Beth,
Maybe the beginning is to stir your "appreciation for a system"
and the final exam involves the teacher's "Theory of Variation."
Beth Clark wrote:
>>This semester I will be taking a graduate course in "Quality, Strategy,
>>and Productivity" based on the thinkings of Deming. It is being taught by
>>the professor who holds the Deming-endowed chair at our local university.
>>I was dismayed to learn that a final exam will be the method used to
>>assess learning. As the course is aimed for students already "in the
>>workplace" or soon to be, I assumed that the professor would use a project
>>as both a learning opportunity and as a means to assess whether the
>>students could apply the knowledge and skills learned in the class...
-- REH MCORE@soho.ios.commcore@soho.ios.com (Ray Evans Harrell)