The New Self-Directed Work Teams: Mastering the Challenge
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Forward-thinking corporations around the globe--from long-established leaders to fast-growing newcomers--have made it clear: Committed, self-directed work teams are today's new paradigm for success. And as customers demand ever-shorter cycle times and ever-higher satisfaction levels, the positive effects numbers such as these have become increasingly difficult to ignore. THE NEW SELF-DIRECTED WORK TEAMS, SECOND EDITION, outlines a step-by-step process for implementing self-directed work teams, transforming your workplace into one that naturally breeds worker responsibility as it increases productivity and quality. Productivity experts Jack Orsburn and Linda Moran--whose methods have helped companies including TRW, General Electric, and Cummins Engine to implement self-directed work teams--have updated their classic work team bible to include: Fully updated case histories and examples of self-directed work team success outlined in several new chapters;19 critical tools and techniques for seamlessly integrating work teams into your office or factory environment;Guidelines for integrating new information technologies into a coordinated team effort; Programs to combine flexible compensation systems with greater stakeholder empowerment;Checklists to help you gauge current levels of employee involvement, and the potential benefits of work teams;A framework for working with teams to select team leaders--and ensuring those leaders can fulfill their roles.THE NEW SELF-DIRECTED WORK TEAMS updates the authors' original benchmark reference work to explore latest work team implementation guidelines, update case studies of the dramatic impact of self-directed work teams, and discuss the surprising trends and market realities that will redefine the employer/employee relationship in the 21st century. Let this remarkable guidebook lead you and your organization into a new era of improved customer satisfaction, management effectiveness, and--most important--employee performance.
From the Back Cover
Profitable Work Team Strategies of GE, Caterpillar, and Others - Proven to Light the Competitive Fire in Each employee! Today's quick-change global economy requires higher levels of productivity, fewer layers of bureaucracy, and a newly heightened feeling of involvement and knowledge within each emplyee - from the boiler room to the boardroom! The New Self-Directed Work Teams, Second Edition, explores the latest work team implementation guidelines, provides dramatic case stuides of the positive impact of self-directed work teams, and discusses the surprising trends and market realities that are redefining the employer/employee relationship as we enter the 21st century. "Self-directed teams become essential building blocks in-andexpand the potantial of-the learning organization." Updated and revised from the authors' seminal 1990 bestseller, this practical, step-by-step plan for moving work teams from the planning table to the workplace is filled with: Sotires of actual self-directed work team success - straight from team members and implementers; Insights into the challenges and rewarding new roles self-directed work teams can provide. 19 critical tools and techniques for seamlessly integrating work teams into your office or factory environment. Beyond all the talk about self-directed work teams lies one simple truth: They consistently, dramatically improve business results wherever they are conscientiously applied. Let The New Self-Directed Work Teams leads you and your organization into a new era of improved customer satisfaction, management effectiveness, and-most important-employee performance.
The New Self-Directed Work Teams: Mastering the Challenge
The New Self-Directed Work Teams: Mastering the Challenge,Linda Moran,Jack Orsburn,Jack D. Orsburn,John H. Zenger,McGraw-Hill,007043414X,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Entrepreneurship,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Job Design,Management - Teams,Self-directed work teams,Training,United States,Business & Economics / Management,Management & management techniques,Personnel & human resources management
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