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QMC03 Qo
Quality Organization
Q Organization
Organization for Q
Process Management
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Organization for Q
Q organization evolution
Q activity coordination
Individual role
Team role
Personnel selection, training, retention
Q organization evolution
Q department
Focused Q activities
Names & scopes changed
inspection ,
SQC ,
QC,
TQC,
QA,
TQM
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Q organization evolution
5 major trend in US during 1980-90
Tasks assigned to functional line departments
QM scope broadened
Little Q big Q
External Cs in&external Cs
Q teams
Authority to make decisions to lower levels
Partnering – including C&S in Q activities
Q organization evolution
Becker et al. (1994) TQM lead to
Flatter organizations
Increase in liaison device eg. CF teams
Decrease in size & increase in output
A shift to group reward systems
Participation in planning by lower level employees
Changing organizational boundaries
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Q activity coordination
2 major forms – coordination for
Control
Achieved by the regular line & staff departments
Through employment of
formal procedures & feedback loop
Improvement
Creating change achieved through
Q project teams
Other organizational forms for creating change
Q activity coordination
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Parallel organization
For creating change
All org.s engaged in
Creating beneficial change
Preventing adverse change
Much of the work –
processing small, similar changes
Handled by carefully prepared procedures
Parallel organization
Exist in addition to & simultaneous with
the regular organization.
Non-routine, unusual programs of change
Eg. Process teams, Q councils, Q proj teams
Permanent / ad hoc,
mandatory / voluntary
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Process management org
Different type of parallel org.
Activities in any org
Org level – broad view of the entire org.
Process level –
cross functional work,
Produce a key output
Job level
Individuals perform specific activities
Contribute 2 the process output
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UM role
Active leadership by UM
For successfully achieving Q superiority
Commitment to Q assumed but not enough
UM role
UM
10% of time on Q activities
develop strategies 4 Q
assure implementation through personal leadership
Establish & serve on Q council
Establish Q strategies
Establish, align, deploy Q goals
Provide the resources, training
Serve on UM QI team
Review progress & stimulate improvement
Provide for reward & recognition
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Provide the resources
Investment of time & resource required
Yield time saving in the long run
Problem in the short run
Key role of UM
Add resources
Changing the priority of both line & staff work unit
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Q council
Leadership team
Group of UMs
Develop Q strategy
Guide & support the implementation
Q council
Multiple councils
Established at several levels
Corporate, division, business unit
Linked together
Member of high level council –
chair person of low level council
Q director –
the member of the council
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Q council
Council charter responsibilities
Formulate Q strategies & policies
Establish Major dimension of Q issue
Establish Infrastructure
Provide Resources
Plan for training
Establish strategic measure for progress
Review progress & remove obstacles
Provide for public recognition
Revise the reward sys
Q council
McCain, 1995 – Q council responsibilities
Setting & deploying
vision,
mission,
shared values,
Q policy,
goals
Reviewing progress
Integrating Q goals 2 plans
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Q director role
Q director role
Administering the Q department
Assisting UM w SQM
Q director role
Administering the Q department
Companywide Q planning;
Set up Q measurement
Audit outgoing Q , Q practices;
Coordinate & assist w Q projects
Participate in suppliers partnerships;
Train, consult for Q
Develop new Q methodologies;
Transfer activities to line department
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Q director role
Assisting UM w SQM
Assess Q,
Formulate goals & policies
Develop Q strategies,
Delegate org responsibilities for Q
Carry out reward & recognition,
Review progress
Determine UM personal role,
Act as facilitator to Q council
Integrate Q during strategic business planning cycle
Q director –
Ingredients for success
C orientation & advocacy
Build collaborative relationships across functions
Communication skills
Goal orientation
Complex issue analysing & innovative solutions
Initiative, persistence, self confidence
Activity organization
Provide for self-development
10/07 GVC. ThS. Nguyen Nhu Phong
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MM role
The Q strategy
Developed by UM
Executed by MM, supervisors, specialists, workforce
Roles of MM, supervisors, specialists
Nominating Q problems
Serving as Q team leaders, members
Serving on task force to assist Q councils
Leading Q activities within their own area
Identifying C&S, meeting their needs
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Workforce role
Workforce - all employees except
Managers
Specialists
Most Q problems sys. controllable M must
Direct steps necessary to identify & remove causes
Provide self control sys.
