Building Organizational Fitness: Management Methodology for Transformation and Strategic Advantage (Corporate Leadership)

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Undoubtedly, the most urgent task for companies today is to take a hard look at the future. To remain competitive, management must nurture a strong capability for self development and a strong corporate culture, both of which form part of the foundation for improvement. But simply understanding management techniques doesn't mean you know how to use them. You need the tools and technologies for implementation.In Building Organizational Fitness,Ryuji Fukuda extends the power of his managerial engineering methodology into the context of the top management strategic planning role. Published here for the first time, the author provides information on the evolution of his CEDAC methods for use in strategic planning and implementation. The book introduces several key management technologies and describes their successful application in many Japanese, American and European companies, including: P/O (Policy Objective) Matrix, SEDAC (Structure for Enhancing Daily Activities through Creativity), Window Analysis ( a method for classifying and analyzing problem for a view point of management actions required), and Stockless Production (an approach to reduce work-in-process and lead time in an effective and easy-to-understand manner). Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Publisher's Message Preface CHAPTER 1: MANAGING FOR SHAPING THE FUTURE Improvement, Innovation, and Transformation Management Must Always Transform Securing Profits Fostering and Using Improvement and Development Powers What Should Management Technologies Be Used For? The Effectiveness and Limitations of Management Technologies Types of Management Technologies and Their Users The Speed of Transformation Is a Function of Organizational Fimess Seven Conditions for the Fast Track Condition 1: Top Management Commitment. Condition 2: Superior Development CapabilitiesCondition 3: Superior Managing Capabilities Condition 4: Effective In-House Education and On-the-Job Coaching Condition 5: Total Active Participation of Staff Departments Condition 6: Enabling Structures to Promote Improvement in Daily Work Condition 7: Enabling Structures That Encourage Creative Improvements by Integrating Knowledge and Experience Some Characteristic Examples Universal Applicability Urgency and New Challenge In-House Education: The Basis for Improvement Activities Improvement That Reflects Each Company's Individuality. How Long Does It Take to Become a First-Class Company?CHAPTER 2: ORGANIZING ACTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT/ TRANSFORMATION: THE POLICY/OBJECTIVE MATRIX Managing Improvement Activities Making Top Management Commitment Tangible Combining Policy Management and Management by Objectives Achieving Objectives as Planned How to Build a P/O Matrix Section I: Policy Section II: Objectives Section III: Targets Section IV: Principal and Supporting Members and Leaders Section V: Scheduling Section VI: Overall Effects When to Prepare a P/O Matrix Integrating with Culture Responsibility for Saying No. How to Use the P/O MatrixVisible Management True Volunteerism When Are People Most Motivated? Strengthening Leadership for Improvement Quick Response to Changes in Surrounding Environment Committing to Profit Removing Obstacles A Long Way, But ... CHAPTER 3: STRENGTHENING IMPROVEMENT POWER THROUGH SEDAC Creativity and Everyday Business From CEDAC to SEDAC How to Develop a SEDAC Speed and Power Purposiveness Professionalism Linkage Between the P/O Matrix and SEDAC Breaking Down the P/O Matrix with a Systematic Diagram SEDAC at Each Level Types of SEDAC. Expandable Cause-and-Effect SEDACArrow Diagram SEDAC for Staff Function Improvement FMEA SEDAC for Prevention by Prediction PDPC and SEDAC Side by Side Case Examples of Results from SEDAC Implementation CHAPTER 4: FUNDAMENTALS OF IMPROVEMENT THROUGH SEDAC Thoughts on the Improvement Process Idea Generation Using the Full Power of an Organization SEDAC as a Vehicle for Moving Forward The Leader's Role in Constant Thinking Improvement Should Be Enjoyable Trial-and-Error Through Intrinsic Technology, Knowledge, and Experience Reliable Standards Development.