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Article: Paradigm Shifts: As Easy As Changing Your Golf Swing.
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- School Administrator
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- February 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 American Association of School Administrators. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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So you say you want to initiate a continuous improvement program in your schools, such as total quality management?
You've heard and read all the wonderful things that happen to businesses and school districts that adopt the principles of such programs. You want your school district to reap the same rewards of this new "quality" reform.
Before taking this giant leap of faith into TQM, let's examine a more familiar improvement effort--that of changing a golf swing.
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Improving my golf swing began with golf lessons from a PGA pro. The first assignment was to explain what I thought was a perfect golf swing.
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