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Workforce role
Workforce role
Nominating Q problems
Serving as Q team members
Identifying own job elements
Becoming knowledgeable
Team role
Socio-technical systems – org influenced by
Technical sys –
equipment,
procedures, …
Social sys –
people,
roles, …
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Team role
Team – new way of organizing work
Q project teams – QP
Workforce teams – WF
Business process Q teams – BP
Self managing teams – SM
Q teams
QPT WFT BPQT SMT
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Organization of Q teams at a bank
Feature Result of research
Team size 2-11 7
P selected by M/QC;
P duration of 3-4 m;
Q project teams
Q project teams
Cross functional team
6-8 fr multiple departments
To address selected Q problems
To bring the project to a successful conclusion
Projects: planning, control, improvement
Team
Meet periodically,
Disband when p. finished
Members serve part time
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Q project teams
Teams
Sponsor / champion
Leader
Recorder
Members
Facilitators
Q project teams
Sponsor / champion
UM
Leader
Steer the team in its responsibility
Recorder
A member to handle documentation: agenda, minute, reports…
Members
All the skills & knowledge necessary for the project
Facilitators
Not a member
revitalize
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Workforce teams
Workforce teams
Q circle –
org. mechanism for worker participation in Q
Group of people
Fr within 1 department;
Volunteer to meet weekly
To address Q problem occurring within their department
Highly successful
Careful plan
Supportive envi
Workforce teams
2 problem types
Personal well being of workers
Well being of the company
Most important benefit –
effect on people attitude & behavior
Gryna, 81 – Beneficial Effects on
Individual’s characteristics
Individual’s relations w others
Workers & attitude toward the company
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Self managing teams
Self managing team –
A group of people
Work together continuously
Plan, execute, control work to achieve a defined output
Concept applied to many activities
Advantages - Improvements in
Productivity,
Q, CS, cost,
Personnel commitment
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Organizational form comparison
Features Traditional SM
Scope of work Individual - narrow Team – broad
Job categories Many narrow Few broad
Organizing, scheduling, Supervisor / staff Team
assigning
Measuring, taking action Supervisor / staff Team
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SM - Benefits & problems
Benefits Problems
Work methods Salary Costs
Recruiting Training costs
Staffing flexibility Training
Q Unmet expectation
Output MM resistance
Staff support Staff group resistance
Supervision Conflict
Improved DM Time lost
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Selection, training, retention
Training
Essential ingredient of a broad Q program
Training fail reasons
Failure to provide training at the time it used
Lack of participation of line mana
in designing training
Reliance on the lecture method of training
Poor communication during training
Retention
Investing increased resources in
selection & training
retain skilled employees
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Selection, training, retention
Factors to Employee retention
Compensation ;
Career planning & development
Self control job ;
Sufficient empowerment
Job stress & burnout ;
Coaching
Planning participation ;
Interact w C
Reward & recognition
Q awareness X X X X X
Basics concepts X X X X X X
SQM X X
Personal roles X X X X X X
Q processes X X X X X
Problem solving X X X X X
Basis statistics X X
Adv. statistics X X
Q in func. Area X X X
Q motivation X X X X
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Summary
Coordination of Q activities
Coordination for Control
focus on Q department
Coordination for Creating change
involve parallel organization
eg Q council, Q project team
Summary
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Summary
Summary
Q team
Create change
Types:
Q project teams,
Wf teams,
Process teams,
Self managing teams
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Summary
PROCESS MANAGEMENT
Functional vs process management
Process management
PM road map
Impact on an organization
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Functional vs process
management
Functional management
Most enterprise
organized around functional department
Focus on achieving functional objectives
Mana direction, objectives, review
Come fr the top
Proceed downward through a vertical hierarchy
Serious obstacle
to achieving company business objective
require cross functional processes
Functional vs process
management
Process management
Process –
collection of activities convert inputs into outputs.
