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Prioritize the problems: Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom[1] Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" in Psychological Review.[2] Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans' innate curiosity. His theories parallel many other theories of human developmental psychology, some of which focus on describing the stages of growth in humans. Maslow used the terms "physiological", "safety", "belongingness" and "love", "esteem", "self-actualization", and "self-transcendence" to describe the pattern that human motivations generally move through.
Maslow's theory was fully expressed in his 1954 book Motivation and Personality.[5] The hierarchy remains a very popular framework in sociology research, management training[6] and secondary and higher psychology instruction. Hierarchy Physiological needs Safety needs Safety and Security needs include: Balanced scorecard. A balanced scorecard is a strategy performance management tool – a semi-standard structured report, that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the consequences arising from these actions.[1] The phrase 'balanced scorecard' primarily refers to a performance management report used by a management team, and typically this team is focused on managing the implementation of a strategy or operational activities – in a recent survey[1] 62% of respondents reported using Balanced Scorecard for strategy implementation management, 48% for operational management.
Balanced Scorecard is also used by individuals to track personal performance, but this is uncommon – only 17% of respondents in the survey using Balanced Scorecard in this way, however it is clear from the same survey that a larger proportion (about 30%) use corporate Balanced Scorecard elements to inform personal goal setting and incentive calculations. How Do You Create A Culture Of Innovation? This is the third part in a series by Scott Anthony, author of The Little Black Book Of Innovation. It sounds so seductive: a “culture of innovation.” The three words immediately conjure up images of innovation savants like 3M, Pixar, Apple, and Google--the sorts of places where innovation isn’t an unnatural act, but part of the very fabric of a company.
It seems a panacea to many companies that struggle with innovation. But what exactly is a culture of innovation, and how does a company build it? While culture is a complicated cocktail, four ingredients propel an organization forward: the right people, appropriate rewards and incentives, a common language, and leadership role-modeling. The Innovator’s DNA Has Four Components If you ask most people what makes a great innovator, the most common response is innate gifts from parents or a higher power. At the core is what the professors call “associational thinking.” Questioning: Asking probing questions that impose or remove constraints. Pareto chart. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of chart A Pareto chart is a type of chart that contains both bars and a line graph, where individual values are represented in descending order by bars, and the cumulative total is represented by the line.
The chart is named for the Pareto principle, which, in turn, derives its name from Vilfredo Pareto, a noted Italian economist. Description[edit] The left vertical axis is the frequency of occurrence, but it can alternatively represent cost or another important unit of measure. The purpose of the Pareto chart is to highlight the most important among a (typically large) set of factors. These charts can be generated by simple spreadsheet programs, specialized statistical software tools, and online quality charts generators. The Pareto chart is one of the seven basic tools of quality control.[2][3] See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Hart, K. Seven Basic Tools of Quality. The seven tools are:[3][4][5] The designation arose in postwar Japan, inspired by the seven famous weapons of Benkei.[6] It was possibly introduced by Kaoru Ishikawa who in turn was influenced by a series of lectures W. Edwards Deming had given to Japanese engineers and scientists in 1950.[7] At that time, companies that had set about training their workforces in statistical quality control found that the complexity of the subject intimidated the vast majority of their workers and scaled back training to focus primarily on simpler methods which suffice for most quality-related issues.[8] The Seven Basic Tools stand in contrast to more advanced statistical methods such as survey sampling, acceptance sampling, statistical hypothesis testing, design of experiments, multivariate analysis, and various methods developed in the field of operations research.[9] Examples[edit] See also[edit] Seven Management and Planning Tools References[edit] Jump up ^ Montgomery, Douglas (2005).
Handreikingen. Site map - EUR-Lex. 'Een stoffig dossier is als een koude hamburger' Lean werken is in een kantooromgeving ... lastiger dan in een fabriekshal, omdat dienstverlening minder tastbaar is dan een fysiek product. Een hamburger die te koud geserveerd wordt, valt meer op dan een dossier dat al weken op behandeling ligt te wachten. Maar het effect is hetzelfde: een ontevreden klant. Complexe processen ontnemen echter vaak het zicht op die klant. Veel dienstverlenende focus. Die interne gerichtheid bemoeilijkt een succesvolle invoering van lean in kantooromgevingen. Klantperspectief hanteren Hoe kunnen dienstverlenende bedrijven die patstelling doorbreken? Vrijgespeelde tijd Lean vraagt ook om sturen op procesverbetering. Ifac. Ifac. SER. Deze website maakt gebruik van cookies. Wij gebruiken cookies onder andere om het gebruik van de website te analyseren en het gebruiksgemak te verbeteren.
