Sebastian’s Story, 14 October 2005, Barry Clemson Author’s Note: This is a true story. I have of course invented the dialog and the thoughts of my characters, but Sebastian and Father Aldunate are real persons and the key facts in the story are just as they actually happened. None of us had ever heard of [...]
The American Ideal Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence articulates the American Ideal. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights … Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving [...]
The question resounded throughout company XYZ corridors: “If TQM is supposed to help us be better managers, then why do we hate it so much?!?!” XYZ was entering its fifth year of Total Quality Management and had even won a State Senate TQM award. But the worth of their TQM program was questioned by [...]
In the 1950′s Stafford Beer managed the largest Operations Research firm in England. A large corporation would come and say “Our inventory is out of control. Can you develop a system for us to get the inventory costs down?” Stafford always said something like “We certainly can. You have come to the right place. [...]