Management and Life

Book Review The Decalogue – Deming and Goldratt - Domenico Lepore and Oded Cohen Dr. Deming and Dr. Goldratt are considered as the ‘gurus’ or geniuses in modern management literature. Their theories have had a profound impact on the understanding and improvement of management systems across a wide variety of organizations in the world. ‘The Decalogue’ – is the work of two disciples of Dr Deming and Dr. Goldratt who discovered the overlap and complementary aspects of their theories. Domenico Lepore, a Deming Scholar found that TOC offered a methodology and thinking tools to implement Dr. Deming’s theory. While Oded Cohen, a partner of Dr. Goldratt, realized that the core aspects of Deming’ theory such as appreciation of the system, understanding variation and process improvement provide the background for a better understanding and implementation of the TOC. By combining the theories and approach presented by Dr. Deming (The System of Profound Knowledge) and Dr. Goldratt (...

Management and Life !! Life has many a lessons to teach. How, when and what rate one learns, varies. Yet life is a committed and uncompromising teacher. It continues to teach until one learns. How we articulate and explain those learnings by building models, theories, logic and analogies is the genesis of all disciplines. Management - a discipline or a science or an art or simply a chance !! There are many views and yet none of it is complete. Just like 'Life' - it is difficult to define yet compulsory to experience. The subject is vast, its application all pervasive. It sounds like common sense and yet it is marvelous in its uniqueness. This blog titled, 'Management and Life' is an attempt to capture and share my thoughts and experience on various areas related with 'Management discipline' and its application and relationship with various facets of human life. This blog is about observing, articulating and sharing the learnings which my life, profession and i...