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SUBJECTS
Correlation to accepted practice and
Automation Trends
Design Objectives
Product Design
Automated Integration applying SDS/POIMS
Knowledge & Ideas, Distinguish from
Discovery, Strategic Resource
Communications

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0710 -    ..
0711 - Summary/Objective
0712 -
071201 - Follow up
071202 -
071203 - Follow up work ref SDS 10 0000.
071204 -
071205 - This record reviews 3 articles that continue research in the
071206 - March-April 1994 issue of the Harvard Business Review.
071208 -  ..
071209 - The article at ref OF 9 0000 deals with the prospect of business more
071210 - directly supporting generic "education" raised in a prior article by
071211 - Bernard Avishai in the Jan-Feb 1994 HBR, ref OF 9 line 6.
071213 -  ..
071214 - Mr. Avishai uses of the phrase "Information Revolution," as a lead to
071215 - an "Education Revolution", at page 50, ref OF 9 line 630, which sup-
071216 - ports the analysis of the "Knowledge Revolution" at ref SDS 4 line 79,
071217 - which argues that an "Information Revolution" is inadequate.  This
071218 - article touches the theme in the "NWO needs old time religion" at
071219 - ref SDS 9 line 46, ref OF 3 line 100.  It is also in the PMI paper,
071220 - "The Art of Management for the 21st Century," at ref OF 2 line 75.
071222 -  ..
071223 - Avishai does not discuss engendering a broader perspective for
071224 - educators to impart the value of writing for "discovering" what we
071225 - think, rather than simply telling other people what we think we
071226 - "know," which ofsters the idea of "Communications Metrics," that
071227 - places information into appropriate context.
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SUBJECTS
Discovery, Strategic Resource
Communications
TQM Objectives, 930204
Teamwork, Cultural Diversity
Leadership & Change, 930119
New Age Business, Self-Actualization

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150901 -  ..
150902 - Empowerment Movement Comes from Writings on New Age Business
150903 -
150904 - The article at ref OF 14 line 20 touches the TQM field in
150905 - speaking of "empowerment" and "self-directed" organizations through
150906 - "common values" and "shared purpose," ref OF 14 line 91.  This is
150907 - called...
150908 -                           ..
150909 -                          New Age Business
150910 -
150911 -
150912 - ...Stephen Covey, reviewed at ref SDS 3 5903, is placed in this
150913 - catagory of motivating the work force through "self-actualization",
150914 - per ref OF 14 line 95.
150916 -  ..
150917 - Background credits origins of NAB to a book on "self-actualization"
150918 - called, "Toward a Psychology of Being" published in 1968 by Abraham
150919 - Maslow, ref OF 14 line 158.
150920 -
150921 - "Feel Good" management explained on 911123 illustrates idea of
150922 - empowerment. ref SDS 2 1331  On 931130 Peter Drucker explained Theory
150923 - X and Y as binary forces of control and empowermnet in management.
150924 - ref SDS 6 9677
150925 -
150927 -          ..
150928 -         [On 960321 See WSJ article at ref SDS 16 0400.]
150930 -          ..
150931 -         [On 950911 Toffler's advocate empowerment to meet challenges
150932 -         of cultural change. ref SDS 15 0581
150934 -      ..
150935 -     This defines work as merely an extension of life, rather than a
150936 -     means to an end.  It is a holistic approach, where one strives to
150937 -     develop a work environment that is enjoyable which then leads to
150938 -     doing the work well, ref OF 14 line 168.
150940 -      ..
150941 -     It is another source for the idea of manager as "artist",
150942 -     ref OF 14 line 183.  Management is an "art" for the content of the
150943 -     work, rather than self-image or personal ambitions of the manager,
150944 -     ref OF 2 line 246 and at ref OF 2 line 572.
150945 -
150946 -         The need to balance or harmonize elements as an "art" is cited
150947 -         on 940105. ref SDS 7 8488
150948 -
150949 -         "Art of management" as "pattern recognition" is applied on
150950 -         901012. ref SDS 1 0040.
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150953 -      ..
150954 -     SDS supports the objectives of New Age Business by providing a
150955 -     single environment where all activity, personal and business are
150956 -     integrated into a smooth continuum through the Subject Index,
150957 -     Schedule, Diary and Contacts.
150958 -
150960 -  ..
150961 - Self-actualization Cannot be Achieved Equally
150962 -
150963 - The author challenges the efficacy of New Age Businses, unfortunately,
150964 - from my perspective, noting the obvious that since everyone cannot
150965 - experience the same degree of "freedom" in the author's view, as the
150966 - boss or owner, then striving to achieve "self-actualization" through
150967 - work, is misguided.  There are fients toward the women's and minority
150968 - agendas that they are left out.  There is a "limited resources" men-
150969 - tality, that seems to indicate that everyone cannot aim for the same
150970 - general goal.  This seems to lead to the idea that men must manage
150971 - from a women's "community" perspective, rather from a competitive
150972 - perspective.
150973 -
150974 -     [See review of Tofflers' work at ref SDS 15 line 125.]
150976 -      ..
150977 -     [On 001012 challenge of empowerment is seen from desire of people
150978 -     to start in wrong direction in order to do what they want.
150979 -     ref SDS 17 PT5M
150980 -
150982 -  ..
150983 - Biblography and Sources for "New Age Workplace
150984 -
150985 - The Soul of a Business: Managing       Toward a Psychology of Being
150986 - for Profit and the Common Good         by Abraham H. Maslow
150987 - by Tom Chappell                        New York: Van Nostrand, 1968.
150988 - New York: Bantam Books, 1993.
150989 -                                        Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the
150990 - The New Individualists: The Genera-    Making of the Microsoft Empire
150991 - tion After The Organization Man        by James Wallace and Jim Ericksc
150992 - by Paul Leinberger and Bruce Tucker    New York: John Wiley, 1992.
150993 - NewYork:HarperCollins, 1992.
150994 -                                        The Republic of Tea: Letters
150995 - The Ecology of Commerce:               to a Young Zentrepreneur
150996 - Doing Good Business                    by Bill Rosenzweig, Mel Ziegler,
150997 - by Paul Hawken                         and Patricia Ziegler
150998 - NewYork:HarperCollins, 1993.           NewYork:Doubleday, 1993.
151000 -  ..
151001 - Body and Soul: Profits with Princi-    The Age of Paradox
151002 - ples - The Amazing Success Story of    by Charles Handy
151003 - Anita Roddick and The Body Shop        Boston: Harvard Business
151004 - by Anita Roddick                       School Press, 1994.
151005 - New York: Crown Publishers, 1991.
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SUBJECTS
Discovery, Strategic Resource
Communications
TQM Objectives, 930204
Partnering, Continual Learning

