Informal Writing Assessment - Edward Deming

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Informal Writing Assignment #1 Top achievers in businesses are often rewarded with promotions, bonuses, and other various prizes. These add-ons are sometimes useful in adding competition within a company for a better output by each employee. However, William Edwards Deming would generally not approve of these practices. He is commonly known for his fourteen points of business management philosophies which he believes to result in an efficient business. These points are just a guideline to obtain quality from a business; however, many of these points contradict the practice of “Salesmen of the Month” awards shown in the article. Firstly, one reason Deming would not approve of “salesmen of the month” tactics would be that this idea disagrees with his point stating that businesses should “end the practice of awarding business”. This tactic awards those who obtain business, which could lead the other employees to feel as if they are inadequate to the top “salesmen of the month”. This also ties in with Deming’s other point stating that businesses should “remove barriers that rob people of pride”. In the article the top 3 salesmen of the month each are shown their own individual profiles, while the other employees are simply grouped together into one generic heading titled “The rest of sales staff”. This could make the other employees feel as if they are not valued members of the team unless they are in the top three salesmen, which could result in poor performance and a feeling of helplessness as if they are trapped in the bottom of the company. Also, another reason why Deming would not approve of this “salesmen of the month” tactics would be that it opposes another of his principles which states that exhortations should be eliminated from the workplace. These postings of the top 3 salesmen are means of showing what people can accomplish if they were to try

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