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W. Edwards Deming: Comprehensive Online Inventory of Worksnote

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Research conducted 2026-03-09. This inventory catalogs Deming's own writings and high-quality secondary sources available online, with URLs and access notes.

I. BOOKS (Full or Partial Text Online)

Out of the Crisis (1986; originally "Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position," 1982)

  • Type: Book (373 pp. original; 507 pp. revised)
  • Publisher: MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Study (later MIT Press)
  • Significance: Deming's magnum opus. Contains the 14 Points, Seven Deadly Diseases, chain reaction of quality, and the philosophical framework for transformation of Western management.
  • Online availability:
    • - Archive.org (borrowable): https://archive.org/details/outofcrisis0000demi - Archive.org (second copy): https://archive.org/details/outofcrisis000demi - MIT Press (purchase): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262541152/out-of-the-crisis/ - Google Books (limited preview): searchable
  • Access: Full text via Archive.org controlled digital lending (free account required). Purchase via MIT Press.

    • The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education (1993; 2nd ed. 1994; 3rd ed. 2018)

  • Type: Book
  • Publisher: MIT CAES / MIT Press
  • Significance: Deming's final book. Presents the System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) as the theoretical foundation underlying the 14 Points. Four components: appreciation for a system, knowledge about variation, theory of knowledge, psychology.
  • Online availability:
    • - Google Books (limited preview): https://books.google.com/books/about/The_New_Economics.html?id=RnsCXffehcEC - MIT Press (purchase): https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/5014/The-New-Economics-for-Industry-Government - Amazon (purchase): https://www.amazon.com/New-Economics-Industry-Government-Education/dp/091137907X
  • Access: Purchase only. No free full text found online. Limited preview on Google Books.

    • Some Theory of Sampling (1950)

  • Type: Book (602 pp.)
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • Significance: Major technical work on sampling theory. Foundational text in survey methodology.
  • Online availability:
    • - Archive.org (multiple copies, borrowable): - https://archive.org/details/sometheoryofsamp00will - https://archive.org/details/sometheoryofsamp0000demi - https://archive.org/details/sometheoryofsamp0000will_y5p7 - Digital Library of India scan (626 pp. PDF): https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.8004 - Google Books (limited preview): https://books.google.com/books/about/Some_Theory_of_Sampling.html?id=xQCvWLpAP-IC
  • Access: Full text via Archive.org controlled digital lending.

    • Sample Design in Business Research (1960)

  • Type: Book
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • Significance: Application of sampling methodology to business and commercial research.
  • Online availability:
    • - Scribd (PDF): https://www.scribd.com/document/720838555/Sample-design-in-business-research-W-Edwards-Deming-1960 - Google Books (limited preview): https://books.google.com/books/about/Sample_Design_in_Business_Research.html?id=6h75bLqi1IwC - Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5794694M/Sample_design_in_business_research.
  • Access: Scribd may require account. Limited preview on Google Books.

    • Statistical Adjustment of Data (1943; Dover reprint 1985)

  • Type: Book (261 pp.)
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (original); Dover Publications (reprint)
  • Significance: Early technical work on least squares, curve fitting, error propagation. His first solo book.
  • Online availability:
    • - Archive.org (borrowable): https://archive.org/details/statisticaladjus0000demi - Digital Library of India scan: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.18293 - Google Books (limited preview): https://books.google.com/books/about/Statistical_Adjustment_of_Data.html?id=9awgAAAAMAAJ
  • Access: Full text via Archive.org controlled digital lending.

    • Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position (1982)

  • Type: Book (373 pp.) — original title of "Out of the Crisis"
  • Publisher: MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Study
  • Online availability:
    • - Archive.org (borrowable): https://archive.org/details/qualityproductiv00demi - Google Books (limited preview): https://books.google.com/books/about/Quality_Productivity_and_Competitive_Pos.html?id=XLXbAAAAMAAJ
  • Access: Full text via Archive.org controlled digital lending.

