Papers and Articles on Operations Management: Change management Articles

Designing the future - committing to a vision of what your business will be like when you get there - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Visioning is a very powerful process, which can assist companies in the implementation of change programmes and the author discusses how this process can be the best to undertake.

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Competitive advantage through change and manufacturing flexibility - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses what organisations need to do to accept the challenge posed by advanced manufacturing technology and how competitive advantage can be achieved

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Creating a customer service organisation - a culture - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Details the steps needed to create a customer focus campaign within an organisation and describes the benefits to be achieved.

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I won't start from here! - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses how best to implement change and achieve sustainable improvements in performance in large manufacturing companies.

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From Vision to Results: The Road to Effective Change - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: A year ago a group of twelve senior managers taking part in the Manufacturing Leaders Programme had to identify a subject they wished to investigate as part of their team project, the decision was easy.

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5S for everyone - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Implementing change doesn’t always require twelve months to plan...

MORE INFO: 5S for everyone Implementing change doesn’t always require twelve months to plan... Many companies spend thousands on poster campaigns, coupled with a detailed and lengthy training programme and t... read article...

How Companies Remain Competitive - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Manufacturing in the UK appears to be constantly under pressure. The cyclical effects of the economy has affected businesses since before the Industrial Revolution. In recent decades the downward effects have been most prominent, yet still variable. More recently the criticality... read article...

Step Change Improvement at Stannah - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Stannah Stairlifts Limited is a family-owned business, employing 600 people. It is based in Andover, Hampshire, where it has manufacturing and distribution operations and further manufacturing is located in Blaydon, Tyne and Wear.

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National events : FORTHCOMING SEMINARS - Surviving Change - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Implementing and sustaining change is one of the most difficult tasks for any management – but change is a fact of life in any modern enterprise and, without the ability to manage change, no company can hope to survive it.

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Editorial : Editor’s Letter - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: It’s all change behind the scenes of Control! With this issue we say goodbye and a big thank you to our Editorial Committee Chairman, David Angove. During his 18 years as a member of BPICS/IOM, he has been on the Editorial Committee for 16 years, Editor for 10 years and Co... read article...

Institute news : AGM News - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: At the recent AGM on 20th October 2004, Geoff Relph stepped down as Chairman. Our thanks go to Geoff for leading the Institute for the past two years.

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Institute news : IOM Staff Changes - Change management Article

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Theresa Pitt, who has been the Editorial Assistant since the Head Office opened in Coventry in 1988, is leaving the Institute staff at the end of November. We would like to thank Theresa for her dedication to Control during this time and to wish her health and happiness in the f... read article...