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Subject: "Everything Measured Improves..."
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: genabean-ga
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Posted: 25 Jan 2005 09:25 PST
Expires: 24 Feb 2005 09:25 PST
Question ID: 463045

Who coined the saying, "Everything Measured Improves; Everything
Measured and Reported Improves Exponentially"?  Where can I learn more
about this philosophy and it's history?

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Subject: Re: "Everything Measured Improves..."
From: omnivorous-ga on 25 Jan 2005 11:46 PST

Genabean --

It really started with the Western Electric studies of the Hawthorne
Works in the 1920s.  The learning curve effects were then demonstrated
on a broad basis during World War II.  You might start here:
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/history/hawthorne.html

Google search strategies that will work for you include:
"Hawthorne effect" (also known in some publications as the "Western
Electric effect")
"learning curve" history World War II

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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