    • Elementary Principles of the Statistical Control of Quality (1950)

  • Type: Book / JUSE lecture notes
  • Publisher: JUSE (Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers)
  • Significance: Transcription of Deming's 1950 JUSE lectures on statistical quality control. Royalties from this book led JUSE to establish the Deming Prize in December 1950.
  • Online availability:
    • - Google Books (metadata only): https://books.google.com/books/about/Elementary_Principles_of_the_Statistical.html?id=lZhXnQAACAAJ - Semantic Scholar (metadata): https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Elementary-principles-of-the-statistical-control-of-Deming/e8f118c965913f57319b61776b2f18fd0d027b52
  • Access: Out of print. No full text found online. The 1950 speech text (separate from this book) is available — see Lectures section below.

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    II. PUBLISHED PAPERS AND ARTICLES (by Deming)

    Available as Free PDFs from Deming Institute (deming.org)

    The Deming Cooperative (demingcooperative.org) and Deming Institute host PDFs of many papers. The URL pattern for the Institute's copies is `https://deming.org/media/pdf/[NUMBER].pdf` and `https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/[TITLE].pdf`.

    | # | Title | Date | Journal/Venue | URL | Notes | |---|-------|------|---------------|-----|-------| | 044 | The Elimination of Unknown Ages in The 1940 Population Census | Jan 1942 | — | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/044.pdf | Free PDF | | 081 | On the Distinction Between Enumerative and Analytic Surveys | 1953 | JASA, Vol. 48, pp. 244-255 | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/081.pdf and https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/On-the-Distinction-Between-Enumerative-and-Analytic-Surveys-1953.pdf | Key paper. Free PDF. Foundational distinction between studying what exists vs. improving future processes. | | 088 | On the Teaching of Statistical Principles and Techniques to People in Industry | 1954 | Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/088.pdf and https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/On-the-Teaching-of-Statistical-Principles-and-Techniques-to-People-in-Industry-1954.pdf | Free PDF | | 092 | On the Possible Types of Sampling Unit in the Last Stage | 1955 | — | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/092.pdf | Free PDF | | 094 | On The Use of Theory | Jun 7, 1956 | Industrial Quality Control | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/094.pdf | Free PDF | | 107 | Uncertainties in Statistical Data | 1961 | Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/107.pdf | Free PDF | | 110 | An Application of a Replicated National Sample in Consumer Research | Jun 5, 1961 | Proceedings of ASQC | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/110.pdf | Free PDF | | 118 | On The Use of Sampling In Management and Research | Nov 1963 | Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners' Journal | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/118.pdf | Free PDF | | 127 | What Happened in Japan? | Aug 1967 | Industrial Quality Control | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/127.pdf and https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/What-Happened-in-Japan-1967.pdf | Key paper. Free PDF. Deming's account of statistical quality control's impact on Japan. | | 131 | Sample Surveys | 1968 | International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/131.pdf | Free PDF | | 134 | An Efficient Procedure for Audit of Accounts Receivable | Mar 1970 | Management Accounting (with T. Nelson Grice) | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/134.pdf | Free PDF | | 137 | Statistical Control of Quality in Japan | 1969 | ICQC '69-TOKYO | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/137.pdf and https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Statistical-Control-of-Quality-in-Japan-1969.pdf | Free PDF | | 140 | Some Statistical Logic in the Management of Quality | Mar 17, 1971 | All India Conference on Quality Control | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/140.pdf | Free PDF | | 141 | On Variances of Estimators of a Total Population Under Several Procedures of Sampling | 1976 | Contributions to Applied Statistics | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/141.pdf | Free PDF | | 142 | Some Points About Standard Error | Sep 17, 1971 | Market Research Council address | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/142.pdf | Free PDF | | 143 | Some Theory on the Influence of the Inspector and Environmental Conditions | 1972 | Statistica Neerlandica (with Morris H. Hansen) | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/143.pdf | Free PDF | | 145 | On Probability As a Basis For Action | 1975 | The American Statistician, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 146-152 | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/145.pdf and https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/On-Probability-As-a-Basis-For-Action-1975.pdf | Key paper. Free PDF. Distinguishes enumerative from analytic studies and argues for action orientation. Also free from ELFT NHS: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/import-news/probability-as-a-basis-for-action-deming.pdf | | 146 | Code of Professional Conduct | Aug 1972 | International Statistical Review | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/146.pdf | Free PDF | | 147 | Statistician's Report to Management | Jul 1972 | Quality Progress | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/147.pdf | Free PDF | | 148 | The Logic of Evaluation | 1975 | Handbook of Evaluation Research | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/148.pdf | Free PDF | | 149 | On Some Statistical Aids Toward Economic Production | Aug 1975 | Interfaces | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/149.pdf | Free PDF | | 151 | On Trends in the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia | Apr 1974 | American Journal of Psychiatry (with Kuriansky & Gurland) | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/151.pdf | Free PDF | | 152 | On Some Critical Points in Survey Sampling | Feb 18, 1975 | Princeton Conference on Applied Statistics | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/152.pdf | Free PDF | | 153 | On the Use of Judgment-Samples | 1976 | Statistical Applications of Research | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/153.pdf | Free PDF | | 154 | My View of Quality Control in Japan | Nov 1975 | Reports of Statistical Application Research | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/154.pdf | Free PDF | | 156 | An Essay on Screening, or on Two-phase Sampling | 1977 | International Statistical Review | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/156.pdf | Free PDF | | 158 | On a Rational Relationship For Certain Costs of Handling Motor Freight Part I | 1978 | Transportation Journal | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/158.pdf | Free PDF | | 159 | On a Rational Relationship For Certain Costs of Handling Motor Freight, Part II | 1979 | Transportation Journal | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/159.pdf | Free PDF | | 160 | Some Contributions to Statistical Inference and Practice | 1982 | The Behavior of Psychiatric Patients (book chapter) | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/160.pdf | Free PDF | | 161 | On a Problem in Standards of Auditing | Spring 1979 | Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/161.pdf | Free PDF | | 167 | On The Statistician's Contribution to Quality | Sep 8-11, 1987 | ISI meeting in Tokyo | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/167.pdf and https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/On-The-Statisticians-Contribution-to-Quality-1987.pdf | Free PDF | | 169 | Transformation of Western Style of Management | 1988 | Handbook of Statistics | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/169.pdf | Free PDF | | 170 | Some Notes on Management In A Hospital | Spring 1990 | Journal of the Society for Health Systems | https://www.deming.org/media/pdf/170.pdf | Free PDF |

