 
accept that information, transformed into applied knowledge implies this 
being a system. Now, let us make reality very real here. I am about to invest 
millions so can anyone tell me how to establish a funding allocation matrix 
if a process is a system. The variation in these operational terms is simply 
to extreme to mean the same to people outside the managment world. Certainly 
I could spend a million on the improvement process called PDSA, or do I call 
it improvement system? The varation in knowledge of these terms will cause 
thousands in waste. And I must shrink this upstream to avoid a Red Bead 
situation.

   SCheek, DDS
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