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- Thu Apr 23, 1998 8:41 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: The Tragedy of the Commons in business
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The Tragedy of the Commons in business
In Out of the Crisis, W. Edwards Deming describes two departments of a company. Each department gets measured on meeting its cost targets. I have forgotten the exact situation, but it goes some- thing like this: Someone comes up with an idea that costs depart- ment A $10 per unit, and saves the depa...