    Additional Papers Available as Free PDFs

    | Title | Date | Source | URL | Notes | |-------|------|--------|-----|-------| | The Teaching of Statistics | Mar 1948 | Annals of Mathematical Statistics (committee paper) | http://projecteuclid.org/download/pdf_1/euclid.aoms/1177730299 | Free via Project Euclid | | Principles of Professional Statistical Practice | Dec 1965 | Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 1883-1900 | https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Principles-of-Professional-Statistical-Practice-1965.pdf | Free PDF from Deming Institute. Also on Project Euclid (may require access): https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoms/1177699824 | | On a Least Squares Adjustment of a Sampled Frequency Table When the Expected Marginal Totals are Known | Dec 1940 | Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 11, No. 4 (with Frederick F. Stephan) | https://projecteuclid.org/journals/annals-of-mathematical-statistics/volume-11/issue-4/On-a-Least-Squares-Adjustment-of-a-Sampled-Frequency-Table/10.1214/aoms/1177731829.full | Project Euclid (may require access) | | Management's Responsibility For The Use Of Statistical Techniques In Industry | 1953 | — | https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Managements-Responsibility-for-the-Use-of-Statistical-Techniques-in-Industry-1953.pdf | Free PDF | | Drastic Changes for Western Management | 1986 | — | https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Drastic-Changes-for-Western-Management-1986.pdf | Free PDF. Also at University of Wisconsin: https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/69175 | | The Need for Change | Mar 1987 (republished Dec 1994) | The Journal for Quality and Participation | http://asq.org/qic/display-item/?item=15565 | ASQ site (may require membership) |

