Deming's profound knowledge consists of four elements. Answer the following three parts relating to the "theory of knowledge" element of Deming's profound knowledge. Your discussion should reflect this element of Deming's profound knowledge and not knowledge theory in general.
1. Discuss why the theory of knowledge is important to us.
2. Discuss the problems associated with a "cookbook" approach to solving problems.
3. Discuss why Deming never gave managers solutions.