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Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement

Monte Matthews
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Action Plan Team
Army Armament Research
assessment feedback application in business
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Business Excellence
Business Excellence Processes
Business Planning Process
Business Process
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Commodity Center
continuous improvement
corporate knowledge integration
Cycle Times
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European Business Excellence Model
European Quality Award
Existing Information Sources
Feedback Report
Kennedy Space Center
Key Business Drivers
long-term profitability
MBNQA
National Performance Review
Opportunity Areas
organizational learning
PDCA logic
PDKA model
Picatinny Arsenal
Prioritized Improvement Opportunities
Process Action Teams
profit forecast reliability
Quality Award
Quality Award Criteria
Quality Award Program
quality management systems
Royal Mail
strategic planning process
survey data analysis
total quality management

Product details

  • ISBN 9781574442298
  • Weight: 710g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Aug 1999
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This book presents an innovative and radically logical way of thinking about organizational knowledge and competition that centers on discipline, integration and focus. By tapping into the previously unrealized strengths that lie in all companies, the author suggests that it is possible for companies to move beyond informational chaos to create focused and enticing new opportunities.
The 12 step method presented in the first five chapters show you how to take information from feedback from assessments, surveys and audits, convert it into usable knowledge and get bottom line improvements. The strategy expands the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) model into a Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act (PDKA) process. The case studies provided reinforce the principles and the theory behind them.
Significant challenges face any organization intent on becoming world-class by managing knowledge effectively. They can be classified into four types: making use of your information by integrating it, organizing the different forms of information into a manageable framework, focusing equal attention on your strengths and your weaknesses, developing decision-making criteria based on key company drivers.
The12 steps outlined in Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement: Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory will show you how to make your company into a world-class organization.

Features

  • Assists companies in becoming more competitive
  • Serves as a guide for companies to use when taking their feedback from assessments, surveys, and audits, then integrating the feedback, and prioritizing it so that financial and operational improvements can be made
  • Allows companies to use the information they have been accruing for years
  • Helps companies establish better business priorities for the purpose of better planning
  • Demonstrates the significance of improvements made by using the information gained from assessments

    Contents
    Preface
    The Logic and Philosophy Behind the PDKA Model
    Turning Knowledge into a Corporate Asset
    The Importance of Bottom-Line Results
    Using PDKA to Implement Assessment Opportunities
    How World-Class Companies Demonstrate the Principles of the PDKA Process
    How Three Quality Award Programs Implement Principles of PDKA - The President of the United States Quality Award, the United Way's Excellence in Service Quality Award, and the Northern Ireland Quality Award
    How Three World-Class Private Manufacturing Companies Implement Principles of PDKA - Milliken Denmark, Pal's Sudden Service, and Ulster Carpet Mills
    How Two World-Class Private Service Companies Implement Principles of PDKA - BI Performance Services and British Telecom Northern Ireland
    How Two World-Class Service Organizations Implement Principles of PDKA - Royal Mail and the United Way of Middle Tennessee
    How Three World-Class Government Service Organizations Implement Principles of PDKA - Federal Supply Service Northeast and Caribbean Region, Tennessee Valley Authority's Fossil & Hydro Power, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center
    How Two World-Class Military Service Organizations Implement Principles of PDKA - Red River Army Depot and U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal
    References
    Index
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    About Monte Lee Matthews | Monte Matthews
    Monte Lee Matthews - Consultant, Signal Mountain, Tennesse, USA.

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