set gDates = [[], [0, "The Times, Sep 14, 1953", "The Sunday Times, Sep 9, 1973", "The Sunday Times, Sep 16, 1973"], [0, "The Sunday Times, Jan 26, 1992", "The Sunday Times, Jan 19, 1992"]]
set gName = getat(["Deming"],1)
@[]#JAPAN FACING THE FUTURE#EAST, WEST WHICH WORKS BEST?#THE WORKER AND THE OLD MAN@[]#TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ON THE RIGS#RISE OF THE QUALITY REVOLUTION
That Japan is the world's largest industrial economy is even more remarkable considering that the country has virtually no natural resources and has to import most raw materials, including 90% of its energy requirements#The American occupation of Japan officially ceased in April 1952 on the eve of the Emperor's birthday#Japanese workers rarely take a whole week or two weeks holiday, usually taking only one or two days at a time. It is also common practice to ask that days taken off for illness be counted as part of annual leave#Most Japanese workers stay with one company all their lives. Almost the only way to get into a Japanese company is to join at the beginning of one's working life#Good boss-worker relations are at the centre of the Japanese economic miracle and management and workers will often share outings to golf clubs, sports centres and such like#Deming was a fanatical opponent of waste and was known to date the eggs in his refrigerator so the oldest would be eaten first#In the Fifties the legend "Made in Japan" was a sure sign that a product was shoddy and badly put together; but by the Eighties, Japanese goods were the last word in high-quality state-of the-art manufactured goods
