Michael Bremer, Brian Mckibben

Escape the Improvement Trap

Five Ingredients Missing in Most Improvement Recipes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Despite performance improvement initiatives such as Lean, Six Sigma, and Supply-Chain Management, only a handful of companies actually break out of the pack to transform their enterprise. This problem is not unique to today's improvement methodologies; the same issues existed when organizations first adopted TQM, re-engineering, and other popular improvement methodologies. Providing helpful methods and metrics for effecting true change, this book highlights how to avoid common improvement traps that inhibit many organizations from rising above the rest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781439817964
• ISBN-10: 1439817960
• Artikelnr.: 26614672

Autorenporträt

Michael Bremer, Brian McKibben

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The New Normal: Just Because Your Organization Is Better than
It Used to Be Doesn't Mean You Have a Competitive Advantage. What Does It
Mean to Escape the Improvement Trap? The Pathway to Becoming a Level 4 and
Level 5. Ingredient 1: Customer Value Develop a Meaningful Business Value
Proposition to Drive Improvement Actions. Ingredient 2: Engage People.
Ingredient 3: Key Metrics Focus on the Vital Few, Meaningful Metrics; Avoid
Drowning in Irrelevant Details. Ingredient 4: Process Thinking Maximize
Cross¿Functional Process Performance and Foster Deeper Process
Understanding, Innovation, and Execution of the Best Work Practices.
Ingredient 5: The Executive Mindset Focus on Customer Value, People
Development, Process Performance, and Business Improvement Outcomes, Not
Solely on Savings. Assessing Your Organization's Improvement Maturity
Level.