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Within 4 years of leaving uni, I had the opportunity to experience, for myself, two distinctly different management philosophies.
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I was initially bought (or was given?) a copy of this book back in 1994-1995, when I was working back at Stanwell Power Station (in the last days of the QEC).
The reason I had the book back then was that it was aligned with some of the principles being trialled/implemented at Stanwell station at the time.
I read it back then, and have not since, but some main points still stick out for me… read more »
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For a start, I must note that I was never personally involved in any of these specifically-tailored study projects.
Rather, my understanding of them has come primarily from the time I spent at Gladstone Power Station during the sale process in 1994, when I spent a number of months stuck in the Data Room, reviewing documents as part of the Due Diligence process.
My job, during that period, revolved around reviewing pretty much all the documentation held onsite, determining what could, and could not, be released for the bidders to peruse. As such, I spent many hours pouring over documentation relating to many aspects of the station, and quizzing the 2 senior engineers in the room if I did not understand something.
Any errors in my understanding (of course) are due to my own stupidity, and not due to explanations provided by others… read more »
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I have dated this post back at the time I was at university, despite the fact that I was thinking along these lines before that time, and have continued to do so through until the present day. As a business owner, it’s probably one of my most important roles.
One particular experience, at uni, really brought home to me the two different paradigms.
“Deming -vs- Taylor” is really a synopsis about 2 distinctly different views of what management should do within a company - particularly (but not limited to) a company with some production process. read more »
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This blog post is written to provide some background to my “relationship” (if that’s the right term) with ICT. read more »