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Six Sigma in 90 Days: The Initiative, the Deployment, the Technology: One of the most important competencies an organization can develop is that of driving change. Six Sigma is a management system for handling change within an organization. This paper provides an overview of the different dimensions of Six Sigma, including the initiative, the alignment, the discipline, leadership development,...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Pearson Education Inc., Six Sigma, leadership; White papers 2006-04-14
Grow to Build Profits, Not Just Revenues: Leaders see the changing marketplace as an opportunity to innovate and reinvent the entire company. For organizations to let go of the traditional value chain and its organizational and cultural priorities, leadership must establish the need for componentization, decentralization, appropriate centralization, and value web integration—in other words, to define and...; Tags: Strategic planning, Channel management, Pearson Education Inc., centralization, organizational structure, value chain, accident, leadership, leader, Web; White papers 2005-10-19
How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change: Substituting the Spiral for the Pendulum: People commonly think of history as a pendulum, swinging back and forth between two extremes. This image doesn't quite capture reality, however, because context is constantly changing. A better metaphor might be a spiral, circling around a center point while constantly shifting context. This article explains this metaphor with illustrations...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., spiral, metaphor; White papers 2005-10-06
Achieving Robust Designs With Six Sigma: Dependable, Reliable, and Affordable: Developing "best-in-class" robust designs is crucial for creating competitive advantages. Very few engineering managers and professionals are aware of robust design methods; even fewer of them have hands-on experience in developing robust designs. As a breakthrough philosophy, process, and methodology, Six Sigma offers a refreshing approach to systematically implement robust...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Pearson Education Inc., Six Sigma, competitive advantage; White papers 2005-10-06
The Brand Canyon: In the past, many have framed experience management predominantly in terms of brand management. Perhaps this is because a robust approach to managing experiences had not yet been articulated or described in terms of principles, disciplines, competencies, and tools. Nor had the differences between brand and experience been sharply articulated....; Tags: Branding, Pearson Education Inc., brand, brand management, tool; White papers 2004-04-20

Women Becoming Entrepreneurs: America is the land of opportunity. In the 1960s and 1970s, thanks in large part to the civil rights and feminist movements, it became a land of equal opportunity. Since the landmark AT&T settlement in 1973, women and minorities have made enormous progress in penetrating America's corporate ranks. While great...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Pearson Education Inc., women, America, barrier, board; White papers 2004-04-14
Offshore Outsourcing: Will Your Job Disappear In 2004?: From the executive summary: ‘Offshore outsourcing is everywhere-boardrooms, newspapers, magazines, cable news, and chat groups. The noise quotient around offshore outsourcing is reaching epic proportions. The paper examines what is taking place in offshore outsourcing and its potential impact on jobs.’; Tags: Outsourcing, Pearson Education Inc., offshore outsourcing, job, cable; White papers 2004-02-27
Why To Support Global Outsourcing: Outsourcing is the strategy wherein an organization procures intermediate services or raw materials from outside companies rather than developing the same in-house. This is done to maintain economies of scale and other economic considerations. Global outsourcing creates and expands new markets, it effectively and efficiently promotes global citizenship, it recognizes...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., outsourcing, strategy, benefit; White papers 2003-10-03
The Competitor: Jack Welch's Burning Platform: To improve things, Welch instituted the "SIX SIGMA" quality program. Six sigma is a measurement that enables a company to know how effective it is in getting rid of defects and variations from its business processes, products, and services. Literally, six sigma is reached when only 3.1 parts per million...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Pearson Education Inc., Six Sigma, business process; White papers 2003-09-05
Revenue Recognition: What Is A Sale, And When Do You Book It?: Financial accounting involves the systematic recording, reporting, and analysis of financial transactions of a business. Most accounting systems have the capability of presenting an accurate picture of the financial performance of organizations. However, sometimes, there do exist some loopholes. Some vested interests distort data and are instrumental in convoluting the...; Tags: Operational accounting, Pearson Education Inc., financial accounting, revenue recognition, financial, accounting system, financial reporting, accounting, analysis; White papers 2003-08-29
