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Dr W Edwards Demings – Seven Deadly Sins

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

When Dr. W. Edwards Deming went to Japan in the early fifties, he found a nation that was largely destroyed. He shared with Japan a vision of management that helped to transform the Country into a world leader. As well as identifying 14 points he also identified 7 Deadly sins.

Lack of constancy of purpose
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Dr. W. Edward Deming’s 14 points

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

When Dr. W. Edwards Deming went to Japan in the early fifties, he found a nation that was largely destroyed. He shared with Japan a vision of management that helped to transform the Country into a world leader.
Today in the West, we see huge corporations bankrupt and crumbling. We believe the Fourteen Points of Dr. [...]

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ITIL Challenges – Organisational change is too hard

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Number one reason that ITIL implementations fail as cited by the The Enterprise Computing Institute .
Guess what? Organizational change is hard, and, as is the case with the process and technology pieces of ITIL implementations, it will vary greatly based on your size, structure, and culture. Are there then some common threads that will enable [...]

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How To Get More For Less Without Disfranchising Your Suppliers.

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Strategic sourcing – and third party contracts – are critical to delivery of business objectives.
The Business environment is moving rapidly – and more significantly changing – and as a result the degree to which third party contracts are aligned to meet business needs, will reduce over time-The Business and the IT Services will become “decoupled”.
What [...]

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