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Are You Spending Too Much on Six Sigma Training by Spending Too Little?
Costs cannot be viewed in a vacuum. They must be related to results.Focusing training resources on results is the best and most effective cost control. Costs are incurred for the sake of a result.No matter how cheap or efficient a training effort, it is a waste rather than a cost if it is impossible to achieve expected or promised results. And if the training expenditure was incapable of producing results f....more |
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Author: From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM Tags: training resources | top management | training budget |
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Palmer Morrel-Samuels Talks Employee Surveys
Happy employees are productive employees. But how do you know if your employees are actually pleased with your organization, or if their job is just, well, a job? Surveys are an excellent way to assess how your employees feel, and they allow employees to be anonymous (and therefore honest) in their responses. Six Sigma IQ talked to Dr. Palmer Morrel-Samuels, President of Employee Motivation & Performanc....more |
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Author: Palmer Morrel-Samuels Tags: workplace surveys | process management | performance metrics |
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Are You Spending Too Much on Six Sigma Training by Spending Too Little?
Costs cannot be viewed in a vacuum. They must be related to results.Focusing training resources on results is the best and most effective cost control. Costs are incurred for the sake of a result.No matter how cheap or efficient a training effort, it is a waste rather than a cost if it is impossible to achieve expected or promised results. And if the training expenditure was incapable of producing results f....more |
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Author: From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM Tags: training resources | top management | training budget |
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Getting the Truth Into Workplace Surveys
There’s no doubt that companies can benefit from workplace surveys and questionnaires. A GTE survey in the mid-1990s, for example, revealed that the performance of its different billing operations, as measured by the accuracy of bills sent out, was closely tied to the leadership style of the unit managers. Units whose managers exercised a relatively high degree of control made more mistakes than units....more |
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Author: Palmer Morrel-Samuels Tags: workforce surveys | 360-degree assessment tool | Palmer Morrel-Samuels |
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The Legend of Motorola: Embracing the Next Generation of Process Improvement
In the 1980s, Motorola made waves in the business world with the development of its process improvement strategy Six Sigma. Today Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma are widely-upheld methodologies and tools used to reduce variation in a business process by using a statistical process control to measure variance and standard deviation. Tina Huesing, Director of Six Sigma at Motorola, speaks with Six Sigma IQ to....more |
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Author: Tina Huesing Tags: Six Sigma | Lean Six Sigma | Six Sigma Process Improvement |
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Are Your Six Sigma Leaders Really Trained to Lead?
I am astounded by what organizations expect from their “trained” Six Sigma project leaders. After just a few days of process improvement project leadership training, and possibly the implementation of a Six Sigma project or two, these “certified” individuals are expected to take the organization’s Six Sigma process forward–to lead it in a manner that results in sustained ....more |
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Author: Kevin McManus Tags: Six Sigma | cost reduction | team leadership |
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Six Sigma Failures: Why Does Six Sigma Training Fail?
Ineffective Six Sigma TrainingIf I had to pick one systemic flaw that results in Six Sigma training being ineffective—no wait, let’s make that essentially any training for that matter—it's the fact that most training contains too little time for practice. Think about it—what percentage of your training course time is spent on practice versus lecture or large group discussion? What pe....more |
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Author: Kevin McManus Tags: Six Sigma training | Six Sigma projects | Six Sigma project |
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How to Secure Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
There is considerable variability in the Green Belt certification requirements among those that offer it; and in the absence of national standards for Green Belt certification, it is prudent to ensure that the certification you are considering provides you the best possible training in Six Sigma framework, tools and techniques, along with the experience of working on a real-life Six Sigma project. These req....more |
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Author: Pradeep B. Deshpande Tags: Green Belt | Green Belt training | Green Belt certification |
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