Achieving business goals
Large complex process go across functional department
Primary process
collection of cross functional activities
essential for
External C satisfaction & Achieving org mission
Integrate people, materials, energy, equipment, info.
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Functional vs process
management
Functional management problems
Product produced
mostly by cross functional primary processes
Problems
Functional managers
focus on functional rather than process objectives
Problems arise at the white space
department interfaces
Process management
Process management
An approach
For
planning,
controlling,
improving the primary processes
By using permanent process teams
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Process management
Distinguish features
Emphasis on CNs rather than functional needs
Focus on a few key CF processes
Process owners responsible for all aspects
Permanent team responsible for operating
Application at the process level
of the trilogy of Q processes
Process management
PM
Replace the FM
Sys viewpoint - Understanding of the
interdependency among functions
PM road map - Start when upper management
Select key processes
Appoint process owners & teams
Provide process mission statements & goals
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PM road map
Initiate PM
Select processes
Identify owners & teams
Planning
Proc. definition
CNs & Proc. flow
Proc measurement
Proc. analysis
Proc. design / redesign
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PM road map
Transfer
Planning for implementation problems
Implementation action planning
Plan deployment
Operational mana
Process QC
Process QI
Process review & assessment
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Selection of processes
Org has many important cross functional processes
Processes
Selected by upper mana
Aligned w
the org mission,
strategic plans,
key business objectives
Selection of processes
Selection based on critical success factors
Product Q
Supplier Q
Empowered, skilled employees,
C satisfaction
Lowest Q cost
Lowest delivery cost
The UM Q council
prepare a mission & goals for process selected
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Organize the process team
After selecting the processes,
the Q council appoints a
process owner
Process team
Functional managers / supervisor
Max of 8 and a facilitator
Process owner
Responsible for all aspects of process performance
Making the proc effective, efficient, adaptable
Schedule, conduct team meeting
Cooperative working relationships among all function
Analyzing current process, achieving improvement
Assignment to team members
Resolve / escalate issues hinder improvement
Member training
Implementation of proc change
Schedule proc reviews
Report progress
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An example
Contract management process - Juran 1990
Preparing price quotation
Delivery schedules for large orders
Initial manual – 14 weeks
Redesigned electronic – 17 days
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Define the current process
Proc definition establish
the proc mission, goals, scope,
major sub processes
The proc team reviews
proc mission & goals provided by the Q council
Strengths, weaknesses, performance history
The major sub processes
described in a high level / macro flow diagram
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Establish process measurement
Proc. measurement
To describe how well the process doing
Process analysis & improvement
Control proc performance & determine PC
Which measurement, emphasis on
Proc. mission & goals
CNs
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Analyze proc. data
Analyze proc. data
Evaluate proc performance data
Identify opportunities for improvement
Determine the causes of proc problems
Performance data evaluated for both
proc effectiveness
proc efficiency
Problems identified using
Pareto analysis
Flow diagram
…
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Transferring & managing the new process
Transferring the new / revised proc to operation
Carefully planning for the many aspects of the change
Managing the new proc
Setting up appropriate proc control
Planning for continuous improvement & periodic assessment
Proc evolve into various phase of maturity
Ad hoc
Consistent
Organized
Systematic
Statistically stable
Summary
Process
Collection of activities
Convert inputs into outputs
Primary process
Collection of cross functional activities
Essential for
exC satisfaction
Achieving org mission
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Summary
Process management
Approach
for
planning,
controlling,
improving the primary processes
by using permanent proc teams
Most effective when
a process owner & team
manage & operate the proc
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