Comments on: RIP Six Sigma: Management Fads and the Apocalypse http://qualityandinnovation.com/2008/10/16/rip-six-sigma-management-fads-and-the-apocalypse/ exploring quality, productivity & innovation in socio-technical systems Sun, 20 May 2012 04:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Curious Cat Management Carnival: Select 2008 Highlights http://qualityandinnovation.com/2008/10/16/rip-six-sigma-management-fads-and-the-apocalypse/#comment-92 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:47:35 +0000 http://qualityandinnovation.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-92 [...] RIP Six Sigma: Management Fads and the Apocalypse – “Managers should always seek to establish solid, sustainable foundations – and continually improve upon them to achieve ever-increasing standards for excellence – regardless of whether they call it Six Sigma, or something else.” [...]

]]> By: scientificleader http://qualityandinnovation.com/2008/10/16/rip-six-sigma-management-fads-and-the-apocalypse/#comment-47 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:59:26 +0000 http://qualityandinnovation.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-47 Whether or not Goeke and Offodile are right, what transcends both TQM and Six Sigma is the use of the Scientific Methods that predate, and I believe will post-date the rise and fall of both.

Modern science has a multi-century prelude and won’t go away anytime soon in future business improvement and design methods, even if they’re relabeled and repackaged as something else, including a new fad.

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