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Tag Archives: management
Management Blog Posts From June 2005
Here are the blog posts from 3 years ago this month on the Curious Cat Management Improvement blog: From Mechanistic to Social Systemic Thinking – Targets Distorting the System – Dilbert and Deming. The Dilbert site has learned to take … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Management
Tagged bad usability, blogs, management, Performance Appraisal
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Well Managed Companies
If a company is dependent on one (or more) people to perform then it is in danger. Processes should be in place that don’t risk the success of the company on the performance of a specific person. If your organization … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Process improvement, Psychology
Tagged management, Systems thinking
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Management Improvement Carnival #35
Kevin Meyer is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #35 on the Evolving Excellence blog, some of the highlights include Hidden Problems from TPM Log. "We must encourage people to speak up and identify problems. We must also develop avenues for people … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnival, lean manufacturing, management
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Management Improvement Carnival #34
Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Introduction to Factorial Designs by Jonathan Mendez – “I like the idea of velocity in marketing — test, learn, test, learn, test. Instead of one large … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnival, Design of Experiments, extrinsic motivation, management, stakeholders, Theory of Constraints
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Management Improvement Carnival #33
Shaun Sayers is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #33 on the Capable blog, some of the highlights include Lean and six sigma at Amazon (by Peter Abilla) a tiny peek inside the quality philosophy of this highly successful but intensely secretive … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Carnival, management, Six sigma
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Confusing Customer Focus
Misuse of the “Customer” Concept “We are told that the airlines are our customers,” FAA inspector Charlambe “Bobby” Boutris said. “But we have a more important customer, the taxpayers” who want government to ensure a safe aviation system. That’s crazy. … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Management, Public Sector
Tagged airlines, customer service, government, management
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Management Improvement Carnival #32
Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. The Skipper & First Mate: A Pattern for Continual Progress by Jamie Dinkelacker – “An organization can only depend on individuals in critical chain processes when … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Carnival, management
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Management Improvement Carnival #31
Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Lean *is* About Quality, Folks by Mark Graban – “The two ideas are connected — improving flow (in itself) ends up improving quality and improving quality … Continue reading
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Toyota’s Commitment
From Toyota’s blog, Living Up to Our Commitment We’ve received reports that on a small number of model-year 1995 to 2000 Tacomas, excessive corrosion of the frame has caused perforation of the metal. The reason for this, it appears, is … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Management, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged blogs, cars, Customer focus, Deming, management, Toyota, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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Post Number 1,000
This is the 1,000th post to the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Here are some highlights: Post number 2: Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data – “We use data to act as a proxy for some results of … Continue reading →