Seminar Title: The New Economics Study Session

Length: 14 hours

Format: seven 2-hour sessions over three and a half weeks, presented as a teleconference event. This is a toll-free conference call within the United States and Canada. International participants are welcome to join in as well, provided they do so at their own expense for the conference call. Each participant will receive a complementary copy of The New Economics.

Presented by:Tim Higgins (contact info below)

Maximum Class Size: 35 attendees

Registration Fee: there is a NO fee to attend

Prerequisites: there are NO prerequisites to attend

Description: A group of participants assembles, some in-person and some via teleconference, for this 14-hour series. Participants discuss W. Edwards Deming's last book, The New Economics, in which he introduced his concept of a "System of Profound Knowledge." The group reads specified chapters before each session and discusses the meaning and application of the ideas, as well as personal reactions to the ideas. Supplemental reading material become part of the conversations, as do reactions to video tapes of Dr. Deming.

Target Audience: Members of management or individual contributors who are providing leadership in the transformation to a more Enterprise Thinking environment.

Organization Issues: To compete in today's global economy, we need a new approach, or a "new economics". The system of profound knowledge provides a new approach.

Objectives: At the completion of the seminar, the participants should have the ability to better understand the "System of Profound Knowledge" and should be familiar with its elements (appreciation of variation, psychology, theory of knowledge, appreciation of system) so that they can provide personal leadership in their organization's transformation to a more Enterprise Thinking environment.

Contact: Tim can be reached by e-mail at timothy.higgins@pwr.utc.com for additional information about this seminar.