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190702 - Lean Enterprise Reengineering Different from Virtual Corporation
190703 -
190704 - Article presents ideas developed applying TQM principals to achieve
190705 - "lean production," by extending to achieve a "lean enterprise."
190706 - ref OF 23 LY4M  They distinguish this from the concept of a "virtual
190707 - corporation," on the grounds that the latter implies personnel who
190708 - come and go in the production process, ref OF 23 L138
190710 -         ..
190711 -        [On 940510 virtual corporation model remains difficult to
190712 -        implement reported in HBR article. ref SDS 11 HU97
190714 -  ..
190715 - They say no company has achieved their vision, because it requires
190716 - different personnel policies.  In construction, their idea seems to
190717 - relate to idea of "Partnering," in talking about sharing "pains" and
190718 - "gains," ref OF 23 LPUS
190719 -
190720 -        [On 950705 reengineering to reduce costs using lean enterprise
190721 -        and virtual corporation model by eliminating project managers
190722 -        and using team leaders with networking for email to increase
190723 -        productivity through collaboration. ref SDS 13 7409
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190725 -
190727 -  ..
190728 - Communication Engineer, Knowledge Worker, Continual Learning
190729 -
190730 - There is helpful perspective in this article for a theory of a new
190731 - "knowledge worker" developed on 931008, ref SDS 4 3083, and from
190732 - Drucker's work reviewed on 931130. ref SDS 5 7720  The authors view
190733 - "knowledge workers" through the old paradigm of acquiring "knowledge"
190734 - in school, that is then applied in groups called "functions" and is
190735 - portable, see ref OF 23 line 105.
190736 -
190737 -     This section applies the idea of "learning organizations" where
190738 -     learning is collected, systematized, and deployed.  It does not
190739 -     talk about converting information into knowledge, however, which
190740 -     is the ingredient SDS brings, per ref OF 2 line 41.
190741 -
190742 -        [This concept was applied a year later in the ISO 10006
190743 -        management criteria for projects, ref SDS 14 line 496 and
190744 -        defining Communication Metrics at ref SDS 12 line 204.
190746 -  ..
190747 - The authors advance the idea that all functional work is done at the
190748 - team level.  Functional departments are essentially training entities.
190749 - ref OF 23 line 418, that define rules for managing cross-functional
190750 - teams, sets practices of quality assurance, and searches for better
190751 - practices, new ideas for each particular function.
190752 -
190753 -     One weakness I see is loss of identity of the function, pride of
190754 -     workmanship; another disadvantage might be lack of cross-fertili-
190755 -     zation and support from colleagues. Within a team, some functions
190756 -     will be held in greater esteem than others.  In a functional
190757 -     group, social stigma does not arise predicated on the functional
190758 -     title or work being performed.
190760 -  ..
190761 - It is not clear that a functional training organization can provide
190762 - the training needed.  Most training requires live situations to
190763 - illustrate and reinforce ideas, i.e. OJT and learn by doing.  If
190764 - Functional departments are not doing anything but training, the amount
190765 - and value of useful training, may actually decline.
190766 -
190768 -  ..
190769 - The jist of the article toward greater cooperation, ref OF 23 line
190770 - 575, leaves open the question of where the line of cooperation ends
190771 - and collusion begins with respect to avoiding essential competition to
190772 - weed out poor performance and foster energy and vitality of new ideas.
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