Category Archives: Management Articles

Performance Transformation

Six steps to success – How to drive performance transformation by Gautam Kumra (India): Other companies encourage “lean” thinking, which began as an automotive-inspired and assembly-oriented methodology but which today is as established in many financial processes, service industries and … Continue reading

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Process Leadership

Process Leadership [the broken link was removed] by Daniel T Jones: the most promising approach is to create a small team, led by a high potential executive, operating initially outside the normal departmental structure and reporting to the top. They … Continue reading

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Superior Customer Experiences

Grow Your Business Through Superior Customer Experiences [the broken link was removed] by D. Randall Brandt and Rodger Stotz: In that study, Oakley found that there is a direct link between employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction, and between customer satisfaction … Continue reading

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Management Science for Software Engineering

Management Science for Software Engineering [the broken link was removed]: using the Theory of Constraints 5 focusing steps and the drum-buffer-rope solution for production flow problems, it was possible to increase the productivity of a sustained engineering department by more … Continue reading

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The Man Who Invented Management

The Man Who Invented Management [the broken link was removed], a cover story in Business Week on Peter Drucker. Posts related to Peter Drucker.

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A Great Day for Georgia-Pacific

A Great Day for Georgia-Pacific [the broken link was removed] by Bill Waddell The Koch people also said that G-P would be much better off not having to deal with “the distraction of quarterly reports” and they would be able … Continue reading

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Conclusion of Jim Womack Interview

Interview with Jim Womack part 5 of 5 has been posted by the Lean manufacturing blog. Each part provide valuable insights, from part 4: Toyota has recently said that it will now make a major effort to apply process thinking … Continue reading

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Management Pioneer Peter Drucker 1909 – 2005

Management expert Peter Drucker passed away at age 95. See: Peter F. Drucker Information from Claremount University [the broken link was removed] and our previous post. Here we list links to some of his work. There is an excellent podcast … Continue reading

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Management Guru Peter Drucker 1909-2005

Management expert Peter Drucker passed away at age 95. Peter F. Drucker Information from Claremount University [the broken link was removed]. In 2002, Peter Ferdinand Drucker was awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom. Drucker, was born in Vienna, … Continue reading

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Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation

Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation [the broken link was removed] by David Drickhamer: A Toyota executive recently attributed the company’s long-term success to “brilliant process management.” Such processes are everywhere in business, including office and administrative work, areas where Toyota … Continue reading

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