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  Amazon.co.uk: "Change management for the IET" 

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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...]

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

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  The Art and Science of Leadership 

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  Soldiers patrol during a field training exercise in the final phase of the Primary Leadership Development Course in Kosovo. The course allows junior enlisted Soldiers deployed to receive the professional ... development training they need to become noncommissioned officers. - U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jorge Lozada.   [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...]

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  Leadership 

  http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/MENG/ME96/index.html

  If you are reading this, then you have no frames. Please follow this link to a simpler interface. Thanks ME96

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  MCA White Paper Published: The Capacity Conundrum 

  http://www.mca.org.uk/MCA/News/NewsArticle.aspx?NewsID=163

  TWO THIRDS OF CONSULTING FIRMS SEE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROCESSES However, the New MCA White Paper: The Capacity Conundrum, finds most consulting firms are only able ... to plan their resources three months ahead and many feel they do not have all the information or formal systems to manage resources effectively... A new Management Consultancies Association (MCA) white paper, based on a survey of over 80 consulting firms and interviews with senior consultants [1] and operational managers has found that two thirds (66 per cent) of consulting firms consider resource management as either the most or second most important business process in their firm The MCA white paper, sponsored by Maconomy, a global provider of business solutions for professional services companies, also found that resource management as a business function is becoming increasingly important for professional services firms, as they have found themselves squeezed between clients unwil   [More...] [Less...]

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  Technical articles - The IET 

  http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/sector/management/Articles/Object/8ED4494A-6BEF-443E-BD599BE0FDEB671A

  Stakeholder analysis is not a science, and does not involve excitingly challenging branches of control theory. Yet the issues that it addresses have to be faced by every project and, on current evidence, ... it would be a good thing if it were taken far more seriously by many engineering projects. In a nutshell, people matter; and people play many different roles, all crucial to project success. Projects need to know the roles involved, and the viewpoints of the stakeholders playing those roles   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 9 December 2007, by: Nick Slowe  [Report as spam]

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  The 14 Most Common Project Management Mistakes - Network World 

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  It's no wonder only 29 percent of IT projects are completed successfully, according to The Standish Group. Project management consultants and software providers say they see IT departments making the same ... project management mistakes over and over: IT groups don't follow . They don't have . They don't assess the risks that could imperil their projects or determine ways to mitigate those risks. The list of mistakes unrolls like a ball of yarn. Most of the project management mistakes IT departments make boil down to either a lack of adequate planning or breakdowns in communication (either among the project team or between the project team and the project sponsors). These mistakes can be fatal. They can also be avoided. And who better to point out the most common project management mistakes than project management vendors and consultants. (They also suggest ways to avoid them.) The following list of the 14 most common project management mistakes ought to help you pinpoint where your projec   [More...] [Less...]

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  Change Management Best Practices « Demand Metric Analyst Perspectives 

  http://demandmetric.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/change-management-best-practices/

  Organizational change provides the opportunity for organizations to build more focused, disciplined, and mature businesses. This opportunity comes with significant financial risk if changes are not planned ... and managed proactively. Change management is primarily concerned with how to understand, engage, respond, and communicate with PEOPLE. A solid vision, senior management sponsorship, and having the right people in the right roles, are the key success factors for implementing a successful change management campaign. There are four key types of organizational change: Process Change - these focus on how workflows are managed with an effort to streamline business processes to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, and improve quality. For example, changing accounting systems and processes. Structural Change - these focus on changing organizational structures such as reporting relationships, mergers & acquisitions, and centralization initiatives. Normally, these changes are top-down and gea   [More...] [Less...]

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  OGC - Business strategy 

  http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documentation_and_templates_business_strategy.asp

  Business strategy Purpose: To describe the business direction for the future (short and medium term as minimum; ideally covering longer term as well) in terms of a vision, strategic themes and a portfolio ... of planned changes to which every programme and project contributes. Fitness for purpose checklist: The strategic direction exists, as a set of strategic themes which are capable of providing a starting point for the planning of the required set of change programmes? Is there a set of strategic change initiatives which are consistent with the vision and the strategic themes for the business unit, are described in sufficient detail to enable subsequent prioritisation, selection and sequencing? Is the nature of the description of the change initiatives also such that implications of their influence on overall strategic direction can be interpreted? Is there a prioritised set of change programmes which clearly shows the interrelationships and dependencies between the change programmes th   [More...] [Less...]

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