    Papers Available Only via Paywalled Databases

    | Title | Date | Journal | URL | Notes | |-------|------|---------|-----|-------| | On Probability as a Basis for Action | 1975 | The American Statistician, Vol. 29, No. 4 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00031305.1975.10477402 | Paywalled on Taylor & Francis. Free PDF available from Deming Institute (see above). | | Transformation of Western Style of Management | 1985 | Interfaces, Vol. 15, No. 3 | https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/inte.15.3.6 | Paywalled on INFORMS |

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    III. LECTURES, SPEECHES, AND TRANSCRIPTS

    Speech to Japanese Business Leaders at Mt. Hakone (1950)

  • Type: Lecture transcript (translated from Japanese)
  • Date: July-August 1950
  • Significance: Historic address to 80% of Japan's top management. Deming told them they could transform Japanese industry within 5 years if they followed his methods. He was right.
  • Online availability:
    • - Deming Institute: https://deming.org/speech-by-dr-deming-to-japanese-business-leaders-in-1950/ - Curious Cat (full transcript, translated by John Dowd from JUSE's Japanese transcript): https://curiouscat.com/management/deming/deming-1950-japan-speech-mt-hakone - PDF: https://www.ioptsyn.com/Dr_Deming's_1950_Lecture_to_Japanese_Top_Management.pdf - Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/document/209693268/Deming-s-1950-Lecture-to-Japanese-Management
  • Access: Full transcript freely available.

    • "Does Anybody Give a Hoot About Profit?" (1990)

  • Type: Lecture transcript
  • Date: July 11, 1990
  • Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, Westminster, London. Organized by EFQM and British Deming Association.
  • Significance: Deming's provocative presentation to 25 European executives arguing that nobody in management actually optimizes for profit, and that short-term profit focus destroys long-term value.
  • Online availability:
    • - Swiss Deming Institute PDF: https://www.deming.ch/downloads/deming_speech_en.pdf - Curious Cat: https://management.curiouscat.net/articles/147-Does-anybody-give-a-hoot-about-profit - Yumpu viewer: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/5109968/does-anybody-give-a-hoot-about-profit-swiss-deming-institute
  • Access: Full transcript freely available.

    • "Quality and the Required Style of Management: The Need for Change"

  • Type: Paper/presentation
  • Date: ~1988
  • Significance: Deming's argument that quality requires a fundamentally different management philosophy, not just techniques.
  • Online availability:
    • - Curious Cat (references full text formerly at Clemson): listed at http://deming.eng.clemson.edu/pub/den/files/reqstyle.txt (may be dead link)
  • Access: Uncertain. The Clemson URL may no longer work. No confirmed current full-text source found.

    • Deming-Ackoff Conversation (1992)

  • Type: Interview/conversation transcript
  • Date: 1992 (released as Deming Library Vol. 21 in 1993)
  • Moderator: Clare Crawford-Mason
  • Title: "A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers"
  • Significance: The only recorded conversation between Deming and Russell Ackoff, two giants of systems thinking.
  • Online availability:
    • - Ackoff Center Weblog (transcript): https://ackoffcenter.blogs.com/ackoff_center_weblog/2011/04/a-converstaion-between-russell-ackoff-and-edward-deming.html - PDF: http://ackoffcenter.blogs.com/files/dr.-ackoff-dr.-deming.pdf - Curious Cat (article page): https://management.curiouscat.net/articles/955-Interview-of-and-by-Dr-Ackoff-and-Dr-Deming
  • Access: Full transcript freely available.

