CONTACTS 
0201 - Raychem Corporation                415 361 3333 fax 5090
0202 - Raychem Corporation                415 361 3333 fax 5090
020201 - Mr. C. Douglas Ballon, A.I.A.; Project Manager
020202 - Corporate Real Estate and Construction
0203 - Sandia National Laboratories       510 294 2569 fax 2338
020301 - Mr. John C. McMichael
020302 - Organization 8305, Mail Stop 9056

SUBJECTS
PMI Monthly meetings
Change & Buy In; Cost/Benefit Evaluation
Management productivity & Teamwork
TQM

0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary/Objective
0708 -
070801 - Follow up ref SDS 35 0000, ref SDS 30 0000.
070802 -
070803 - Speaker on "authority" advised that TQM is a fad that conflicts with
070804 - need for authority to direct the work.
070805 -
070806 -
070807 -
0709 -
0710 -
0711 - Speakers
0712 -
071201 - Forum
071202 - Uses and Abuses of Power
071203 -
071204 - Monthly Newsletter says on page 2 that Dr. Don Rossmoore is from
071205 - Harvard University and has a Ph.D. from Anderson School of Management
071206 - at UCLA.
071207 -
071208 - In 1974 Dr. Roosmoore founded and operated the American Boiler
071209 - Cleaning Company in New York.  He sold that business and started a
071210 - record production and music publishing company that operated on both
071211 - coasts.
071212 -
071213 -
071214 -     Reengineering
071215 -
071216 -     He has designed reengineering at MasterCard International,
071217 -     Prudential, Hughes Aircraft.
071218 -
071219 -     Facilitated reorganization of New York Stock Exchange in response
071220 -     to declining market share.
071221 -
071222 -     Consulting
071223 -
071224 -     Consults on high tech firms like Apple and Hughes.  He helped
071225 -     build Apple Computer's server business from $40M to $250M.
071226 -
071227 -     Politics
071228 -
071229 -     Supported Mike Woo run for mayor of Los Angles.
071230 -
071231 -     Helped Tom Bradley's last campaign for mayor.
071232 -
071233 -
071234 -     Authority Conflicts with TQM
071235 -
071236 -     This speaker said TQM is a fad that has no underlying rationale,
071237 -     since it does not apply the hierarchial power concept.  He said
071238 -     the Japanese reputation for managing by concensus conflicts with
071239 -     the reality of its hierarchial culture.  The speaker seems to
071240 -     conflict with the PMI article suggesting that negotiation can
071241 -     replace authority, ref SDS 40 line 446.
071242 -
071243 -        [See follow up on TQM at Varian at ref SDS 41 line 88.]
071244 -
071245 -     The speaker seemed to be primarily experienced with internal
071246 -     projects.  He advised of need to negotiate at the outset of an
071247 -     undertaking for adequate authority.  This means the authority must
071248 -     be supported at a level high enough to cover the range of
071249 -     functions included in the team and whose support or cooperation
071250 -     are needed.
071251 -
071252 -     I asked for an example of a document showing such authority and to
071253 -     give us examples of how it was exercised, comparable to a
071254 -     contract.  Dr. Roosemoore said he would do this, but did not do
071255 -     it.
071256 -
071257 -
071258 - Asilomar Conference
071259 -
071260 - Sherrill McDonald was introduced to explain Asilomar.  He said there
071261 - will be interesting speakers, and thanked Bill DeHart and me for
071262 - helping on the agenda.  Sherrill asked if there are any questions.
071263 -
071264 - I raised my hand and was recognized by Sherrill.
071265 -
071266 - I stood up and announced that Sherrill was "hiding his light under a
071267 - bushel."  The membership should know of Sherrill's outstanding work
071268 - under the leadership of Ahmet Taspinar in assembling a compelling
071269 - slate of speakers to address the central question of management at the
071270 - dawn of the 21st century:  how to implement sound management practices
071271 - in the PMBOK and ISO consistently in the face of the tyranny of the
071272 - Information Highway, so we can improve earnings, create more jobs and
071273 - transcend the decay of downsizing now afflicting much of the world. I
071274 - cited Sherrill's success in bringing Intel Corporation to Asilomar to
071275 - explain future technology to empower leadership; and, he is bringing
071276 - Turner Construction to the conference to show the level of effort
071277 - required for effective communications in high risk work.  I mentioned
071278 - Doug Ballon is speaking Stephen Covey's idea to first "understand,"
071279 - then prescribe, and keeping a daily journal sharpens mental acuity. We
071280 - are all looking forward to hear at Asilomar how technology supports
071281 - these powerful secrets to effective leadership.
071282 -
071283 - Sherrill then cited Morris Jones from Chips & Technologies will be
071284 - talking on how technology can overcome obstacles to leadership. He
071285 - mentioned Dave Buoncristiani will explain how these obstacles are
071286 - manifest in mistakes because executives cannot remember critical
071287 - details, as seen from the discovery process in litigation and from
071288 - testimony at trial.
071289 -
071290 -
071291 -
071292 - Dinner
071293 - Management of Global Banking Projects
071294 -
071295 - Mr. Leo J. Schiavello, VP and Director of Private Bank Project
071296 - Management with BOA.
071297 -
071298 - I need to submit to Leo information on NWO.
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