Which was not a viewpoint of Deming? Answers: Deming disdained personal performance appraisals because systems supporting the employees' goals are often not provided by management. Deming felt that demanding workers to "get it right the first time" and "zero defects forever" could have the opposite effect on work quality. Deming asserted that everyone in the company should be put to work in order to accomplish quality transformation. Deming occasionally referred to the practice of self-directed work teams as, "Turning the asylum over the inmates