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Frank Patrick's Focused Performance weblog is a source of management ideas and problem-solving strategies based the Theory of Constraints. TOC is a management methodology based on the principle that in reality any system has very few constraints, and that correctly identifying and eliminating those constraints is the key to superior performance. TOC methods are applied in manufacturing, project management, operations, product development, and marketing.
I found Frank via the Ryze Network. Here are a few excerpts from his weblog:
Eight P's of Project Integrity -- Today seems to be a day to catch up with some of the other blogs I read regularly (several of which are highlighted in the "Blogroll" you'll find on the right side of this page). In Reforming Project Management, Hal Macomber's got an interesting endeavor going, which he calls "Project Integrity Day." In a later post, Hal talks about integrity in these terms... [Link]
Management -- For Their Own Good -- The following essay was written by a particularly articulate friend and competitor of mine on a TOC-oriented discussion list. I?ve often said that he should get into blogging. Since Tony allows, in his "Copyleft" statement, copying and dissemination of it, here it is.
The subject is management responsibility for and involvement in creating and maintaining an effective multi-project organization.
...the answer to this question impacts directly an executive's ability to delegate successfully.
SYSTEM VERSUS LOCAL
Smart executives know when they need to take charge.
Tony Rizzo
tocguy@pdinstitute.com
One obstacle has blocked me for a rather long time, in my quest to bring sanity to multi-project organizations. It has been my inability to convince key decision-makers that they need to take action personally, to make certain improvements to the performance of their organizations. Now, that longstanding obstacle is showing serious cracks. Soon, with some effort, it may just tumble and vanish. [...]
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Learning Blocked by Rules -- At one of my favorite email discussion lists, on the topic of group facilitation, I've come across the valuable contributions of Ned Reute -- contributions that I never fail to read when I see his name in the "From:" list. One of his recent posts laments on the fact that... "Everyone in an organization can know something, but the organization can still be unable to learn it..." [Link] [Focused Performance Business Blog]
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