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Assignment: Discuss extensively how Deming's 7 Deadly Diseases below;

i) Lack of constancy of purpose,

ii) Emphasis on short-term profits,

iii) Evaluation of performance, merit rating, or annual review,

iv) Mobility of top management,

v) Running a company on visible figures alone (counting the money),

vi) Excessive medical costs,

vii) Excessive costs of liability, swelled by Lawyers that work on contingency fees.

RELATE

to the 8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process below;

i) Increase urgency,

ii) Building the guiding team,

iii) Get the vision right,

iv) Communicate for buy-in,

v) Empower action,

vi) Create short-term wins,

vii) Don't let up,

viii) Make change stick.

To be eligible to earn full credit you must give detailed consideration to each of the (7 Diseases) and (each of the 8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process). Positive and/or negative relationships can be discussed, and all relationships should be justified with sufficient logic and evidence (e.g., examples, real or hypothetical). If you believe any of the diseases have absolutely no relationship (either positive or negative) to any of the 8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process, or vice versa, you should state that and must justify and defend this conclusion with convincing logic and evidence.

JUST TRY TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION ABOVE AND PLEASE CLARITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO, JUST FOLLOW THE POINT LISTED BELOW.

- Discuss the positive and/or negative relationships between the (Deming's 7 Diseases) and (each of the 8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process)

- All relationships between the (Deming's 7 Diseases) and (each of the 8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process) should be justified with sufficient logic and evidence (e.g., examples, real or hypothetical)

- If you believe any of the (Deming's 7 diseases) have absolutely no relationship (either positive or negative) to any of the (8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process) OR If you believe any of the (8 steps of Kotter and Cohen's change process) have absolutely no relationship (either positive or negative) to any of the (Deming's 7 diseases) you should state that AND you must justify and defend this conclusion with convincing logic and evidence.