This book presents an innovative and radically logical way of thinking about organizational knowledge and competition that centers on discipline, integration and focus. By tapping into the previously unrealized strengths that lie in all companies, the author suggests that it is possible for companies to move beyond informational chaos to create focused and enticing new opportunities.
The 12 step method presented in the first five chapters show you how to take information from feedback from assessments, surveys and audits, convert it into usable knowledge and get bottom line improvements. The strategy expands the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) model into a Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act (PDKA) process. The case studies provided reinforce the principles and the theory behind them.
Significant challenges face any organization intent on becoming world-class by managing knowledge effectively. They can be classified into four types: making use of your information by integrating it, organizing the different forms of information into a manageable framework, focusing equal attention on your strengths and your weaknesses, developing decision-making criteria based on key company drivers.
The12 steps outlined in Knowledge-Driven Profit Improvement: Implementing Assessment Feedback Using PDKAction Theory will show you how to make your company into a world-class organization.

Features

Assists companies in becoming more competitive

Serves as a guide for companies to use when taking their feedback from assessments, surveys, and audits, then integrating the feedback, and prioritizing it so that financial and operational improvements can be made

Allows companies to use the information they have been accruing for years

Helps companies establish better business priorities for the purpose of better planning

Demonstrates the significance of improvements made by using the information gained from assessments

Contents
Preface
The Logic and Philosophy Behind the PDKA Model
Turning Knowledge into a Corporate Asset
The Importance of Bottom-Line Results
Using PDKA to Implement Assessment Opportunities
How World-Class Companies Demonstrate the Principles of the PDKA Process
How Three Quality Award Programs Implement Principles of PDKA - The President of the United States Quality Award, the United Way's Excellence in Service Quality Award, and the Northern Ireland Quality Award
How Three World-Class Private Manufacturing Companies Implement Principles of PDKA - Milliken Denmark, Pal's Sudden Service, and Ulster Carpet Mills
How Two World-Class Private Service Companies Implement Principles of PDKA - BI Performance Services and British Telecom Northern Ireland
How Two World-Class Service Organizations Implement Principles of PDKA - Royal Mail and the United Way of Middle Tennessee
How Three World-Class Government Service Organizations Implement Principles of PDKA - Federal Supply Service Northeast and Caribbean Region, Tennessee Valley Authority's Fossil & Hydro Power, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center
How Two World-Class Military Service Organizations Implement Principles of PDKA - Red River Army Depot and U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal
References
Index

About the Author
Monte Lee Matthews - Consultant, Signal Mountain, Tennesse, USA.

Reviews
"Knowledge Driven Profit Improvement is a welcome addition to the improvement toolkit of business practitioners."-David Walden, Executive Director Center for Quality of Management (retired Senior Vice President, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Business; co-author A New American TQM; retired Executive Director, CQM; Editor, Journal of the Center for Quality of Management ). "The Plan-Do-Knowledge-Act model creates a new paradigm that is effective and efficient in building knowledge and adding value to both company and individual. It provides the guidance, discipline and focus to move your organization toward its true competitive potential."-Bob Barbour, Director and Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Quality Center "Matthews' knowledge-based improvement plan offers a proactive, common sense approach to leverage the new insights gleaned from the assessment itself..."-William C. Phillips, Former Senior Director, Quality, United Way of America "The President's Quality Award Program winners used the Knowledge to Plan, Do and Act. The results were impressive!"-Barbara Smith, Manager, The President's Quality Award Program, United States Office of Personnel Management "The only way for our organizations to improve is to deploy feedback into actions - appropriate actions which move our business into the competitive future...the difference between mediocre and excellent organizations is the ability to analyze and integrate knowledge into action."-Marie B. Williams, Executive Director, Tennessee Quality Award Promo Copy



Book Information
ISBN 9781574442298
Author Monte Lee Matthews
Format Paperback
Page Count 386
Imprint CRC Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 710g