Posts tagged with 'management'
Will Toyota become an HPO again?
By André de Waal published on www.indusbusinessjournal.com
On August 28th, 2009 an accident happened with a Toyota — an accident that triggered a recall of more than 10 million vehicles in 2009 and 2010 and a loss of more than $4 billion for fiscal year 2009.
In San Diego, the gas pedal of a Lexus became stuck under the floor mat, causing the car to run out of control and the road, killing all of its occupants. However, the accident did not set off a whole series of improvements at Toyota, as it once would have done in the manner that gained the company a reputation for its world-class processes. But Toyota was no longer the robust company of the earlier days, the company that had risen from the brink of bankruptcy in the 1950s and had achieved a stretch of 50 consecutive years of profitability — a record unheard of in manufacturing industries — to become the biggest car manufacturer in the world. A company known for its excellence in manufacturing processes and its continuous improvement culture, collectively known as “The Toyota Way.” Toyota was in 2010 rapidly losing its reputation as high performance organization and everyone wondered: what happened? Read More
Good Management Does Make Sense!
Recently I read a newspaper piece called ´Managing? What Nonsense!´ In this article, the writer joins the choir in lamenting the uselessness of managers, stating that the position of manager should be abolished as quickly as possible. According to this writer, managers are not the reason for organizational success at all but, instead, people “following their own sense.´´ To this, I in turn reply: ´What utter nonsense!´ because simply trusting your own sense without employing a solid foundation from which to depart is never advisable. Read More
The HR manager and CFO might fight for the HPO bone…but will a third run away with it?
When looking at organizations that have started transitioning to high performance using the HPO Framework, one thing can be noticed: there is at least one person present who is the promoter of HPO thinking in the organization. Read More
Ten Habits of Bad Management
If you’re looking to run a “High-Performance Organization,” or “HPO,” it’s imperative to be able to recognize the signs of bad management. If non-HPO managers are not checked and dealt with, an organization will never be able to become an excellent. Here are ten habits to look out for, that HPO managers will never put up with: Read More
In an HPO all managers on every organizational level have to be of top-notch quality
In this blog I tell you all about our research into the success factors of High Performance Organizations. I will reveal highlights of my upcoming book (may 2012) and one of the most important HPO factors I will write about is ‘High Quality of Management’. How I know? Read More
No one ever got fired for hiring McKinsey
