Talk:Theory Z of Ouchi
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Time paradox
[edit]In 1982, Deming's book Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position was published by the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering. I was renamed Out of the Crisis in 1986. This book presented his 14 key principles.
Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge was published by Ouchi in 1981.
This article reads that
- "Japanese Management" and Theory Z itself were based on Dr. W. Edwards Deming's famous "14 points".
Shouldn't it be the other way around? I mean, it is more likely that Deming based his work on Ouchi's. Ouchi published his work one year before Deming did his. Can anyone explain this?
- Deming had been working on this stuff for a long time. It doesn't look as though there was a publication of the 14 pints before 82, but there may have been. He may also have worked with or taught Ouchi. Certainly others have drawn this inference. See http://archive.is/hCeCx for example. Ther is a more nuanced approach here. See also here for quality circles, and a little more commentary.
- All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:20, 4 October 2019 (UTC).