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Category Archives: Management
Carnival of Human Resources
As I have discussed in this blog I believe the ideas Douglas Mcgregor’s laid out in The Human Side Of Enterprise 50 years ago. People want to do a good job. Managers don’t need to use carrots and sticks to … Continue reading
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Management Improvement Carnival #112
Tim McMahon hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #112 on the A Lean Journey blog. Highlights include: Establishing a Classroom Culture – David Kasprzak explores the question of “what if work was like going to school?” Overlooked Waste Reduction of Kanban … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, Management
Tagged management
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Create a System That Lets People Take Pride in Their Work
I believe I learned this from Peter Scholtes, though maybe I am remembering it wrong or explaining it wrong (so give him the credit and if I mess it up it is my fault). I believe there is a problem … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Respect
Tagged Deming, Joy in Work, managing people, Psychology, respect for people
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Six Sigma Interview with Jack Welch
The short video includes some interesting points by Jack Welch on six sigma. GE was a huge company and did plenty of things that could be criticized. But often those criticizing take it much to far and disregard the sensible … Continue reading
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Management Improvement Carnival #111
Mark Graban hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #111 on the lean blog, highlights include: Daily Kaizen (Lee Fried), Teach Everyone the Business – Lee, a lean facilitator at Group Health in Washington, writes “When I reflect on Health Care and … Continue reading
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Tagged Health care, management
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Management Improvement Carnival #110
The management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with select recent management blog posts. Also try Curious Cat Management Articles for online management improvement articles. Visual Management for having a baby by Xavier Quesada Allue – “The team … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #109
The management blog carnival is published 3 times a month with select recent management blog posts. Also try our collected management articles and blogs posts at: Curious Cat Management articles. When to coach the process, and when to coach the … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #108
Kevin Meyer hosts the Management Improvement Carnival #108 on his blog, highlights include: Gemba Tales: Developing Leader Standard Work – Five Important Steps – key components of leader standard work. Flinchbaugh: Small-i ROI as Applied to Strategy – Sometimes instead … Continue reading
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The role of leadership in software development
The webcast of Mary Poppendieck’s talk, The role of leadership in software development, at Google. As usual Mary does a very nice job of providing some good historical background while exploring wise management practices (tied to software development but plenty … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, Lean thinking, management history, management webcast, Poppendieck, Software Development
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Management Blog Posts from July 2006
New Rules for Management? No! – “New” rule: “Look out, not in.” What kind of rule is that? It is pretty obvious you need to do both. I find it incredible the amount of time that is taken trying to … Continue reading
