Author’s Second Book Offer
Titled: TEN STEPS TO JUMPSTARTING GOVERNMENT REFORM
A GUIDE TO MANAGING THE REFORM PROCESS
BY Lawrence Rosier
First Edition October 07, 2007
Version 1.
This little book was purposely tersely written for busy government leaders and innovators who want to jumpstart the reform of their organizations. The ten step Government Reform Process uses proven methods established in government and industry. It focuses on: public surveys to provide prioritized needs as inputs to Budgeting for Outcomes, Strategic Management, organizing for Functional Control, implementing Total Quality Management for continuous improvement, Work Measurement for staffing, Funding Formulas for budget input, and Performance Measurement for control. This book was written as a guide and provides a general solution with detailed examples on the methods used in the reform process.
While David Osborne’s books on “Reinventing Government” hit the target this book hits the bull’s eye with its emphasis on Work Measurement. The author’s approach is largely original and not found elsewhere.
THE TEN STEPS
The reform process is in taking the following ten bold steps within the first year.
1. Appointing the “Government Reform Committee”
2. Managing the “Culture Change”
3. Initiating “Budgeting for Outputs” and “Strategy management”
4. Breaking down Departments into “Functions”
5. Implementing “Total Quality Management”
6. Enabling “Work Improvement Teams” for continuous improvement
7. Determining proper staffing from “Work Measurement”
8. Developing “Funding Formulas” for functions as budget input
9. Implementing “Performance Management” controls in new budget
10. Consolidating changes into “Steering and Functional Management”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lawrence Rosier is a Management Consultant specializing in Government Reform. He was formerly a Management Consultant with Alexander Proudfoot and Scheduling Corp. both firms located in Chicago. He has served on the staffs of: the Manager of Special Projects, Boeing Co., President of McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Co. and Vice President of Manufacturing of McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Co. Education includes degrees in Industrial Engineering and Secondary Education. He was a graduate instructor at the University of Washington Experimental Education Unit where he studied Behavioral Modification for exceptional children. He was also the Manager of Manufacturing Engineering for Multiplex Company in St. Louis.
His most significant achievement was the proposal and acceptance by Sanford McDonnell CEO of McDonnell Douglas Corp. of a modification to the company’s Quality of Work Life (QWL) implementation. The modification replaced the existing bureaucratic organization with a two tier organization consisting of Steering Management and Functional Management for the McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Co. This management style was enthusiastically received by employees and was used successfully for over ten years until the sale of the company to Boeing in the 1990’s.
Most successful business and government management books are written by university scholars who seek out and interview business and government leaders who are doing unique and innovative things and document their successes in best selling books. The author an Industrial Engineer and Management Consultant has had thirty years of hands-on experience doing the innovative things that others write about. After his initial training he never worked more than six months with any employer without being tapped by top management for a high level management or staff position this is attributed to his unique insight and ability to reinvent himself. Rarer still is his experience in Management Consulting doing Short Interval Scheduling, a time-study and reporting technique for obtaining industrial efficiency, coupled with his experience in Japanese management techniques. What makes this book unique besides his Ten step approach is his adaptation of Work Measurement the key that binds the reform process into a unified whole. The use of this technique is explained in the book using detailed examples. Work Measurement is relatively unknown in government and therefore not reported in best selling government management books.
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