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Category Archives: Management
Excessive CEO Pay
Overpaid CEOs and Underpaid Managers: Fairness and Executive Compensation by James B. Wade, Charles A. O’Reilly, III and Timothy G. Pollock: We also find evidence suggesting that CEOs serve as a key referent for employees in determining whether their own … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged deadly diseases, leadership, Management, organization as a system, overpaid executives, respect for people
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Chaos Management (by design) at Google
Chaos by design by Adam Lashinsky: Sandberg recently committed an error that cost Google several million dollars — “Bad decision, moved too quickly, no controls in place, wasted some money,” is all she’ll say about it — and when she … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Google, Innovation, Management
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Lean Outsourcing
Unfortunately many people think of outsourcing when they think of lean, because they don’t understand lean manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing and Outsourcing by Eric O. Olsen and Mark Zetter (via Lean Outsourcing) looks at outsourcing with an understanding of lean manufacturing. … Continue reading
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Incentive Programs are Ineffective
Reward and Incentive Programs are Ineffective — Even Harmful by Peter Scholtes The greatest management conceit is that we can “motivate” people. We can’t. Motivation is there, inside people. Our people were motivated when we hired them and everyday, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Management, organization as a system, Performance Appraisal, Peter Scholtes, respect for people
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Management Improvement History and Health Care
Squeezing the fat from health care [the broken link was removed] by Hanah Cho is another article on lean healthcare. This one provides a better view of the overall picture – especially compared to all those claiming to be one … Continue reading
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Tagged Health care, Lean thinking
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Lean Thinking at United
Mark Graban gives a nice review of some material on web site of a United labor union in: An Encouraging Lean Example at United Airlines. From the union web site, he quotes: “Once fully implemented, the 5S+1 process can increase … Continue reading
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Recalls at Toyota and Sony
Recalls by Toyota and Sony shock Japan’s pride [the broken link was removed]: another article discussing the recent recalls at Toyota and Sony. Some have also begun to blame the decline on recent American-style management changes, like performance-based pay, the … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Performance Appraisal, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Toyota
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Japan Kaikaku Experience
Mike Wroblewski is blogging a great series of posts on his Japan Kaikaku Experience, including Toyota Motor Kyushu: An interesting point is that the assembly line had a goal of only 97% uptime. They did not want 100%. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, lean manufacturing, Lean thinking, Quality tools
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Two more Lean Blog Podcasts
More excellent management podcasts from the Lean Blog: Part 2 of 2 with Dr. Liker, Lean Healthcare and Jamie Flinchbaugh on Muda. As Jamie explains the reason for talking about the seven wastes (muda) is the value added to waste … Continue reading
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Going Lean Brings Long-term Payoffs
Going lean brings long-term payoffs [the broken link was removed] by John Torinus: The growing number of Wisconsin manufacturers, and the few service companies, taking the lean journey are learning that it is not a sprint. … The immediate paybacks … Continue reading