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    IV. VIDEO AND AUDIO

    "If Japan Can... Why Can't We?" (1980 NBC Documentary)

  • Type: Documentary (1 hr 16 min)
  • Date: June 24, 1980
  • Network: NBC White Paper
  • Producer: Clare Crawford-Mason; Reporter: Lloyd Dobyns
  • Significance: The broadcast that introduced Deming to American audiences. Credited with starting the Quality Revolution in the U.S. Deming appears in the final 15 minutes.
  • Online availability:
    • - YouTube (free, via Deming Institute): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcG_Pmt_Ny4 - Deming Institute page: https://deming.org/if-japan-can-why-cant-we-1980-nbc-special-report/
  • Access: Free. Full documentary available on YouTube.

    • Deming's Four-Day Seminar (1992 recording at GM)

  • Type: Video lectures (12 hours total)
  • Date: July 1992
  • Venue: General Motors, audience of 500+ managers
  • Significance: The definitive recording of Deming conducting his famous seminar. Covers System of Profound Knowledge, PDSA, variation, leadership, psychology.
  • Online availability:
    • - Deming Institute (paid): https://deming.org/four-day-seminar-with-dr-deming-videos/ - Deming Institute Videos on Demand: https://deming.org/w-edwards-deming-videos-on-demand/
  • Access: Paid. Available through Deming Institute's on-demand platform.

    • The Deming Library (Complete Collection)

  • Type: Video series (32 volumes, 743+ minutes total)
  • Producer: CC-M Productions (Clare Crawford-Mason)
  • Significance: Comprehensive video library of Deming teaching, demonstrating, and discussing his philosophy.
  • Known volumes include:
    • - Vol. 3: Corporate Leadership (25 min) - Vol. 4: Adoption of the New Philosophy (21 min) - Vol. 5: Communication of the New Philosophy (22 min) - Vol. 6: Application of the New Philosophy (24 min) - Vol. 7: The Red Bead Experiment and Life (25 min) - Vol. 8: Lessons of the Red Bead Experiment (25 min) - Vol. 9: The Funnel Experiment (23 min) - Vol. 10: How Managers and Workers Can Change (25 min) - Vol. 11: Cooperation, the Key to Quality (25 min) - Vol. 12: The Dangers of Buying on Price Tag Alone (25 min) - Vol. 21: A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers (Deming-Ackoff conversation)
  • Online availability:
    • - Deming Institute (paid/selections): https://deming.org/w-edwards-deming-videos-on-demand/ - Deming Starter Library (selections): includes Prophet of Quality, 14 Points, Understanding Profound Knowledge, Red Bead Experiment
  • Access: Paid. Some excerpts freely available on YouTube.

    • Deming Institute YouTube Channel (Free Videos)

  • Type: Video clips and full presentations
  • Significance: Free selections from the Deming Library and conference presentations.
  • Most-viewed videos:
    • - "Dr. Deming - The 5 Deadly Diseases (1984)" — ~152,000 views - "W. Edwards Deming: The 14 Points" — ~171,000 views - "Red Bead Experiment with Dr. W. Edwards Deming" — ~108,000 views
  • Online availability:
    • - YouTube channel (free): search "W. Edwards Deming Institute" on YouTube - Deming Institute page: https://deming.org/the-most-popular-videos-on-the-w-edwards-deming-institute-you-tube-channel/
  • Access: Free.

    • Management's Five Deadly Diseases Audio (Conversation with Deming)

  • Type: Audio (MP3)
  • Online availability:
    • - Deming Cooperative (paid, $14): http://demingcooperative.org/media/
  • Access: Paid.

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    V. ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

    W. Edwards Deming Papers, Library of Congress

  • Type: Archival collection
  • Dates: 1749-1995 (bulk 1930-1993)
  • Size: 63,900 items, 183 containers + oversize, 76.6 linear feet
  • Contents: Correspondence, memoranda, interviews, speeches, lectures, reports, writings, articles, books, notes, reviews, itineraries, awards, musical scores, photographs. Eleven series: Personal File, General Correspondence, International File, Client File, Subject File, Writings, Academic File, Reference File, Miscellany, 2024 Addition, Classified.
  • Online availability:
    • - Finding aid: https://findingaids.loc.gov/repositories/19/resources/2127/collection_organization - Overview: https://www.loc.gov/item/mm94083010/ - Finding aid PDF: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/gdcfindingaidpdfs/ms997017/ms997017.pdf - Deming Institute guide: https://deming.org/tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-the-deming-collection-at-the-library-of-congress/
  • Access: In-person only. Restricted; requires permission from LOC. Not digitized.

