Improving Maintenance and Reliability Through Cultural Change, ebook on CD

Title: Improving Maintenance and Reliability Through Cultural Change, ebook on CD
Author: Stephen J Thomas
ISBN: 0831132884 / 9780831132880
Format: Soft Cover
Publisher: Industrial Press
Year: 2005
Availability: Out of Stock

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This is the CD Only version of this book.
This unique and innovative book explains how to improve your maintenance and reliability performance at the plant level by changing the organization’s culture. It is specifically intended for middle managers in the manufacturing and process industries. This book demystifies the concept of organizational culture and links it with the eight elements of change: leadership, work process, structure, group learning, technology, communication, interrelationships, and rewards. If you want to break the cycle of failed improvement programs and instead use cultural change to help make significant and lasting improvements in plant performance, this book will show you how.

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Preface

Chapter 1 : The Beginning
Chapter 2 : Culture Defined
Chapter 3 : Vision and the Goal Achievement Model
Chapter 4 : Organizational Values
Chapter 5 : Role Models
Chapter 6 : Rites and Rituals
Chapter 7 : The Culture Infrastructure
Chapter 8 : The Elements of Change
Chapter 9 : Part 1 Leadership – The Basics
Chapter 10 : Part 2 Leadership and Change Management
Chapter 11 : Work Process
Chapter 12 : Structure
Chapter 13 : Group Learning
Chapter 14 : Technology
Chapter 15 : Communication
Chapter 16 : Interrelationships
Chapter 17 : Rewards
Chapter 18 : The Web of Cultural Change
Chapter 19 : Assessment and Corrective Action
Chapter 20 : Moving Forward

Glossary
Appendix
Index