Recently added articles from Management Services:
Chairman's Column
Oct 01, 2008; ... This will be my last Chairman's column as I will have completed five years as Chair when I stand down following the Institute's AGM on October 10. Like most Institutes, we have faced the challenge of reducing membership and an erosion in what were core areas for our membership. You will ...
Institute News
Oct 01, 2008; ... Regional News South East Region For some time, the South East Region has been functioning largely as an appendage to the Eastern Region, with myself as the representative. I am looking to rebuild activity and would welcome interest from other members from London southwards who ...
Problems are uncovered
Oct 01, 2008; ... Debbie Knowlson founded Selective Covers Limited in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in 1999, having identified a market opportunity. They manufacture and sell customised, high grade, waterproof covers for a vast range of applications, including covers for swimming pools, hot tubs, vehicles and ...
Introduction: The sustainability of lean transformation
Oct 01, 2008; ... Introducing a series of articles based on the PhD of Dr John J Lucey, entitled 'The sustainability of lean transformation'. The research was completed between 2002 and 2008, under the auspices of the Lean Engineering Research Centre (LERC) of Cardiff Business School. An abstract of the ...
The changing face of manufacturing in the UK
Oct 01, 2008; ... The first part in Dr John J Lucey's series of articles based on his PhD, entitled 'The sustainability of lean transformation'. Introduction In the period 1980 to 2000, the (UK) manufacturing base has been steadily declining. At the outset, the Government argued that the reducing ...
The state of lean manufacturing in the UK 2001 to 2006
Oct 01, 2008; ... The second part of Dr John J Lucey's series of articles. Background to lean Shingo (1989) charted the history and development of the Toyota Production System (TPS), from its origins in 1949 when intermediate warehouses were eliminated, up to 1975 when the fixedposition stopping system on ...
Continuity is the key
Oct 01, 2008; ... Some business improvements involve a giant leap forward. An example of this would be the development of a revolutionary new product such as the bicycle or, more recently, the iPod or modern wind turbines to create green energy. However, of more importance to most businesses is ongoing small step ...
This means me
Oct 01, 2008; ... Fit for the future - the final part of a six part series introducing systems thinking, by John Seddon So did you change the way you think? If you carried out all of the exercises in steps two to five, you should at least have had a few doubts about things which managers have ...
Connecting lean and organisational learning
Oct 01, 2008; ......and its impact on the transformation of Ross Controls Ideas and movements aimed at changing the business world come and go faster than magazines can report them and companies can adopt them. There have only been a few that have lasted more than a few years. What is it about movements ...
Chairman's Column
Jul 01, 2008; ... Many thanks to David Blanchflower for his column in the last journal, which I am sure brought back many fond memories for us all. I suppose the aspect that it highlighted for me is the tremendous acceleration in technology that touches all our lives. I write this column as I am preparing ...
North West Region
Jul 01, 2008; ... Regional News The North West Region Board was formed from the erstwhile branches of Bolton, Manchester, Merseyside.West Lancashire and Stockport. Since its formation, the members of the group have developed a strong bond, enriched by common experiences in the business ...
East Midland Region
Jul 01, 2008; ... Regional News On the evening of 7 May a group of 12 (the maximum allowed) made a very interesting and frankly surprising visit to the East Midlands Airport which is equidistant from Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. Our visit began at 7pm and went on until 22.45 because we also visited ...
Think system
Jul 01, 2008; ... Fit for the Future - part five of a six part series introducing systems thinking, by John Seddon To summarise the arguments of the first four steps: The major disease of 20th century organisations is in their design and management. If we want to achieve a quantum leap in performance, we ...
A governance perspective
Jul 01, 2008; ... Governance refers to the processes and structure used to direct and manage an organisation's operations and activities. It defines the division of power and establishes the mechanisms to achieve accountability between owners, managers and stakeholders, and the entity that is the ...
Influencing others - a key skill for all
Jul 01, 2008; ... Much is made of the need to improve our communication and, if we are honest, we can all probably benefit from working at doing so! If we want to develop our ability to influence people, we do need to think about where our communication skills can improve. When we have to make ...
The business benefits of diversity
Jul 01, 2008; ... Part two of Carole Spiers' article examines research which suggests diversity presents significant business opportunities. According to a study published in 2003 by CREATE, an independent research centre, a more diverse workforce improves business performance. The study, Harnessing ...
Maximise success by engineering the right kind of changes
Jul 01, 2008; ... David Ollerhead explains why your organisation's change capability is so important, and provides a useful self-assessment questionnaire so you can gauge it yourself. The great Charles Darwin once said, "It isn't the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ...
Rethinking IT
Jul 01, 2008; ... Daniel T Jones discusses how lean principles applied to the construction of Terminal 5 could provide lessons to IT businesses. I have been through Terminal 5 at Heathrow three times since it opened. Although in each case the plane was late arriving and leaving, the flow of passengers ...
Engaging executives in business continuity management
Jul 01, 2008; ... Introduction For many years, one of the key challenges in Business Continuity Management (BCM) has been securing the support of executives. Over the years, many explanations for the difficulties encountered have been advanced including: * Lack of understanding of BCM; * ...
LEAD - or get out of the way!
Jul 01, 2008; ... Leadership is an inexhaustible topic. This article reviews leadership from two angles: internal and external. For both perspectives a number of essential factors are presented. For the internal perspective, four highly important values for leaders are listed: love, execute, ask and dare. On the ...