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Society of Manufacturing Engineers SME names All You Gotta Do Is Ask...

March 8, 2005 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) named All You Gotta Do Is Ask, a book on engaging employees to participate in improvement opportunities, book of the month for March.



This book, authored by Chuck Yorke and Norman Bodek, which was published just last month, shows continuous improvement as part of an organization's day-to-day operation. The authors have identified that organizations need to challenge people to think of improvement ideas. When people are involved in implementing their own ideas, they find a way to do them quickly.



Chuck Yorke and Norman Bodek have practical experience in transforming organizations by applying the principles described in the book. Real improvement comes through the people who do the work.



Following is an excerpt from the book's foreword:



"'All You Gotta Do Is Ask' explains how to promote large numbers of ideas from your employees, something most organizations do very poorly, if at all. The people who manage such organizations are either unaware of the power of employee ideas, or they don't know how to tap it. This easy-to-read book will show you why it is important to have a good idea system, how to set one up, and what it can do for you, your employees, and your organization.



In 1989, for example, Japanese companies were averaging more than 37 ideas per employee, of which 87% were implemented. Quantifiable bottom-line savings were calculated at more than $4,000 per employee. By contrast, their U.S. competitors put little effort into encouraging employee ideas.



I hope this book inspires you, and leads you to start asking your own people for their ideas. You will become a much more effective manager as a result. Your people will be happier, you (the manager) will be less stressed, and your unit's performance will rise to levels you could not have come close to in any other way." - Alan G. Robinson, professor University of Massachusetts and author of Ideas Are Free.

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