Management-Business – Page 23 – Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition

By Scott J. Pearson | November 17, 2018 by Scott J. Pearson

by Gerald M. WeinbergCopyright (c) 1998, 1971 This book is misnamed, as the author admits. It should be named “The Anthropology of Computer Programming.” It studies the culture of computer programming rather than the psychology of the practice. Fortunately, despite being written over forty years ago, it succeeds at its task for the reader today as well as for the original reader. If you can move past the references to dated languages and programming practices,…

Doing the Right Things Right

By Scott J. Pearson | June 19, 2018September 24, 2024 by Scott J. Pearson

by Laura Slack AudiobookThis book’s title borrows from Peter Drucker’s famous distinction that management is doing things right and leadership is doing the right things. In the introduction, Slack says that she aspires to update Drucker’s work on the executive worker for the Internet age. She does just that, incorporating advice for new situations throughout her work while remaining true to Drucker’s principles. That being said, she is no Drucker. Drucker’s strength is focusing on…

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Out of the Crisis

By Scott J. Pearson | June 11, 2018September 24, 2024 by Scott J. Pearson

by W. Edwards DemingCopyright 1982. Deming’s Fourteen Points Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and to stay in business, and to provide jobs. Adopt the new philosophy. We are in a new economic age. Western management must awaken to the challenge, must learn their responsibilities, and take on leadership for change. Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis…