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Management Improvement Carnival – 2013 Edition

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Start to focus on what you can do to improve the system , not how you can improve the measures. Annual Management Improvement Carnival: Edition 1 (2011). Annual Management Improvement Carnival: Edition 2 (2011). Is Your Boss Really That Stupid? How to Sink a Ship. So what really sank the Titanic? What was the underlying reason?

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“Value” and “Waste” – Watch Them Constantly

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Unwanted complexity, bureaucratic structures, complex systems, increased time on unproductive activities, rework and time spent on things that may not contribute directly in delivering value. Somewhere, in this process of constant realignment and improvement, ‘waste’ is introduced.

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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

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Peter Senge has done some amazing work on organization development and systems thinking. Creative Leadership Requires The Right Brains By Tanmay , January 10, 2011 @ 1:36 pm @Thabo - Thanks for the chiming in Thabo. Best, Tanmay By Maria Payroll , January 17, 2011 @ 7:55 pm Great post. What about you? What are your lessons?

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Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture

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What key actions will help me to align myself to those values and belief system? Spread awareness of your quality beliefs and systems by designing e-bulletins or newsletters. Set up a reward and recognition system to promote right behaviors with respect to quality of products/services delivered to customers.

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

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But to enable them for better performance, to make them effective, a system needs to be created. A system comprising of interconnected processes that act as a tool people use to execute their work. In my view, when we create a system, it automatically addresses process, information flow and work flow.

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'Their Work' Versus 'My Work'

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Isn’t it better to take a more detached view of work; to see that you are only part of a bigger system? Then, seek to fully play your part in improving that system for the benefit of your customers? If I identify myself with my job and then lose that job through redundancy, what happens to my identity?

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Setting Expectations On Behaviors You Value: 5 Pointers

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Bottom line : You form a strategic reward system when you integrate performance (results) and behavior (how those results were achieved). So the critical question is: “Is your performance management system driving the right behaviors for the organization?” I am worried about “strategic reward systems.&# Share feedback.

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