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  Engineering Management Magazine - The IET 

  http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/sector/management/magazine.cfm?issueID=214&articleID=FBADB152-98C4-9B2D-7A9064E04F96551B

  According to folklore managers are born and not made... but how true is that? Jo Causon reveals six key facets of management that can be developed to maximise your long-term potential. Do you think you ... are a good manager? Have you got the skills needed for long-term success? According to the latest DTI’s Productivity and Performance indicators, the UK is perceived to lag behind countries like France, Germany and the US when it comes to management skills and competencies. But what does it mean to be a good manager? And how do individuals in the UK raise their skills levels to match their American and European counterparts? Contrary to the old myth, that successful managers and leaders are born rather than made, research by the Chartered Management Institute found that the most effective managers have become so through a variety of different avenues. Innate ability certainly plays a part, but the best managers combine this with job experience, in-house development and job-related and gen   [More...] [Less...]

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  KAIZEN BLITZ, tackling symptoms not causes 

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  Stuart Corrigan, Vanguard Scotland October '05 Imagine you wake up one morning realising you have a sore head, the usual remedies don't work, you think it may even be something quite serious, you take ... a trip to the Doctor's, then imagine your surprise when the Doctor asks you no questions but suggests the real problem is your leg, even worse the remedy is simply more aspirin, wouldn't you be concerned? I'm sure this situation never occurs in a Doctor's surgery but in local councils all over Scotland improper diagnosis and prescription error are soon to be the way of dealing with organisational ills. And the new medicine: Kaizen Blitz. Kaizen Blitz seems like a rational way to go about change. Get the managers to define a problem, label all the parts of the process that seem wasteful, brainstorm ideas for the removal of said waste, and instantly implement the change to those who work in the operations (including many individuals that were not privy to the project and its goals). Support   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 25 November 2007, by: Nick Slowe  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  continuous improvement, effective manangement, kaizen, management, quality methods