Building a Business: The sports world, like much of the mainstream business world, has its stories of organizations and teams that seem destined for success, but fail, as well as those that seem to fail, and in fact succeed. Because the sports world has provided both sound and unreasonable approaches to business, it...; Tags: Team management, Pearson Education Inc., team; White papers 2003-04-29
Emerging Trends for Global Leaders: Traditional business patterns are changing as globalism spreads. Convergence is everywhere: Competitors are also suppliers, customers, and partners; industry boundaries are disappearing and global enterprises are rapidly emerging. Convergence within industries, marked by the mergers of the 1980s and 1990s, has been compounded by convergence between industries. Alliances, partnerships, and...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Leader, Industry, Convergence, Leadership, VOIP, Business Structures, Strategy, Management, Telecommunications, Networking, Finance; White papers 2003-04-08
The Role of Executive and Management Leadership in Design for Six Sigma: Being a proactive leader requires disciplined follow-through on product development process execution. Design for Six Sigma can and will become a major source of success in the business if one spends the time to plan a disciplined implementation within the context of a well-designed and managed product development process; Tags: Six Sigma, Product marketing, Pearson Education Inc., Design For Six Sigma, product development, leadership, leader; White papers 2003-02-07
Managing Strategic Organizational Renewal: Organizations undergo change to enhance their productivity. Changes can be effected in several areas of the organization including culture, strategy, and organizational structure. Organizational Development OD is a framework that defines the role, responsibilities, and performance of human resources in the organization. The paper examines management of organizational change and...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., organizational structure, Human Resources, strategy, performance; Presentations 2003-01-01
Foundations Of Planning: An Overview: Planning is defined as deciding the objectives to be achieved and the ways and means of achieving them. After going through the presentation one would be able identify three contingency factors in planning, explain the approaches to developing plans, discusses the criticisms of planning and also describes what it takes...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., environment; Presentations 2003-01-01
Managing Change And Innovation: Innovation is the ability to apply creative solutions to problems. It acts as an effective tool to manage change in an organization. Unique approaches to adapt the philosophy and nuances of change facilitate change management. Initially after the change has been effected, there is resistance to change, primarily, because people...; Tags: Leadership, Pearson Education Inc., change management, tool; White papers 2003-01-01
Organizing The Business Enterprise: Organizational Structure OS is the framework that defines the formal system of task and reporting relationships between employees at different positions in an organization. These relationships control, coordinate, and motivate the employees towards attainment of long-term organizational goals. An OS is chosen on the basis of several factors. The paper...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., organizational structure; Presentations 2003-01-01
Pay For Performance And Financial Incentives: Pay for Performance PP framework calls for dispensing monetary pay and other benefits to employees based on their individual performance. The PP system helps to foster a healthy spirit of competition amongst the employees and is instrumental in enhancing their motivation level. The paper examines various tools and processes involved...; Tags: Benefits, Pearson Education Inc., pay-for-performance, motivation, financial, performance, benefit, tool; Presentations 2003-01-01
Developing Marketing Strategies To Satisfy Customers: Consumer behavior refers to the behavioral patterns displayed by the consumer in arriving at a purchase decision. The steps involved in the buyer’s decision process include need recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, and purchase. It is imperative for an organization to develop its marketing strategy to complement the buyer...; Tags: Marketing research, Pearson Education Inc., marketing strategy, marketing; Presentations 2003-01-01
Introduction To Quality And Statistical Process Control: Total Quality Management TQM is a tool used for controlling quality aspect in the organization. This approach calls for continuously examining quality of organizational systems rather than making it a one-time activity. This prepares a roadmap towards continuous improvement of the deliverables. As a result, the error graph in the...; Tags: Quality, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Pearson Education Inc., Total Quality Management, tool; Presentations 2003-01-01