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#Deming did acknowledge that the United States government was not designed to be as efficient as possible. From page 198 of Out of the Crisis “Government service is to be judged on equity as well as on efficiency.” He then quotes Oscar Ornati “We have forgotten that the function of government is more equity oriented than efficiency oriented.”
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https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/01/12/public-management-ii/

#public_administration #government #Leadership

Long History of Lean Thinking in Government

"It is good news that a government organization is adopting lean thinking ideas, but this kind of thing has been going on for decades. My father wrote a short section in Dr. Deming's Out of the Crisis on applying these ideas in the City of Madison (early 1980's). I was involved in the Public Sector Network (federal, state and local gov in 1990's)..."

https://evop.blogspot.com/2013/01/long-history-of-lean-thinking-in.html

#management #public_administration #government #lean_thinking

Doing More with Less in the Public Sector - A Progress Report from Madison, Wisconsin

https://williamghunter.net/articles/doing_more_with_less_in_the_public_sector

#management #Deming #public_administration #public_sector #Madison