Floyd, Raymond C.

A culture of rapid improvement : creating and sustaining an engaged workforce / Raymond C. Floyd - 1st ed - Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, c2008 - xxviii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A Productivity Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword / H. Eugene McBrayer -- Industrial culture: the human side of change -- Strategy: the values and beliefs of an industrial culture -- Making your cultural values personal -- Quality stations: the rituals of your culture -- The objective elements of engaging people -- The subjective elements that disrupt engagement of people -- Understanding the theory of industrial culture -- The social design of a new culture -- Valuing individuals -- Managing emotion at work -- How communication reflects your culture -- Measuring the performance of small events -- Managing the competence of your employees, especially in business-critical roles -- Phase I: the first six months -- Phase II: the second six months -- Phase III: the third six months -- Phase IV: the fourth six months

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Organizational change
Organizational effectiveness
Organizational behavior