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Subsidies & financiering. Total quality management. Total quality management (TQM) consists of organization-wide efforts to install and make permanent a climate in which an organization continuously improves its ability to deliver high-quality products and services to customers. While there is no widely agreed-upon approach, TQM efforts typically draw heavily on the previously-developed tools and techniques of quality control.
TQM enjoyed widespread attention during the late 1980s and early 1990s before being overshadowed by ISO 9000, Lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma. History[edit] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the developed countries of North America and Western Europe suffered economically in the face of stiff competition from Japan's ability to produce high-quality goods at competitive cost. For the first time since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the United Kingdom became a net importer of finished goods. Development in the United States[edit] Features[edit] "Quality is defined by customers' requirements. "" Joseph M. [edit] What every executive needs to know about design.
Do you really know what your customers want? That’s never been an easy question. Yet it’s even more difficult to answer today, when companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Google, and Uber have shaken up the competitive landscape by raising the bar on consumer expectations. They don’t just provide useful products and services; they create experiences that people love. They do it by applying a user-centered perspective that unearths opportunities to create products and services that delight and empower customers. This design approach is forcing business leaders to reconsider their offerings. What a user-centered approach enables companies to do is to take insights into the consumer decision journey and the marketplace and convert them into products and services customers actually want.
This capability is particularly important given the billions of dollars being invested in advanced analytics. Start with the heart. Know who and what are shaping expectations. Test, test, and test some more. Lean manufacturing. Overview[edit] The difference between these two approaches is not the goal itself, but rather the prime approach to achieving it. The implementation of smooth flow exposes quality problems that already existed, and thus waste reduction naturally happens as a consequence. The advantage claimed for this approach is that it naturally takes a system-wide perspective, whereas a waste focus sometimes wrongly assumes this perspective. Both lean and TPS can be seen as a loosely connected set of potentially competing principles whose goal is cost reduction by the elimination of waste.[5] These principles include: Pull processing, Perfect first-time quality, Waste minimization, Continuous improvement, Flexibility, Building and maintaining a long term relationship with suppliers, Autonomation, Load leveling and Production flow and Visual control.
Origins[edit] Lean aims to make the work simple enough to understand, do and manage. A brief history of waste reduction thinking[edit] 20th century[edit] Six Sigma. The common Six Sigma symbol Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement. It was developed by Motorola in 1986.[1][2] Jack Welch made it central to his business strategy at General Electric in 1995.[3] Today, it is used in many industrial sectors.[4] Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes.
It uses a set of quality management methods, mainly empirical, statistical methods, and creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization ("Champions", "Black Belts", "Green Belts", "Yellow Belts", etc.) who are experts in these methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and has quantified value targets, for example: reduce process cycle time, reduce pollution, reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, and increase profits. Doctrine[edit] Methodologies[edit] Resources to Start a business, Get self-employed health insurance, and more - National Association for the Self-Employed. Competition and decision-making: Too many candidates spoil the stew -- ScienceDaily. This election year has produced 17 Republican presidential candidates, which on its surface may appear to give the party a competitive advantage.
Evolution, however, disagrees. A new study by Michigan State University researcher Arend Hintze and appearing in the current issue of Scientific Reports, says the delicate balance of some, but not too much, competition optimally drives the evolution of decision-making strategies. "Competition has a unique relationship with our decision-making strategies as humans," said Hintze, an assistant professor at MSU. "Modest competition is a strong driver of good decision-making, but over-competition won't lead to the best outcome.
" Hintze found that strong competition, like that of the presidential candidate field, may cause humans to evolve quick decision strategies that sacrifice accuracy in order to be faster to the punch than competitors. "More competition necessitates quicker, less accurate decisions," he said. More crabs mean more competition. Conflict Resolution. Downloadable Articles. Evaluating and Improving Costing in Organizations. A Simple Way to Understand ABC/M for the Public Sector. Financieel-management. Change Management. Risk Management Skills. Framework for Effective Decision Making. Collaboration is to Reduce Asymmetrical Information. Strategische transformatie á la Mars Inc. Building a design-driven culture. Principles for Effective Business Reporting Processes. 15 Productivity Tips for Working from Home. 150 Free Online Business Courses.