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Performance improvement: was W. Edwards Deming wrong?

H. James Harrington (H. James Harrington is an International Quality Advisor, Ernst & Young LLP, San Jose, California, USA)

The TQM Magazine

ISSN: 0954-478X

Article publication date: 1 August 1998

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Abstract

Performance evaluations (appraisals) have been blamed for everything from team destruction to personal demoralization. The problem is not the concept of performance evaluation but the way they have been implemented. This technical report provides a sound path to effect constructive appraisals.

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Harrington, H.J. (1998), "Performance improvement: was W. Edwards Deming wrong?", The TQM Magazine, Vol. 10 No. 4, pp. 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789810222595

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MCB UP Ltd

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