Improving maintenance & reliability through cultural change

This unique and innovative book explains how to improve your maintenance and reliability performance at the plant level by changing the organizations culture. It is specifically intended for middle managers in the manufacturing and process industries. This book demystifies the concept of organizatio...

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Main Author: Thomas, Stephen J. (Author)
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Industrial Press 2005
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:This unique and innovative book explains how to improve your maintenance and reliability performance at the plant level by changing the organizations 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.
Physical Description:xv, 356 pages : illustrations 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 347) and indexes
ISBN:9780831131906
083113190X