This book is the first port
of call on my bookshelf when I'm thinking about managing change, improving the business or
reminding myself of the all important aspect of People!
ROGER WOTTON, CHANGE
MANAGEMENT&COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, SHELL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
A comprehensive guide to
transforming the 'Business Excellence' philosophy into a successful business strategy... a
must for all organizations striving for improvement.
SIMON PATTISON, BUSINESS IIMPROVMENT
MANAGER, FREUDENBERG VLIESSTOFFE KG
''Total Organizational
Excellence'' introduces an intuitive, structured process for harnessing and focusing
the entire workforce in the common pursuit of World Class performance.
PROFESSOR DAMIEN MCDONELL, MANAGING
DIRECTOR, DEFENCE DIVERSIFICATION AGENCY
If you want to be a winning
company, you have to be world class, but you don't become world class by chance. You need
a systematic approach to achieving excellence in every aspect of the organization's
activities. ''Total Organizational Excellence'' provides such an approach.'
JOE GOASDOUE, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, BRITISH QUALITY FOUNDATION
This book and John's
principles which lie behind it provide a truly pragmatic basis for introducing a business
to the benefits of an excellence culture. It has worked for Apollo across all of the
countries in which it operates.
MIKE PILBEAM, CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, APOLLO METALS
Total Organizational
Excellence: Achieving world-class performance sets down an implementation framework
to guide managers on how to improve business performance in all types of organization.
Drawing on extensive research
and case study work conducted within Oakland Consulting and its Research Division, the European
Centre for Business Excellence, it shows how to set clear direction and fulfil desired
goals through key business and people development processes and regular performance
measurement.
These are the secrets of
successful strategy deployment and change management.
John Oakland is Executive
Chairman of Oakland Consulting plc and author of the bestselling Total Quality
Management. He is an internationally renowned expert on management and business
performance improvement, and can draw on extensive experience both as a researcher and
management consultant. He holds a part time chair in Business Excellence at Leeds
University Business School.
271 pages