Week 1 Homework Assignment

Question 1

Improvement is needed for an organization to survive because:

Answer

If you don’t do it better your competition will:

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Question 2

Which of the following are principles of Statistical Thinking?

Question 3

Why is it so difficult for a person or an organization to improve?

Question 4

Understanding variation is important because variation:

Question 5

The principal drivers of the rapid change in the global economy are:

Question 6

Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management are some of the new

systems for managing and improving an organization. What is a common theme

running through these approaches?