Making Common Sense Common Practice

Making Common Sense Common Practice
Author: Ron Moore
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780750678216

Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a case study of a fictional company called Beta International, Moore illustrates how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, and improve many other aspects that ultimately raise your company's performance to the level of world-class. 'Making Common Sense Common Practice' takes a good, hard look at plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training, and implementing a computerized maintenance management system. In discussing the successes and failures of the world's premier manufacturers, Moore outlines a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing company. In today's tough competitive markets, 'Making Common Sense Common Practice' greatly enhances your company's chance to succeed - and profit. * Third edition features updating plus new sections on innovation, change management, and leadership * Presents proven models for achieving world-class performance based on real-life case histories * Highly readable, concrete style brings the key points to life through a case study of a fictitious organization, Beta International, which runs throughout the book, based on real case histories

Making Common Sense Common Practice

Making Common Sense Common Practice
Author: Victor R. Buzzotta
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1997-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781574441949

The business world today is full of buzzwords such as empowerment, teamwork, and continuous improvement. In a desperate attempt to get a jump on the competition, many business leaders are so busy searching for the "next big idea" that something important is being overlooked-common sense! Making Common Sense Common Practice tells you how to get full use of the most powerful management tool around-your own common sense. Learn how to trust yourself when it comes to making leadership decisions and sound judgments. Learn how to take tension that sidetracks high performance and turn it into an energizing, creative force. Learn how to use what you already know! Using five common sense techniques, you will discover how to lead your people to build a high-performance organization. Grounded on the common sense principle that manager-leaders are regulators of tension in the workplace, Making Common Sense Common Practice discusses pragmatic actions that raise and lower tension, keeping it in the constructive, energizing range. These actions are woven into a step-by-step program that result in optimal performance for your organization.

Making Common Sense

Making Common Sense
Author: Wilfred H. Drath
Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1932973516

A prevalent way of viewing leadership is as a process of social influence. In this report, the authors offer an alternative perspective: seeing leadership as a process of social meaning-making. The practical and research implications of such a view are considered.

Making Common Sense Common Practice 4th Edition

Making Common Sense Common Practice 4th Edition
Author: Ron Moore
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012-06-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780983874188

An in-depth view into the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world. This book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a case study of a fictional company called Beta International, Moore illustrates how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, ultimately increasing your company's performance. Gain an expert view of plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training, and implementation of a computerized maintenance management system. In discussing the success and failure of the world's premier manufacturers, Moore outlines a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing company. In today's tough competitive markets, this valuable information greatly enhances your company's chance to succeed and profit.

Don't Make Me Think

Don't Make Me Think
Author: Steve Krug
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2009-08-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0321648781

Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards

Making Common Sense Common Practice

Making Common Sense Common Practice
Author: Ron Moore
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Now companies that are searching for the best ways to make more money in their manufacturing business can turn to "Making Common Sense Common Practice" to show them how. By disclosing the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents models for achieving world-class performance.

Making Common Sense: Leadership as Meaning-making in a Community of Practice

Making Common Sense: Leadership as Meaning-making in a Community of Practice
Author: Wilfred H. Drath
Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership
Total Pages: 42
Release: 1994-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1604918020

A prevalent way of viewing leadership is as a process of social influence. In this report, the authors offer an alternative perspective: seeing leadership as a process of social meaning-making. The practical and research implications of such a view are considered.

Simple Truths of Leadership

Simple Truths of Leadership
Author: Ken Blanchard
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1523000635

Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard and trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley present this carefully curated collection of fifty-two essential leadership principles that are easy to implement and practice. Effective leadership is an influence process where leaders implement everyday, commonsense approaches that help people and organizations thrive. Yet somehow, many of these fundamental principles are still missing from most workplaces. In Simple Truths of Leadership, legendary servant leadership expert Ken Blanchard, whose books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and his colleague Randy Conley, known and recognized for his many years of thought leadership and expertise in the field of trust, share fifty-two Simple Truths about leadership that will help leaders everywhere make commonsense leadership common practice. Readers will discover profound, memorable, and in some cases counterintuitive leadership wisdom such as • Who should make the first move to extend trust • What role a successful apology plays in building trust • When to use different strokes (leadership styles) for different folks—and for the same folks • Where the most important part of leadership happens • How to create autonomy through boundaries • Why the key to developing people is catching them doing something right A fun, easy read that will make a positive difference in leadership and organizational success, Simple Truths of Leadership will show readers how to incorporate simple but essential practices into their leadership style, build trust through servant leadership, and enhance their own lives and the lives of everyone around them.

Making Sense of Research

Making Sense of Research
Author: Pam Moule
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-03-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1849207798

Hek's name appears first on the earlier edition.

What Winners Do to Win!

What Winners Do to Win!
Author: Nicki Joy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2003-05-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471446483

A quick and easy program for professionals who want to reach the pinnacle of success Dynamic public speaker and consultant Nicki Joy presents the powerful tools winners use to get to the top of their profession. A regular at sales conferences and seminars around the country, she has helped thousands of professionals achieve more than they ever thought they could. She offers a quick, fun, and powerful program that takes just seven minutes a day to master, but offers a lifetime's worth of expert guidance and sales strategy. Salespeople, managers, and executives will utilize Joy's prescriptive plan for competing in a highly competitive marketplace with specialized power points designed to help any professional surpass their expectations. Nicki Joy (Washington, DC) is the founder of Nicki Joy & Associates, Inc., a specialized sales consultancy whose clients have included such names as Walt Disney Imagineering, Smith Barney, Prudential, Chase Bank, and Met Life. She has written on the sales profession in such publications as The Washington Post and Entrepreneur magazine and has appeared on CNBC and Fox National News.