The first‐hand experience of operating people combined with well prepared charts of their processes can take the guesswork out of process improvement. Process charts provide cross‐functional teams of operating people with a comprehensive picture enabling them to view their work from the perspective of the organization rather than from their particular work areas. At the same time the charts break the processes down into steps that can be dealt with realistically. Done well this approach cuts through the bureaucracy and results in processes that are faster and produce finer quality and greater output. This approach also fosters cooperation and legitimate pride among the operating people,thus preparing the organization for continuous improvement.
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March 01 1995
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Ben S. Graham
Ben S. Graham
President of the Ben Graham Corporation and Work Simplification Software, Inc., Tipp City, Ohio, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1463-4457
Print ISSN: 0968-4891
© MCB UP Limited
1995
Empowerment in Organizations (1995) 3 (1): 26–31.
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Graham BS (1995), "Process analysis without the guesswork". Empowerment in Organizations, Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 26–31, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09684899510079799
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