By Carl F. Frost
Do Motorola, Herman Miller, and the Donelly agencies all percentage a mystery of industrial? undoubtedly, it's the skill to continually change—their "only desire for survival and success"—change according to a participatory administration variety, sometimes called the Scanlon Plan—identity, participation, fairness, and managerial competence—these organisations have succeeded the place others have failed.
Changing Forever builds at the 40 years of study, event, and improvement that experience long gone into the Scanlon Plan. Documenting totally the rules and strategies of the Scanlon Plan, Carl Frost provides the reader a transparent view of the way the plan works and the way it may be tailored to fit the desires of companies huge and small. The conclusions of his examine will not be staggering: with implementation of the 4 easy ideas of the Scanlon Plan comes an optimum synergistic courting among all staff and management.
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It is not an add-on activity. It is not for every employee. It is not for every professional. It is not for every company or organization. What is today's Frost-Scanlon process? This developmental process enables management to create a rational working environment in which each employee's dignity is recognized and every employee's potential is challenged in achieving the organization's objectives. Page 9 Today's Frost-Scanlon Plan Process It is a personal development process. It is a professional development process.
History reports that Motorola earned the position, lost it to a domestic competitor, and then regained itall through changes in response to the dictates of competitive reality. Motorola recognized early that their reality was a global challenge. They learned that competitive reality welcomes successful breakthroughs for a moment and then expects another advance and breakthrough. A visit to the Motorola Museum is a convincing documentary of that organization's ability and willingness to commit itself to total organizational Page 25 literacy.
I feel like they know that something has to change.... I'm not going to let them be that blind, because it's on television every day. So-and-so closed down. This company closed down. When things like this start happening, people's eyes have to come open. " Wallace, warehouse employee, Firestone Tire We often speak of and resent the harsh realities of life, and we must come to grips with these ineluctable conditions. They belong to each individual and organization. They cannot be transferred. Notice, I did Page 16 not say they cannot be shared.