Corporate Diagnosis: Setting the Global Standard for Excellence (Corporate Leadership) [Hardcover]

Thomas L. Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 1563270862 | ISBN-13: 978-1563270864 | Edition: 1

All too often, strategic planning neglects an essential step -- diagnosing the organization's current state at the beginning and end of an improvement cycle. What's required is a systematic review of the critical factors in organizational learning and growth. These are determinants that require the monitoring, measurement, and management of resources to ensure that your company competes successfully. This executive workbook provides a step-by-step methodology for diagnosing an organization's strategic health and measuring its overall competitiveness against world class standards.

The Corporate Diagnosis handbook is used to verify policy or measure the results of corporate strategy and vision (the "business renewal" stage ). Detailed diagnostic questions in each key areas act as guidelines for developing your own self-assessment survey.

To support the diagnostic process, three primary aids are provided: a check sheet to record observations and score each area under diagnosis; a radar chart to plot and track your company's position visually; and extensive progress tables that allow you to see your standing in each diagnostic area. Over 50 specific categories of company health are meticulously graded and charted to help you see where your company stands in its quest for world class status. Corporate Diagnosis is an excellent companion and aid for meeting the Deming, Shingo, or Baldrige Award criteria.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 115 pages
• Publisher: Productivity Press; 1 edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563270862
• ISBN-13: 978-1563270864
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,143,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Jackson as born in 1949. Formerly the President and CEO of Productivity Inc. and Productivity Press, Tom is currently a principal of the Rona Consulting Group. Trained at Indiana University as a lawyer and an economist, in 1992 Tom left a comfortable post at the University of Vermont to become a management consultant specializing in the Toyota Production System. Tom has written extensively about hoshin kanri, Toyota's extraordinary method of strategic planning and financial management. In 2007, Tom's book, Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise, was awarded the Shingo Prize for Research. Tom is currently working on a new series, Tools for Lean Healthcare, for Productivity Press. The first book in the series, 5S for Lean Healthcare, is back from the typesetter this week.