    • The World of W. Edwards Deming (by Cecelia S. Kilian, with Deming)

  • Type: Book / biographical anthology
  • Date: 1992
  • Significance: Written by Deming's assistant of 39 years. Contains important papers including the 1950 Japan lecture, proposed Code of Ethics for Statisticians, notes on quality care in medicine. Principal papers listed pp. 346-356.
  • Online availability:
    • - Archive.org (borrowable): https://archive.org/details/worldofwedwardsd00demi - Note: pages 344-345 physically missing from scan.
  • Access: Full text via Archive.org controlled digital lending.

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    VI. DEMING INSTITUTE HOSTED RESOURCES (deming.org)

    Explore Pages (Free)

    | Topic | URL | Content | |-------|-----|---------| | System of Profound Knowledge | https://deming.org/explore/sopk/ | Overview of SoPK's four components | | 14 Points for Management | https://deming.org/explore/fourteen-points/ | Full list with explanations | | Seven Deadly Diseases | https://deming.org/explore/seven-deadly-diseases/ | Full list with explanations | | Red Bead Experiment | https://deming.org/explore/red-bead-experiment/ | Explanation and context | | Deming the Man (biography) | https://deming.org/deming-the-man/ | Biographical overview | | Books | https://deming.org/books/ | List of Deming's books | | Selected Papers | https://deming.org/deming-articles/ | Links to downloadable PDFs (60+ papers) |

    Additional PDFs Hosted at Deming Institute

    | Title | URL | Notes | |-------|-----|-------| | Deming's 14 Points (one-page summary) | https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/One-Pager-14Points.pdf | Free | | Foundation and History of the PDSA Cycle (Ron Moen) | https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PDSA_History_Ron_Moen.pdf | Free. Comprehensive history from Shewhart Cycle (1939) through Deming's final PDSA (1993) | | Circling Back (PDCA/PDSA history) | https://deming.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/circling-back.pdf | Free |

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    VII. HIGH-QUALITY SECONDARY SOURCES

    Books About Deming (Available Online)

    | Title | Author | Date | URL | Access | |-------|--------|------|-----|--------| | W. Edwards Deming: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management | Various | — | https://archive.org/details/wedwardsdemingcr0001unse | Archive.org borrowable | | The Man Who Discovered Quality (Ford, Xerox, GM) | Andrea Gabor | 1990 | https://archive.org/details/manwhodiscovered00gabo | Archive.org borrowable | | Quality Education: Applying Deming's Philosophy | Gray Rinehart | — | https://archive.org/details/qualityeducation0000rine | Archive.org borrowable | | The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality | Joyce Orsini (ed.) | 2013 | https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Deming-Leadership-Principles-Quality/dp/0071790225 | Purchase. Contains previously unpublished articles, papers, lectures, notes. | | A Theory of Quality Management Underlying the Deming Management Method | Anderson et al. | 1994 | https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/mtec/chair-of-logistics-mgmt-dam/documents/courses/14-fall-quality_management/readings/Anderson_et_al__1994__Deming_Management_Method.pdf | Free PDF (ETH Zurich) |

