01568 a2200205 4500 0786307943 9780786307944 658.4063 2435 2435 Klubnik, Joan P. Battling the barriers to success : 50 ways to keep your workplace improvement initiative on target / Joan P. Klubnik. [S.l.] : Irwin Professional Pub, 1996. 244 p. ; 25 cm. Hardcover. Today, most organizations are involved in some kind of workplace initiative. Whether it is reengineering, system automation, rightsizing, total quality, or mass customization, all face a similar problem-loss of momentum after the initial implementation of the endeavor. It has been suggested that the failure rate of improvement initiatives is as high as 75%. Battling the Barriers to Success offers readers more than 50 ways to ensure the success of their improvement enedeavors. This guide includes action to address obstacles that readers need to overcome in order to improve the success rate of their initiatives. Each action item, categorized for easy reference and application, includes: What-The action item. Why-The importance of this action item to the success of any improvement initiative. How-a recipe for taking action. Roschelle, Marlene. Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786307943/chopaconline-20 Amazon customer reviews http://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=0786307943 NBS BK 658.4063 KLU 344932 344932 0 0 0 0 CL CL 2018-01-16 0 658.4063 KLU NBS1266 2013-08-28 2013-08-28 BK