    Analytical Articles and Overviews

    | Title | Author/Source | URL | Notes | |-------|---------------|-----|-------| | Making Sense of Deming | Commoncog (Cedric Chin) | https://commoncog.com/making-sense-of-deming/ | Comprehensive modern introduction to SoPK. Free. | | Digestible Deming (Substack) | Christopher Chapman | https://digestibledeming.substack.com/ | Ongoing series breaking down Deming's ideas. Free. | | W. Edwards Deming's Contributions to the Practice of Analytics | Analytic Strategy Partners | https://analyticstrategy.com/demings-contributions-to-the-practice-of-analytics/ | Free | | Deming Revisited: The Real Quality Model for Commerce | Vitalo | https://vitalentusa.com/links/pdfs/deming_revisited-Vitalo.pdf | Free PDF | | The Statistician Who Changed the World: W. Edwards Deming, 1900-1993 | The American Statistician, Vol. 48, No. 3 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00031305.1994.10476053 | Paywalled | | Deming's System of Profound Knowledge: Overview for International Educators | ERIC, 1996 | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED401635 | Free via ERIC | | Deming's Profound Knowledge for Leadership | CHA | https://cha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Deming-Profound-Knowledge.pdf | Free PDF |

    Deming-Related Websites and Communities

    | Resource | URL | Description | |----------|-----|-------------| | W. Edwards Deming Institute | https://deming.org/ | Official institute. Blog, videos, podcasts, papers, events | | Deming Institute Blog | https://blog.deming.org/ | Ongoing articles applying Deming's ideas | | Deming Cooperative | http://demingcooperative.org/ | Articles, media, stories, educational resources | | Curious Cat Management (Deming section) | https://curiouscat.com/management/deming/ | Extensive collection of articles, links, transcripts | | Curious Cat Management Articles by Deming | https://management.curiouscat.net/authors/20-W-Edwards-Deming | Index of Deming articles | | DemingVideos.com | https://www.demingvideos.com/ | Curated index of available Deming videos | | Deming Institute Podcast ("In Their Own Words") | https://podcast.deming.org/ | Podcast series on Deming philosophy and practice | | Deming Subreddit | https://reddit.com/r/Deming/ | Community discussion | | Profound Deming | https://www.profound-deming.com/ | John Willis's blog on Deming |

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    VIII. NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

    | Title | Publication | Date | URL | Notes | |-------|------------|------|-----|-------| | "If Japan Can Why Can't We -- is it management" (preview of NBC documentary) | Christian Science Monitor | Jun 23, 1980 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0623/062300.html | Free | | "What's Holding Back American Industry? Burning toast and scraping it" | Christian Science Monitor | Mar 19, 1981 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0319/031958.html | Deming interview. Free. | | "US automakers now heed teacher of quality control" | Christian Science Monitor | Dec 23, 1981 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1223/122335.html | Free | | "Made in Japan is No Joke Now" | People Magazine | Sep 8, 1980 | https://people.com/archive/made-in-japan-is-no-joke-now-thanks-to-edwards-deming-his-new-problem-is-made-in-u-s-a-vol-14-no-10/ | Free |

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    IX. ITEMS NOT FOUND ONLINE

    The following items were searched for but no free full text was located:

    1. "Elementary Principles of the Statistical Control of Quality" (1950 JUSE text) — Out of print. No digitized version found. (The 1950 speech transcript IS available separately.) 2. Deming's 1950 JUSE lecture notes (original Japanese) — Only the English translation of the Mt. Hakone speech is available (see Section III). 3. Complete transcripts of the Four-Day Seminar — Video is available (paid) but no full written transcripts found online. 4. "Quality and the Required Style of Management: The Need for Change" — Referenced on Curious Cat but the Clemson University link appears dead. No confirmed current source. 5. Red Bead Experiment complete transcript — Video clips available on YouTube but no full verbatim transcript found. 6. Deming's early Census Bureau and USDA papers (1920s-1930s) — Held at Library of Congress. Not digitized.

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    X. OPEN LIBRARY COMPLETE WORKS LIST

    Open Library author page: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL512870A/W._Edwards_Deming

    Books cataloged include:

  • Out of the Crisis
  • Statistical Adjustment of Data
  • The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
  • Some Theory of Sampling
  • The Gamma and Beta Functions
  • The Best of Deming
  • Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position
  • Sample Design in Business Research
  • Elementary Principles of the Statistical Control of Quality

    • Linked from

    W. Edwards Deming Institute

    Links to

    System of Profound Knowledge